Bath Salts Packaging

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I usually package bath salts that contain essential oils in glass containers.

I would like to use plastic bags that are for freezing veggies---will this

work? Or will the eos eat away the plastic? Do you have any other easy

suggestions? A quick answer is appreciated, since I need to put this together

for someone today!

Thanks,

Angie

[Guest guest]

HI!

I use parchment paper and make up little bags. I have never had a problem with

EO's melting the bags and they look kind of cute I think. Hope this works for

you.

in Golden, BC

>

>

> Hi,

> I usually package bath salts that contain essential oils in glass containers.

> I would like to use plastic bags that are for freezing veggies---will this

> work? Or will the eos eat away the plastic? Do you have any other easy

> suggestions? A quick answer is appreciated, since I need to put this together

> for someone today!

> Thanks,

> Angie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Amber, cobalt or violet glass is what you have to use to keep the EO in.

Anything else you will get a reaction like the EO melting the plastic. I

spilled some EO recently and it ate away at my carpet and my desk.

Clear glass will be OK but the problem is that you will get light exposure -

which is not what you want to keep the EO stable for any length of time.

Natasha

http://www.kamakura-garden.com

Glass on 13/9/00 3:15 am, lt54@... at lt54@... wrote:

> Hi,

> I usually package bath salts that contain essential oils in glass containers.

> I would like to use plastic bags that are for freezing veggies---will this

> work? Or will the eos eat away the plastic? Do you have any other easy

> suggestions? A quick answer is appreciated, since I need to put this together

> for someone today!

> Thanks,

> Angie

[Guest guest]

Hi Natasha

> Amber, cobalt or violet glass is what you have to use to keep the EO in.

> Anything else you will get a reaction like the EO melting the plastic.

How about green. I have been looking at some green bottles and trying to

decide whether to buy them or not.

Thanks.

Pat.

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[Guest guest]

on 15/9/00 8:53 am, Pat McDonnell at achil@... wrote:

> Hi Natasha

>

>> Amber, cobalt or violet glass is what you have to use to keep the EO in.

>> Anything else you will get a reaction like the EO melting the plastic.

>

> How about green. I have been looking at some green bottles and trying to

> decide whether to buy them or not.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Pat.

www.yourhealthandbody.com

>

Hi Pat,

Yes, the green bottles are really pretty I've seen them. They would be fine

for lotions and creams, even plastic ones for that matter. Bath salts... not

sure. EOs are evenly dispersed in lotions but in there are so many types of

bath salts. As long as people are sure the EO is totally absorbed into the

salt... That was the initial reason for thinking plastic would be a bit

dicey.

Green will not be suitable for pure essential oil storage though because the

colour green allows more light into the bottle. There are scientific reasons

for this - something to do with the spectrum of colours and the light

absorption. Sorry, I don't have time right now to look at the notes I have

somewhere. If my poor memory serves me correctly... The studies about

storage of EOs in coloured bottles reported that violet glass was supposed

to be the best for protection of the EO, with amber and cobalt glass second.

Natasha

http://www.kamakura-garden.com