RE: Lotions/Mineral oil

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Kathy,

You will no doubt hear many versions of this that are diametrically opposed

to what I am going to say. Mineral oil is not bad for the skin. It is widely

used in many personal care applications from baby oils to sunscreens. Its

toxicity is flawless. It is non comedogenic and safe at all concentrations.

Mineral oils come in many viscosity grades from very thin (<water) to very

viscous (like syrup).

Mineral oil is also called liquid paraffin. It has properties similar to

paraffin waxes. It forms a semi occlusive barrier on the skin to reduce the

trans epidermal water loss. As such it is a moisturizer the same as any

other oil applied to the skin can be. It is totally inert. It has no pendant

groups for any reactions. It has no ester linkages, acid value or sap value.

It is inert. It does require a relatively low HLB, 9-12 depending on the

viscosity grade of the mineral oil, to emulsify but will form elegant

lotions when emulsified.

I cannot think of any reason not to use this oil in a product unless you are

looking to make an oil free claim for your product but doing that will also

eliminate the use of all the other plant oils you have listed below. From a

cost perspective MO is very inexpensive and therefore is very favorable to

the gross margins in your product.

Hopefully, I have answered your questions. Let me know if I missed.

Young

KY Labs

Innovators of Fine Personal Care Products

www.kylabs.com

Lotions/Mineral oil

Hi, .

Since being on this list, I have been critically reviewing just about every

cosmetic label in my home!! I appreciate your willingness to share your

expertise with this group, and I have benefitted from your current posts as

well as from my routine searches through the archives.

I have been working on my own lotion recipe for about 3 months now, trying

to come up with a basic lotion I can use on my 36-year old, swiftly wrinking

face (!) as well as my hands and body. Somewhere along the line, I read that

mineral oil is not the best choice for a lotion. I have currently been using

an oil blend of coconut, sw almond, jojoba, avocado, and cocoa butter. (I

am also now shuddering because I have now discovered I am using that

" unnamed " ewax you have been posting about...I'll have to look into which

emulsifyer I will switch to.)

So this morning, I got out a new bottle of my fav brand-name moisturizer,

(not the most expensive, but " middle " priced!) and was surprized to see that

the first ingred after water is mineral oil ...after trudging through the

archives pulled up from a search on mineral oil, I am still wondering about

using petro chemicals. Could you please give some information (in simpls

terms for my simple mind, please!) on the pro and cons of using mineral oil

in lotions. Thanks!

Kathy K.

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