The Crystal ingredient library

Vegetable glycerine

Liquid base and humectant

Vegetable glycerine is used as a liquid base in some botanical preparations and as a humectant in cosmetics.

Thick clear glycerine in a glass dish on limestone.
Vegetable glycerine, a clear viscous liquid. An alcohol-free base does not by itself decide who a product is for.

In our range

Our children’s herbal formula lists it among its ingredients. An alcohol-free base does not, by itself, establish age suitability or the effects of the herbs it carries.

On the label

Always read the complete finished-product directions.

For complete ingredients, allergens, suitability and directions, read the current product label. A guide to one ingredient does not describe every possible effect of the finished preparation.

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