Do I need a preservative in this?

[Bubbly Buddha]

I am working on a salt scrub and am wondering about the use of a preservative. I am not selling at this point but am perhaps considering it in the future. I do give away a lot of my products and wouldn't want someone to have a negative experience with something I've made.

The ingredients are: Sea salt, Shea butter, Grapeseed Oil, Cocoa Butter, Avocado and Sunflower Oil, and EO.

If I do need a preservative, which one would be best?

TIA!

 

[lsg]

You will need a preservative because the scrub will be exposed to water. Optiphen Plus or LiquaPar can both be used in scrubs. I like Optiphen Plus.

 

[maya]

the reason it will be exposed to water is that people will dip there wet hands in it, they will drop it in the tub, they will spill water in it.

you or i cannot control what people will do with what we make after they receive it.

 

[Bubbly Buddha]

the reason it will be exposed to water is that people will dip there wet hands in it, they will drop it in the tub, they will spill water in it.

you or i cannot control what people will do with what we make after they receive it.

So if they use it in ways other than directed, how is this controllable by me? If they rub it in their eyes, even though it specifically states not to, how can I be held liable? Is this not the same thing as McDonalds specifically labeling their coffee cups with "Caution: HOT"?

 

[carebear]

I'm personally not convinced that a SALT scrub requires a preservative. In a sugar scrub, water creates a sugar solution which equals microbe food. Salt water not so much. But since im not positive I use a preservative regardless.

 

[maya]

the reason it will be exposed to water is that people will dip there wet hands in it, they will drop it in the tub, they will spill water in it.

you or i cannot control what people will do with what we make after they receive it.

So if they use it in ways other than directed, how is this controllable by me? If they rub it in their eyes, even though it specifically states not to, how can I be held liable? Is this not the same thing as McDonalds specifically labeling their coffee cups with "Caution: HOT"?

yeah, i know. silly isn't it.

 

[Bubbly Buddha]

the reason it will be exposed to water is that people will dip there wet hands in it, they will drop it in the tub, they will spill water in it.

you or i cannot control what people will do with what we make after they receive it.

So if they use it in ways other than directed, how is this controllable by me? If they rub it in their eyes, even though it specifically states not to, how can I be held liable? Is this not the same thing as McDonalds specifically labeling their coffee cups with "Caution: HOT"?

yeah, i know. silly isn't it.

You said it, my friend!

 

[dagmar88]

the reason it will be exposed to water is that people will dip there wet hands in it, they will drop it in the tub, they will spill water in it.

you or i cannot control what people will do with what we make after they receive it.

So if they use it in ways other than directed, how is this controllable by me? If they rub it in their eyes, even though it specifically states not to, how can I be held liable? Is this not the same thing as McDonalds specifically labeling their coffee cups with "Caution: HOT"?

You can hardly advise people not to use a scrub in a damp bathroom.

 

[Bubbly Buddha]

That is true, Dagmar88, but what I was wondering was more along the lines of Carebear's response, in that a SALT scrub when exposed to water is less prone to spoilage than a sugar scrub and perhaps a preservative may not be necessary.

 

[dagmar88]

That is true, Dagmar88, but what I was wondering was more along the lines of Carebear's response, in that a SALT scrub when exposed to water is less prone to spoilage than a sugar scrub and perhaps a preservative may not be necessary.

I don't sell 'perhapses'.
You'd have to test with the proper equipment until the desired expiration date and under several realistic circumstances.

Or just add a preservative.

 

[carebear]

That is true, Dagmar88, but what I was wondering was more along the lines of Carebear's response, in that a SALT scrub when exposed to water is less prone to spoilage than a sugar scrub and perhaps a preservative may not be necessary.

I don't sell 'perhapses'.
You'd have to test with the proper equipment until the desired expiration date and under several realistic circumstances.

Or just add a preservative.

yep