The composition of cosmetics: all about modern and safe preservatives

The task of cosmetics – protect, moisturize and solve skin problems, maintain its health and freshness. Today, for this purpose, a large amount of & nbsp; various ingredients. But in order for the remedy to be effective, only a competent combination of active ingredients – not enough. In order for a cosmetic product to retain its benefits, be safe and not change its appearance, smell and texture for a rather long period after opening the jar, manufacturers are forced to add preservatives.

Preservatives – These are chemicals that destroy or prevent contamination of cosmetics by microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, including yeasts). Microorganisms that get into cosmetics,

Is it possible to produce cosmetics without the use of preservatives

This question is of concern to more and more women. In fact, this is possible, but only at home, if you prepare cosmetics at a time, because it cannot be stored. For example, you have made a useful face mask, but you will have to throw away the leftovers: you cannot leave them until the next procedure, because they will deteriorate even in the refrigerator.

If we talk about production on an industrial scale: be it food, medicines, cosmetics, then the use of preservatives – required.

Products containing water can be stored for a maximum of 3 days without preservatives. After that, they deteriorate and, at best, lose their useful properties, & nbsp; at its worst – may cause harm to the consumer.

But, as you understand, in the context of globalization, 3 days – this is catastrophically small, which means that preservatives should always be included in cosmetics.

Composition of cosmetics: what are the preservatives

Preservatives in cosmetic products fall into two categories:

•    Synthetic – substances produced by chemical synthesis (these include parabens, formaldehydes, derivatives of isothiazolinone and urea);
•    Natural. These include extracts from plants. The same group of preservatives includes potassium and sodium sorbates, salicylic and sorbic acids, benzoic acid and its salts.

The group of natural preservatives also includes various oils and plant extracts, such as birch leaf extract or grapefruit seed extract.

Also, cosmetics often include bee products that have antifungal properties (propolis, wax). Sea salt, oily solutions of vitamins A, C, E and ethyl alcohol may also be added.

The role of natural preservatives in Mesopharm Professional line of cosmetics

In the composition of Mesopharm Professional line of cosmetics from

Mesopharm you can see natural preservatives, such as:

black cumin oil;
extracts of cinnamon, ginger and honeysuckle;
tea tree oil;
chaulmugra oil extract;
Sichuan Pepper Extract;
Arjuna terminalia extract;
arjunic acid;
black cumin oil.

These ingredients in Mesopharm Professional cosmetics act not only as preservatives that protect the product during storage, but are also active ingredients that normalize the microflora on the skin surface, eliminate irritation and inflammation.

Cosmetics composition: why the quality of preservatives matters

As we found out earlier, no skin care product can exist without preservatives. Therefore, it is fundamentally important which preservative the manufacturer uses and what its concentration is.

If we talk about natural preservatives, then their peculiarity is that they act very gently and gently, so they are not always able to protect cosmetics from microbial damage.

Therefore, the current concept of production of cosmetics without preservatives implies that chemical preservatives will be completely or partially replaced by natural ingredients. At the same time, if a chemical preservative is included in the composition of cosmetics, it must be safe and in a very small concentration.

Cato – innovation in the production of cosmetic products

As a synthetic preservative in the Mesopharm Professional line of cosmetics,

Mesopharm uses caton – thiazolinone derivative. It is attributed to the achievements of the cosmetic industry, because today it is – the only preservative that is approved for use in cosmetics in all countries of the world. It is even approved in Japan and the USA, where laws that regulate the production of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals – the most rigid.  

Cathon Benefits: •    Cato – the safest and least toxic to humans, but at the same time it is highly effective against fungi and bacteria, even when used in low concentrations.

An interesting fact: for the same volume of a cosmetic product, you need ten times less catone than parabens. Thus, thanks to caton, the concentration of the preservative in the – minimum.

•    It does not cause allergic or intolerance reactions.
•    Another advantage of caton is that it is destroyed by solar radiation or at temperatures above 35 degrees.

Being a part of the product, katon successfully functions as a preservative, but when it gets on the skin, warming up to body temperature, it breaks down without any effect on the skin.

Preservatives today – this is a completely justified necessity, because a spoiled cosmetic product can harm your skin. Therefore, despite the ECO trends, it is important to pay attention not only to the composition of cosmetics, the presence of a preservative, but also to its quality, as well as to be interested in the main active ingredients.

Do not forget that the task of – give us the opportunity to use safe cosmetics that retain the benefits of active ingredients for quite a long period! And if we can't avoid preservatives in cosmetics, maybe it's better to choose products that contain them in the least amount?