Is Zemea good for skin?

Is Zemea good for skin?

Zemea® Propanediol, a Natural Ingredient for Skin and Body Care Products. Benefits include its high purity, lack of skin irritation or sensitization, improved humectancy, excellent sensory characteristics, and favorable environmental profile.

Is Zemea natural?

Zemea® propanediol is certified natural by the Natural Products Association (NPA) and considered a naturally-derived organic ingredient under the definitions of ISO 16128-1. It can replace petroleum-based glycols such as propylene glycol, butylene glycol and glycerin in formulations.

What is Zemea?

Zemea® propanediol is a 100% plant-based, naturally-derived, skin-friendly, preservative-boosting alternative to petroleum-based glycols for formulators who desire versatile, natural skin care ingredients for their formulations.

What is Zemea used for?

This multifunctional, preservative-boosting humectant and ingredient delivers high performance in a variety of consumer applications—from cosmetics and personal care to laundry and household cleaning.

What Glycereth 26?

Glycereth-26 is a synthetic glycerin-based ingredient used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics.

Is propanediol the same as propylene glycol?

Propanediol has a synthetic cousin named propylene glycol, or 1,2-propanediol. It’s also easy to confuse the two, as they’re both types of propanediol. But according to Mian, propylene glycol has been recently found to cause allergic reactions.

Is Glycereth-26 good for skin?

Glycereth-26 has the highest concentration of use, at 39.5% in skin cleansing products. The highest concentrations of use reported for products resulting in leave-on dermal exposure is 6% Glycereth-26 in eye lotions. Studies involving acute dermal and oral toxicity of ethoxylated glycerol reported no signs of toxicity.

What is Glycereth-26 used for?