Hello, this is my first post and I would like to first say I absolutely love this forum! :razz: I have been a lurker for so long and thought it was about time to make an account.
I have a question about adding Vegetable Glycerin to certain bath and body products. I have read on this forum, a couple different posts, about people saying that when Glycerin is added to things that it should be preserved with a broad spectrum preservative. I honestly never heard of this or knew this. Even though it's "water soluable", I always thought it was similar to oils being added to recipes, and it didn't need any type of additional preservation. I started trying to find information over the internet and haven't found anything either on this subject.
So my question is, does adding Glycerin need a preservative when water isn't added to a recipe? For example, I make lipgloss and bath bomb melts( a bath bomb with extra oils). In both of those products, I add probably around 10% of glycerin. From reading those posts, I'm worried if adding the glycerin could make my product "go bad" faster.:shifty:
I have a question about adding Vegetable Glycerin to certain bath and body products. I have read on this forum, a couple different posts, about people saying that when Glycerin is added to things that it should be preserved with a broad spectrum preservative. I honestly never heard of this or knew this. Even though it's "water soluable", I always thought it was similar to oils being added to recipes, and it didn't need any type of additional preservation. I started trying to find information over the internet and haven't found anything either on this subject.
So my question is, does adding Glycerin need a preservative when water isn't added to a recipe? For example, I make lipgloss and bath bomb melts( a bath bomb with extra oils). In both of those products, I add probably around 10% of glycerin. From reading those posts, I'm worried if adding the glycerin could make my product "go bad" faster.:shifty: