https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/phenoxyethanol/ Skincare Blog | Skincare Made Easy Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/phenoxyethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-690511 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:14:53 +0000 https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=110096#comment-690511 Thank you for this article. I can’t believe that there are people who do not want to have preservatives in their skincare products. I suppose these people live in countries that are very, very, very cold every day of the year. Or they have enough storage space in their refrigerators for their products which do not have preservatives (both skincare and cosmetics). I find products labelled “no preservatives” scary. I do not shy away from parabens, either.

]]> https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/phenoxyethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-689783 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:25:37 +0000 https://www.beautifulwithbrains.com/?p=110096#comment-689783 After using a lot of The Ordinary and Paula’s Choice products, which are mostly preserved with Phenoxyethanol, I got horrible rashes like my skin was on fire, and the next day I get little pimples all over my face.
So I made the test used the same active ingredients, but in a formula without Phenoxyethanol and now my skin is back to normal, but each time I reintroduce my skin to a product which contains it I get the same reaction.
It’s annoying because I’m not allergic against Parabens, because what I dislike about Phenoxyethanol is (I know it’s otherwise safe) that it is in almost everything, it really limits choices.
Only option left are products preserved with Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Anisate and those with Lactobacillus Ferment, the last two are mostly used in “natural” cosmetic products, I’m unsure whether they are really preserving enough or not.

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