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02-12-2019 04:40 PM
I was looking up the ingredients for another product I was planning to try. Phenoxyethanol was one of the ingredients, described as a fragrance and preservative. I cant use fragranced products, so that product was a no go.
Then I started to wonder about the Isomers oxygen duo. Sure enough Phenoxyethanol is in the cleanser. It is not clear that, although not a perfume, it is some type of fragrance.
I never would have used it.
02-12-2019 04:45 PM
I know it is used as a preservative now in lieu of parabans, but I dont think it has any fragrance to it.
02-12-2019 04:50 PM
Pardon if a link such as this has been referenced.
This link because I got curious:
https://www.safecosmetics.org/get-the-facts/chemicals-of-concern/phenoxyethanol/
02-12-2019 04:54 PM - edited 02-12-2019 04:55 PM
This is how it is listed on skincarisma.com:
Phenoxyethanol
(Fragrance, Preservative)
From what I read it has aromatic properties.
02-12-2019 05:05 PM - edited 02-12-2019 05:16 PM
It's a preservative. You may very well have developed a reaction to it. It does happen. In that case, you will have a somewhat difficult time finding quality products that don't contain it. It is quite common.
Sometimes a combination of ingredients just doesn't agree with you. Maybe the perfluoro- oxygen ingredients irritate your skin. Regardless, I'd quit using this kit and observe whether other products containing phenoxyethanol give the same reaction.
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