Are your essential or fragrant oils suitable for soapmaking or cosmetic use?

Alll the essential oils we stock are suitable for candlemaking.

With regard to our range of synthetic fragrances this is a little more complex.

The reason we have 2 types of fragrance is purely because you cannot actually have a single fragrance that is suitable for use for everything.  Wouldn't life be simple if you could?

We stock some "standard" fragrances - These are for use in any aqueous product. So, Melt N pour soap, Aqueous base products like bath foams, shampoos, creams etc

We also stock a small section of Candle Grade Fragrances - for use in products with oil present. ie veg oil, candles, emulsion, oil based butters,creams, cold process soap etc. The are listed in the candle OK category.

Note: You can still use the candle grade fragrance in Melt N Pour soap if you wish or base products like shampoos, but there is often a clarity issue and therefore the need to use a solubliser aswell.  

Bath bombs - you can use either because there are no clarity or solubility issues with these.

So if you look at the fragrances we have on offer and simply avoid those listed in the "candle grade category" if clarity is an issue for water based products.

Please Note: There are also guidlines regarding safe inclusion limits which need to be taken into account also. This is too complex and varied to cover at this point.