Phenonip - Preservative Used for Lotion, Cream, Lip Balm or Body Butter 2 Oz - Enough preservative to support approximately 12 lbs. of product

works as expected

I purchased this product in an effort to preserve lotions and balms I am making this year for Christmas presents. I have made lotions and balms before without this product, however, after reading about bacteria and mold that can settle into your product - this was a must have, especially if you are incorporating a water product into your lotion. I wanted to add green tea into an eye cream (recipe below) because of it's truly remarkable healing qualities.1. The product has a light scent, nothing that will affect the smell of your product.2. It is an oil like consistency, which while mixed in with butters and oils blended fine - it also blended in well to my eye cream containing water. I mixed the phenonip in with my oils versus in with my water product. The trick to getting oil and water to blend is to ensure they are heated to the temperature.3. The package does say usage is 1% to 3%, which means that you have to weigh your product and do math! OH NO here is an example: Multiply the weight of your product by the usage rate percentage, and divide that number by 100. So, if your concoction weighs 50g and the usage rate is 2.5%, that would be 50 × 2.5 = 125. 125 ÷ 100 = 1.25. That means you should add 1.25g phenonip to your concoctionGreen Tea Eye Cream1/4 cup Green Tea1/8 tsp Phenonip (had to get the hubby to help with the math on this one)1 tbsp Rosehip Oil1 tbsp Sweet Almond Oil1/4 tsp Vitamin E1 tsp Beeswax1 drop Carrot Seed Oil3 drops Chamomile Essential Oil1. Brew a cup of green tea2. Fill 2 saucepans with water (double boiler style) and place over low heat3. Add beeswax, sweet almond oil, rosehip oil, phenonip and Vitamin E to a metal/glass bowl and place over pan 14. Add green tea to metal/glass bowl and place over pan 25. Heat both mixtures until wax has melted, ensure both mixture temperatures reach 130 degrees (if not the cream will not set).6. Pour green tea into oil mixture and blend with hand or stick blender until mixture becomes thick and creamy.7. Place into containers and enjoyI highly recommend this product for all of the reasons listed above.

I use this to make my homemade hair products shelf stable and add to the life of the products. It preserves flaxseed gel, okra gel, and my homemade serums and conditioners which contain water and oils.It smells like nothing to me which is great. Some people mentioned an unpleasant scent but I can't relate and I find it to be an amazing product.

This works well. I’m switching to a safer more natural preservative but I will say this worked for everything I used it for. Preserved, scrubs, lotions, hair products, food used for body products. It preserved it all!! Flaxseed is one of the hardest food items to preserve but this preserved it without any additional preservatives. However, one downside is the smell. It doesn’t smell bad at all but it’s scent is always left in the final product. I don’t use fragrances only EO for scent and they can’t fight with this. So keep that in mind.

I have ordered this a few times.They changed the packaging, but something else changed too.It smells super strong, and chemical.It’s so strong, it changed the smell of my cream…..not okay :(

I’ve used this in a variety of lotions (high water content), some that have been accidentally left open to the air in a very hot wet summer. I don’t recommend doing this but I had no visible biological problems with anything that I’ve made. No smell or anything unpleasant about this product.

works ok for me

The customer service at the company is exemplary. While I had received the bottle with a tiny leak. It was not the issue. I had thought the label contained information I was looking for (i.e. how much to use). I asked the company for a copy of the label and not only did I get a copy of the label but excellent information as to its usage. Customer service is absolutely great. As soon as I mix my next batch I certainly will use their product, over and over.