How are you all doing? Hope you have found a way to
keep it cool in this hot humid weather! Drinking lot of water and keeping the
body hydrated will help your skin to look and feel radiant even on a hot sunny
day.
Speaking of hydration, I have found that Aloe Vera
works really well. Personal sticky for a long care products made with Aloe Vera
juice help to keep skin hydrated due to the incredible moisturizing properties
of Aloe Vera.
We use Aloe Vera in most products and sunless tanning
products made with Aloe Vera are very moisturizing. Recently we have received
some calls that made me write this post. Misguided information about
products made with Aloe Vera Juice,some companies promoting that
products made with Aloe Vera Juice are thick, tacky and sticky, leaving the
skin feeling wet longer period of time after spray tan and aloe products clog pores - that is far from the
truth.
Aloe Vera used in cosmetics, personal care products
most likely are 1:1 or 10:1 ratio liquid or sometime used as a 200x powder
(which can be reconstituted in a liquid form just before using in products) all
of these versions have the same viscosity as a water, leaving the skin feeling
smooth and not tacky or sticky, so even if Aloe Vera is the very first
ingredient in the products ingredient list, the end result does not feel tacky
, sticky and it does not leaves skin feeling wet for a long period of time.
You might ask why Aloe Vera Gels or Jelly’s
found in the stores are thick and green or clear and sometime tacky to the
touch. All of these gel or jelly products are formulated with a
combination of Carbomer and TEA( Triethanolamine) which creates a
perfect gel or some time used is Xanthan gums or Cellulose , all these leaves
the skin feeling a bit wet until it dries but it is not the aloe juice that
causes this, it is the other ingredients .
If you have ever applied Aloe Juice direct from the
plant, it will feel a bit sticky until it dries. Aloe powders available
in the market place for cosmetic or food industry use are either freeze
dried or spray dried. We like to use IASC certified Aloe Vera powder.
IASC stands for International Aloe Science Council, it is a third party
verification process that makes sure purity of aloe products,
How do they make aloe powder from Aloe Vera plants?
Aloe plants are freshly harvested, inner gel is then
carefully removed to ensure it does not disrupt the Aloin layer, then all the
collected gel is processed to remove all the pulp and fiber, gel is then
pasteurized to maintain efficacy and concentration using temperature
evaporation, concentrated gel is then freeze dried without the use of any
matrix, preservation or any other additives.
I hope this gives some idea on how aloe juice
are used in cosmetic products including sunless tanning solution. Should you
have any questions please feel free to contact us at AYU labs
Enjoy your life and be
healthy!
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