Glycerine - Uses and Properties
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Research and development of plant-based skin care, hair care, and make-up
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I've always been wary of using glycerin, as I read that in very dry weather conditions it will actually draw moisture from your skin and hair (where I live, it can get very dry at times, eg yesterday's humidity was only 9%, and today 28%).
I'm definitely going to try it now, keeping the concentration under 10% as you mentioned :-)
PS, I think I'll try it on another part of my body first, before I try it on my skin or hair... lol
I saw glycerine on the ingredient list of a balm made only with shea butter, oils and essential oils. I thought that glycerine can not be mixed with oils? I am really confused about this. This a well knows natural cosmetic brand.
Thank you
Hi Lisa,
Great post here....if I may ask what is the difference between glycerine and glycerol.
How do you think the lemon glycerine would turn out if one was to use more rind than juicy fruit? For instance, of the 66% lemon, you could use 40+% rind, 26-% rind with fruit? Seems to me that would allow for even more lemony goodness, without the watering-down effect. Your thoughts? TIA
How are you?
I have a couple of questions I hope you can assist me with.
I've made two glycerites, one from the flesh of my aloe vera plant and the other from the flowers of my chamomile plant. The chamomile plant is chamaemelum nobile / anthemis nobilis.
I've learnt from your blogs that you can replace glycerine with a glycerite in most cosmetics formulas. If I were to use xanthan gum in my formulation, could I dissolve it in the glycerite, if I was using that instead of glycerine?
My 2nd question is regarding INCI. What would the correct INCI name for the glycerites be? I'm thinking for the aloe it would be glycerine, aloe barbadensis and then the preservative's INCI name and for the chamomile it would be glycerine, anthemis nobilis and preservative's INCI name. I'm not sure that's correct though, what do you think?
Thanks for all the amazing info you share and for your help.
Warm wishes,
Taryn
You might want to add the xanthan to your formula if you combine the glycerite with some of the additional liquid in the formula unless your glycerite is very runny. Depending on the herbs used (and whether they were fresh dried, freeze-dried etc), some glycerites are quite viscous. If you have any liquid in the formula other than glycerite, I'd start by adding the xanthan to the liquid first and then add the glycerite. Be mindful the structure may change drastically when the glycerite is added - not all glycerites behave the same. As for the INCI name, you are on track. Most glycerine extracts sold by ingredients suppliers are listed as "glycerine, HERB INCI NAME, preservative(if one is added)* Best of luck with it!
thank you for being out there for us, i wanted to ask if making glycerite with dried herb why do we need 3:1 ratio of water(3 parts glycerine 1 part water)? and if the water is still needed then the sites you mentioned-Mountain Rose Blog and The Herbal Academy they have not used any preservative and The Herbal Academy stated that the shelf life is 1-2 years, is it possible of having long shel life even if no preservative is used?. Lisa Kindly throw light on my query!
Thank you for sharing your experiences and expertise!
Nisha Suman.
Can I use glycerin with coconut oil in a lip balm and achieve a good result?
Many thanks!
Auslyn
If you are conservative with proportions and do a few test batches you should be able to get it to work. Best of luck!