Vanilla stabilizer, 100 g

Vanilla Stabilizer: Preserve the Pristine Color of Your Vanilla-Scented Creations

Introducing our Vanilla Stabilizer – an indispensable liquid component, proudly manufactured in the USA, specifically engineered to combat discoloration in products containing vanilla or vanillin-rich fragrances. This innovative stabilizer, with its subtle vanilla aroma that does not affect the final product's scent, ensures your lotions, creams, handmade soaps, and other cosmetic masterpieces retain their original, appealing appearance.

Description and Key Features

Vanilla Stabilizer is a clear, liquid solution formulated to address the common challenge of vanillin-induced discoloration. Vanillin, a key element in vanilla fragrances, is notorious for causing browning or darkening in various cosmetic bases, particularly in light-colored and white products. Our stabilizer effectively neutralizes this effect, safeguarding your product's visual integrity.

Key features include:

• Color Preservation: Its primary function is to prevent darkening or staining of products caused by vanillin in fragrance oils.
• Scent Neutrality: Despite having a faint vanilla scent itself, the stabilizer does not impact the final aroma of your product, allowing your chosen fragrance to shine through.
• Ease of Use: It readily mixes with fragrance oils and is then seamlessly incorporated into your product base.
• Concentrated Formula: Requires a small inclusion rate, making it an economical choice for formulators.
• Made in the USA: Guarantees high quality and adherence to stringent manufacturing standards.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Cosmetics and Crafts

Vanilla Stabilizer is a crucial ingredient for anyone working with vanilla fragrances in various cosmetic and handcrafted products where maintaining color integrity is paramount.

Important Considerations:

• Transparent formulations, such as shower gels, liquid soaps, and clear toners, generally do not require the use of Vanilla Stabilizer, as discoloration is less visible or non-existent in these clear bases.
• It is highly recommended to use the stabilizer in white or light-colored product bases, where any darkening would be immediately noticeable and detract from the product's aesthetic appeal:
  • Handmade Soaps (Solid): Especially vital for soaps made with white melt-and-pour bases or cold process soaps, where vanillin can cause significant browning.
  • Lotions and Creams: Ensures your delicate white or off-white lotions and creams remain pristine and appealing.
  • Solid Balms and Butters: Protects vanilla-scented lip balms, body butters, or solid massage bars from discoloration.
  • Bath Salts: If your bath salts contain vanilla fragrances, the stabilizer will help maintain their original clean color.
• Other Products Where Vanilla Stabilizer is Applied:
  • Shampoos and Conditioners: In opaque or milky shampoos and conditioners containing vanilla fragrances, the stabilizer helps prevent undesirable browning.
  • Bath Bombs: Prevents the appearance of brown spots or overall darkening, which is crucial for the aesthetic appeal of bath bombs.
  • Handmade Cosmetics: Any solid or emulsified cosmetic product with a vanilla fragrance will benefit from using the stabilizer.
  • Cream Making: Indispensable when creating vanilla-scented face and body creams.
  • Handmade Candles: While vanillin's main issue in candles is "frosting" and "blooming," the stabilizer can help minimize the yellowing of wax in vanilla-scented candles, especially if a white dye is used.

Inclusion Guidelines:

• Ratio: Use Vanilla Stabilizer at a 1:2 ratio to your fragrance oil (e.g., for 10 drops of fragrance, use 5 drops of stabilizer).
• For High Vanillin Content: If your fragrance oil has a very high vanillin content, a 1:1 ratio is recommended.
• Mixing: Blend the Vanilla Stabilizer with the fragrance oil for 2-3 minutes immediately before adding it to your main product.
• Usage Window: The stabilizer-fragrance mixture must be used within 15 minutes to ensure maximum effectiveness.

This product is a must-have for anyone aiming to produce high-quality, visually impeccable cosmetic and craft products with delightful vanilla scents.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Vanilla Dream" Body Cream

Create a luxurious, moisturizing, and vanilla-scented body cream, using Vanilla Stabilizer to ensure its beautiful white color remains untainted.

Instructions for Cream Preparation:

1. Sanitization: Thoroughly sanitize all your equipment (beakers, spatulas, cream containers) using isopropyl alcohol and allow them to air dry completely.
2. Phase A (Water Phase): In a heat-resistant beaker, combine distilled water and glycerin. Heat to 70-75°C.
3. Phase B (Oil Phase): In a separate heat-resistant beaker, combine emulsifying wax, shea butter, and sweet almond oil. Heat to 70-75°C, ensuring all solid oils and wax are fully melted.
4. Emulsification: Slowly pour the hot water phase (Phase A) into the hot oil phase (Phase B) while continuously stirring with a hand mixer or stick blender on low speed. Continue blending until a uniform emulsion forms. The emulsion will thicken as it cools.
5. Cooling: Allow the emulsion to cool to below 40°C, stirring occasionally to prevent a film from forming on top.
6. Prepare Fragrance with Stabilizer (Phase C): In a small, separate container, combine the Vanilla Fragrance Oil (1%) with the Vanilla Stabilizer (0.5%) at a 2:1 ratio (e.g., for 100g of cream, this would be 1g of fragrance and 0.5g of stabilizer). Stir this mixture for 2-3 minutes. Remember, this mixture must be added to your cream within 15 minutes.
7. Add Active Ingredients: Once the cream has cooled to 40°C or below, add the prepared fragrance and stabilizer mixture, preservative, and Vitamin E. Mix thoroughly until all components are evenly distributed.
8. pH Check (Optional but Recommended): Check the pH of the finished cream. For body creams, an ideal pH is typically between 5.0 and 6.0. Adjust if necessary by adding a few drops of diluted lactic acid (to lower pH) or baking soda solution (to raise pH), mixing thoroughly after each addition.
9. Packaging: Transfer the finished cream into a clean, sterilized jar or pump bottle.

Recommendations for Use:

• Stabilizer Mixture Usage: Always mix the fragrance oil with the Vanilla Stabilizer before adding it to your main formulation, and do so immediately prior to use, as the mixture needs to be incorporated within 15 minutes.
• Color Test: After preparing a small sample batch, let it sit for a few days to confirm that the Vanilla Stabilizer has effectively prevented discoloration.
• Inclusion Rate: Adhere to the recommended inclusion rate for Vanilla Stabilizer (1:2 ratio to fragrance, or 1:1 for high vanillin content). Increasing the dosage will not necessarily improve the effect and may impact the product's consistency or stability.
• Storage: Store the finished cream in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. The vanilla stabilizer helps maintain color, but proper storage is still crucial for overall product stability.
• Scent Profile: Remember that the stabilizer itself has a faint vanilla aroma, but this will not be noticeable in the final product, allowing your chosen fragrance to fully develop.
• For White Products: This stabilizer is particularly vital for products intended to be white or light-colored to prevent undesirable yellowing or browning over time.