Benefits: Aroma
oils are absolutely the best available choice for scenting all types
of cosmetics, personal care products and soaps.
Perfect for all
personal care products, lotions, creams, lip balms, soaps, candles
and many other cosmetic applications.
Natural Aroma/Scents are great for acquiring the
non-traditional and/or exotic aromas and blends that you cannot get
from essential oils without any of the issues, complications and
problems that come with Essential oil use in personal care, bath and
body products, soap or cosmetics.
Natural,
versatile Aromas/Scents allow for formulations to be safely scented without many of the complications associated with use of
other aromatic or scents compounds like essential oils.
Issues
like allergens, skin irritation or sensitivities, sensitization,
photo sensitization, photo toxicity, ingestion and possible drug
interactions or dilution ratios are eliminated by the use of these
natural oils.
How
they are made: Our
Aroma/Scents include the natural essence or extractions obtained only
from plants and contain NO pesticides, synthetics, animal sources or
allergens.
They are created by use of one of more of the following
processes: Steam Distillation, Solvent Extraction, CO2 Extraction,
Maceration, Enfleurage, Cold Press Extraction and Water Distillation.
Natural scents are derived from portions of the plant materials which contain the scent constituents derived from a spices, fruits or fruit juices, vegetables or
vegetable juice, edible yeast, herbs, bark, buds, roots, leaves or similar
plant material.
The use of these materials is for the function of generating a desired aroma. The creation process focuses on the aroma portion of the plants and the final smell of the product produced.
Usage in
formulations and soap As you can
imagine, it is not possible for us to test every aroma with every
known or unknown recipe or formulation. Our testing with our aromas
against essential oils show them to generally need to be used at the
same percentage as formulations using essential oils. Sometimes even
less is needed. However, many of the scents have no essential oil
equivalent to test against. Also floral and citrus scents, like
essential oils, tend to dissipate more easily. This is especially
true in soap formulations, if they have no anchor note to help hold
them.
The feedback we have gotten from our customers is very
positive and we are always evaluating them and their performance,
especially from customers utilizing both hot and cold processed soap.
Scent is very subjective and our opinion and the opinions of other
customers may or may not be the same as yours. Always do at least one
small test batch as part of your research and development. This
should be done with any product you are making to assess how strong
you feel the scent throw is before making a large batch and then make
adjustments accordingly.
Water Based Products: When
used in water base products aroma/scent oils will separate out
without the presence of an emulsifier.
Products
like linen sprays or body sprays work well when emulsified with
Polysorbate 20. Titrate at about 1-3% until the product remains
clear. (Higher concentrations of oils may require more PS 20 to
stay in emulsion.)
Oil Based Products: Blend into
oil based products like lips balms, salves when all oils are in a
liquid state to get a homogeneous blend. Allow to return to room
temperature.
(A
stick blender is recommended for ease of use and quick shearing
force.)
Emulsions: Blending
into emulsions in the oil phase is preferred, but can be added to a
completely emulsified product with a stick blender for a homogeneous
product.
Soap: Add at "trace" at about the
same ratio as Fragrance oils or Essentials oils in soap
Consumers that have demonstrated any form of allergy to scent, nuts or other aromas whether topical or ingested should be prudent to avoid all aromas and essentials oils. This includes anything that contains any derivatives from these plant compounds. Certainly, even if there is a remote possibility of an allergen being present, theoretically an allergic event could occur due to topical application of the product. Allergies are very complex and there is no way to know what actual element of the plant compound the allergic person is responding to when exposed.
We would strongly encourage anyone with allergies to avoid any scented products as their immune systems are probably overly sensitive and the chances that they could develop additional sensitives is greatly enhanced.
By purchasing and using products sold by Texas Natural Supply you agree that:
Texas Natural Supply is not liable for any incident or complication which may result from improper storage, misuse, misbranding or adulteration of products once they have left our care and custody.
You the customer, by purchasing a product, assume all product liability for the final products/creations which you create with products purchased from Texas Natural Supply to be sold to the final consumer.
You the customer, understand that all natural ingredients and products have the potential to cause skin sensitivities or allergic reactions.
Products sold by you or your company, to the final consumer, require all labeling and advertising meet FDA guidelines and contain adequate warning statements as needed.
Products sold by you or your company, to the final consumer, require adequate testing for Safety, Stability and Preservative Efficacy.