efficacy of "natural" preservatives is extremely pH-dependant. Here the efficacy of some common components in natural preservatives as a function of pH

Soapiness is a drawback of some easy to find and easy to apply emulsifiers but your emulsions are not doomed to eternal soapiness

Since we have a long weekend (Monday is a holiday in Germany):

In Germany:
order for 50,00 € and pay no shipping costs
In Europe:
order for 100,00 € and pay 50% less for shipping
Rest of the world:
Order for 200,00 € and pay 50% less for shipping

Offer only valid till Monday 10:00 pm CEST
Don't pay attention to the shopping cart. We'll amend the shipping costs when we send you the invoice

Read our lates blog post if you want to make some refreshing foot soak for this summer: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/498-Functional-foot-soak-tutorial.html

Check these top ten most innovative Indie brands and their stories:
http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Brand-Innovation/The-top-ten-most-innovative-indie-beauty-products

20% weekend discount on Symbiosolv clear: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Cosmetic-ingredients-A-Z/Symbio-solv-clear.html

Celebrating our first customer in Kenya

Check our latest blog post here: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/499-How-to-make-an-anti-puffiness-under-eye-serum.html

we've added a new natural preservative to our stock. This is the only natural preservative (till now) whose performance is independent of pH:
https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Preservatives/Spectrastat-G2-N.html

we've had some questions about allantoin and its application

We're upgrading our server. The shop and the mail system would be out of service for a few hours. We'll be back as soon as possible

20% weekend discount for our newly arrived rice bran wax: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Rice-bran-wax.html

Our latest blog post about making a balm with allantoin: https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/500-Using-allantoin-in-balms-and-butters-Avocadohemp-butter-for-cracked-and-chapped-feet-Guest-post.html

Still in love with poppy seed oil and bumping this old post:
https://skinchakra.eu/blog/archives/396-7-good-reasons-why-you-should-use-poppy-seed-oil-in-your-skin-care-products.html

20% weekend discount for our organic cherry kernel oil: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-oils-butters-and-waxes/Cherry-kernel-oil-organic-unrefined.html

we've added organic cardamon CO2 extract to the shop: https://shop.skinchakra.eu/en/Cosmetic-Lab/Plant-extracts/Cardamon-CO2-extract.html