Clay mask recipe went extremely wrong.

[igbabygirl]

I wanted to try and make some clay masks and I used one of the recipes in the Sopanofier Magazine. I followed the directions to a t. I used stearlized utensiles and washed my containers in the dishwaher. three weeks later, I had a mold fest going on and had to trash them all. I don't have the recipe here with me right now but I will post and can you tell me what I may have done wrong.

 

[Sunny]

no preservative?

 

[soapbuddy]

no preservative?

This.
Also, no new containers should be washed. They should come clean from the vendor. As soon as you introduce water into your containers, you are introducing germs, mold and bacteria into it. I would never reuse any containers that have been used for something else before. Always take any recipe on the net with a grain of salt. If you have any qestions, come here and ask.

 

[carebear]

If you components/ingredients (or packaging) have more than a slight mold load, then preservatives (please tell me you used one) probably won't be able to battle it.

If you did use a preservative, which one was it and at what level?

 

[agriffin]

Yeah... the mask recipes in the Nov/Dec issue say that a preservative is "optional, but recommended."

Pretty reckless especially if new people are reading that wouldn't know better.

I'd try your recipe again and use a preservative (if you didn't in the first place.)

Or make your mask dry and each time you use it you can hydrate with water right before use. I love this method.

 

[Tabitha]

Yeah... the mask recipes in the Nov/Dec issue say that a preservative is "optional, but recommended."

Uuugh!

 

[igbabygirl]

Thanks everyone, I think I know what I did wrong, for the rose water I steeped my own and used it and I don't think I should've. I did use grapefruit seed oil. the other batches I made are still fine (didn't use the rose water) so I think that is the problem. I also thought that if I used the dishwasher and clean the jars, that would be fine. Never knew that about washing. I will try again and see what happens.

 

[soapbuddy]

Grapefruit seed oil is not a preservative, even though it's mentioned numerous times as such on the internet.

 

[igbabygirl]

What preservatives would you use. I have germaban II and vitamin E. Should I use something else?

 

[soapbuddy]

What preservatives would you use. I have germaban II and vitamin E. Should I use something else?

Vit. E is an anti-oxidant. It's not a preservative either. So if that's what you have on hand, I would use the Germaben.

 

[Catmehndi]

no preservative?

This.
Also, no new containers should be washed. They should come clean from the vendor.

Well, I don't know about you but I certainly don't trust some warehouse to be sterile, nor the boat AND factory where they were made....
So many containers come from China nowadays, they're bound to get some contamination along the way...

 

[soapbuddy]

no preservative?

This.
Also, no new containers should be washed. They should come clean from the vendor.

Well, I don't know about you but I certainly don't trust some warehouse to be sterile, nor the boat AND factory where they were made....
So many containers come from China nowadays, they're bound to get some contamination along the way...

You won't find anything that's sterile, unless you work in a lab. I buy my supplies mostly by the case and they come in a very large plastic bag which is inside a paper box. They are clean. As soon as you introduce water into them, you are introducing germs, mold or bacteria into them. I have been making lotions and creams for a long time and have never had a problem using bottles or containers straight from the vendor.

 

[igbabygirl]

I am realizing that even though I have been making soap for almost four years and am constrantly researching, there are a millon and one more things to learn . Thank you everyone.

 

[carebear]

I've been at it significantly longer and I still learn new stuff - especially as I moved from B&B to soaps, and now from soaps back into B&B. It's not necessarily intuitive!