Is Borax safe to use in homemade face creams? If not what is the alternate?

Well it's found in ant killer so you'd think not, though it is used widely as an emulsifier in 'natural' cosmetics.





There is a concentration percentage that borax shouldn't exceed, usually about 5% by volume.





If you read this page, you'll see that totally natural emulsifiers are hard to come by.


http://www.beehiveskintherapies.com/id84鈥?/a>





Here is a list of alternatives:


http://allnaturalbeauty.us/emulsions.htm





And there's this:


http://www.natureproducts.net/Cosmetics/鈥?/a>Is Borax safe to use in homemade face creams? If not what is the alternate?
Skin softening face cream


Ingredients: Shea butter, Rosehip seed oil, Coconut oil, vitamin E oil, borax, Beeswax, Distilled water, Rose Otto (rosa damascena) essential oil, Jasmine (jasminum officinalis) essential oil, Ylang Ylang ( cananga odorata) essential oil


Good for: dry skin, wrinkles, cracking skin.





Anti-ageing Face cream





Ingredients : Mango butter, Evening Primrose oil, Rosehip seed oil, Coconut oil, vitamin E oil, Beeswax, distilled water, borax Immortelle Everlasting ( helichrysum italicum) essential oil, Rose Otto ( rosa damascena) essential oil, Sandalwood ( santalum album) essential oil


Good for: wrinkles, anti-ageing, dry skin





Neroli Rose Face Cream


submitted by Donna Maria


Ingredients:


16 grams extra virgin olive oil


4 grams borage oil


6 grams jojoba oil


4 grams rose hips seed oil


2 grams stearic acid


8 grams vegetable emulsifying wax


1/2 teaspoon rose concrete


1/2 teaspoon neroli wax


60 grams rose hydrosol (rose water)


1/2 teaspoon borax


1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum


4 drops beeswax absolute....


2 drops neroli essential oil


2 drops rose essential oil

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