Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Two recent trends that have developed simultaneously are a mistrust of health products by some of the population and the growing popularity of essential oils. The objective of this study was to analyze recipes with essential oils found on the internet and to assess their level of photoprotective efficacy.
Therefore, we conducted a study of recipes for personal care and hygiene products that incorporate one or more essential oils. This analysis revealed that numerous essential oils are called for in these recipes, derived from plants belonging to a wide diversity of botanical families. A common characteristic of most of the recipes was the absence of any antimicrobial agents or antioxidants, which poses serious issues of preservation for the finished products.
Recipes with essential oils pose many issues. The first issue lies in the quantities of the different raw materials to be incorporated; it influences the final essential oil concentration. The second issue concerns the adverse effects photosensitization, for example and contraindications pregnant women, nursing women of certain essential oils. Finally, it is not possible to carry out physicochemical testing raw materials and finish preparation.
Do-it-yourself DIY is a practice that has been increasing over the last few years, which affects many fields, such as interior decorating, home insulation, jewelry manufacturing, furnitures, and, liquids for electronic cigarettes.
First, the DIY approach in general, regardless of its purpose, is considered economical. In addition to this, making your own products can be a form of leisure 4 that generates a feeling of pride in having created something useful for yourself. It should be pointed out that this is a large family of molecules obtained by reacting ethylene oxide e-series glycol ethers or propylene oxide p-series glycol ethers with an alcohol. As several compounds in these two series, such as ethylene glycol monoethyl ether EGEE , ethylene glycol monomethyl ether EGME , and 2-methoxypropyl acetate 1PG2ME , for example, have been classified as toxic for reproduction, 8 this has caused confusion about other members.
