Peach Liquid Extract

An essential oil arrives concentrated and has to be diluted before it goes anywhere near skin. This does not. It is already carried in a base and is meant to be added to a formula at a small percentage, so the finished cream, gel or wash stays mild – which is why extracts suit products people use every single day.

The oil-soluble version is carried in sesame oil, and sesame oil is a real emollient – it spreads easily, sinks in rather than sitting on top, and leaves skin feeling noticeably smoother to the touch. In a face oil, a balm or a body butter, that softness is the first thing your customer notices, and the reason the jar empties.

Used in a hair oil, a mask or a rinse-out conditioner, the sesame base coats the strand lightly and helps hair lie flatter. Combing gets easier, ends look less rough, and the finish reads glossy rather than heavy. It is a straightforward, feel-it-the-same-evening improvement – which is what makes somebody buy the bottle a second time.

The water-soluble version brings no oil with it, so a toner, mist or gel keeps the clean, weightless feel people expect from water-based care. Nothing sits on the surface, skin does not turn shiny by afternoon, and makeup goes on over it without sliding. For anyone who avoids oils because they dislike the finish, this is the one.

Choose by phase. The water-soluble version goes into the water phase of a cream or lotion, and into any clear serum. The oil-soluble version goes into the oil phase, and into face oils and balms. Add it at the percentage on the technical data sheet, at the temperature your method allows, and leave your preservative system unchanged.

Shampoos, cleansing bases and most rinse-out conditioners are water systems, so the water-soluble version belongs there. Hair oils, pre-wash treatments and oil-rich masks take the sesame-carried version. Both are used at a low percentage rather than as the headline ingredient, and neither replaces the conditioning agents already doing the heavy work in your formula.

In cold and hot-process soap, the oil-soluble version blends into the oil phase before the lye. In a melt-and-pour bar or body wash, the water-soluble version stirs in cleanly at the end. Scrubs take either, depending on whether the base is oil or surfactant. Keep percentages modest in rinse-off, where contact is brief.

Primers, BB creams, tinted moisturisers, sheet mask essences, facial gels and mists all sit in the water phase, which makes this the water-soluble version's home ground. Because it is colourless and near-odourless, it will not shift a shade you spent weeks matching, or argue with your fragrance brief. Add it late, in the cool-down phase.