Our Lavender Alcohol (SDA 38 B Organic Lavender) is a natural and stable preservative, suspension agent, absorption aid, carrier for aroma, and a skin toner/astringent. Please do not confuse our Organic Non-GMO Corn Grain Alcohol with the lesser-quality, drying forms of alcohol, such as isopropyl which is wood grain alcohol denatured with petroleum. Isopropyl is a form that is well-known to be both toxic and drying.
The safety concerns associated with alcohol commonly have to do with its function as a carrier and absorption aid and with whatever the alcohol may be denatured with. Alcohol will increase the penetration into the skin of whatever else may happen to be in the formula alongside it. Since Pangea Organics uses only beneficial ingredients that are biocompatible and generally recognized as safe, this penetration enhancement becomes a non-issue.
Denaturing alcohol is a legal necessity, as it deems the alcohol un-drinkable. We denature our organic alcohol with steam-distilled organic lavender essential oil. Commonly, alcohol is denatured with petroleum-based agents, which of course increases potential toxicity.
We stand behind our Organic Lavender Alcohol as non-drying and beneficial, as it increases the efficacy of our individual ingredients by driving these nutrients deeper into the intercellular cement of the skin.