Vegetable Glycerin/Glycerine Quart, Natural Pure USP Food Grade/Cosmetic Grade, For Skin, Hair, Crafts, Soap Base Oil - Kosher, Halal and Pharmaceutical for by Raw Plus Rare (32 Fl Oz (Pack of 1))

What is vegetable glycerin used for? Home Remedies

R+R's Vegetable Glycerin is USP food grade and can be used as a humectant / moisturizer for hair, body, skin. Vegetable Glycerin helps promote cell development and retains moisture for overall skin health. Can be used to treat areas suffering from itchiness and dryness in hair and skin care.

It is a multi-purpose component in beauty products, like face serums or lip gloss base in necessary makeup lip gloss supplies. Also a great substitute for creating alcohol-free extracts used in baking and cooking.

Home Remedies: Moisturizers / Lotions

Vegetable glycerin for skin can be mixed with vitamin e oil and almond oil to create your own blend of home-made moisturizers, lotions, body oil or baby oil. Works great for cleansers, toners, serums, and many other face care treatments when blended with hero ingredients like rose oil or witch hazel.

Recommended Use: For those with sensitive skin, always patch test a small area when creating your own blends.

Home Remedies: Hair Treatments

Vegetable glycerin for hair can be used by combining with your favorite ingredients for a nourishing hair oil. Great for treating dry hair and scalp issues. Know exactly what ingredients are in your products by creating your own mixtures at home.

Recommended Use: For those with sensitive skin, always patch test a small area when creating your own blends.

Home Remedies: Alcohol-free Tinctures

For those sensitive to alcohol-based products or prefer alcohol-free products, vegetable glycerin can be used as a substitute for concentrated extracts where traditional tinctures use alcohol. Great for home-made, alcohol-free fruit, floral, coffee, herb, or vanilla extracts.

What is vegetable glycerin used for? DIY Projects

Vegetable glycerin is a wonderful base component in making glycerin soap base products. It is one of the main components used in slime ingredients and recipes, bubble mixtures, and fog machine fluid.

DIY Projects: Soap Making

Many soap making supplies and soap making kits include vegetable glycerin as a necessary ingredient. It can be used to make bath bombs and bubble bars. Its purpose in soap making is to nourish and soften skin while helping to retain moisture in the skin. Vegetable glycerin works wonderfully for clear soap bases.

Recommended Use: For those with sensitive skin, always patch test a small area when creating your own blends.

DIY Projects: Fog Machines

Fog machines are a great way to enhance night life activities, parties, or events. If you're looking to deliver a mysterious mood or vibe, you'll need fog machine fluid or fog juice to create this special effect. Save money by creating your own custom mixture at home. Vegetable glycerin helps retain moisture in the air for longer lasting fog or vapor.

Recommended Use: Blend 30% vegetable glycerin with 70% distilled water for a thick fog effect. If lighter fog is preferred, use less glycerin to distilled water ratio. Always use distilled water to prevent mineral build up in fog machines.

What is vegetable glycerin used for? Arts & Crafts

Perfect for art crafts, including restoring moisture in art supplies such as paint brushes, ink pads, stamps, and dried out paints. Snow globes, ice globes, tumblers, and faux leather can also be created at home with vegetable glycerin.

Arts & Crafts: Tumblers

Vegetable glycerin is great for creating a swirl effect in sand globes, snow globes, and snow globe tumblers. The naturally thick consistency of vegetable glycerin helps slow down the movement of glitter or confetti elements used. Many of our customers use vegetable glycerin to create their own personalized tumblers. Great for gifting!

Recommended Use: When using vegetable glycerin for snow globe effects, be sure to use distilled water and cosmetic grade glitter or water resistant glitter.

Arts & Crafts: Bubbles / Acrylic Paint

Vegetable glycerin can be used a number of ways to improve arts and crafts supplies. It is commonly used to revive dry water markers, ink pads, and acrylic or water color paints. A few drops of glycerin can be added to rinse water to help retain moisture in paint brushes and allow for longer paint strokes and workability.