Patent ID: 8329095

Claim:
A method of simultaneously sustaining both anti-microbial and anti-oxidant effects in pre-pasteurised cosmetic formulations, said method comprising steps of: I. Optimal pasteurization comprising, a) Dispensing 10 g of the microbially contaminated natural cream base into a sterile test tube; b) Assessing pre-pasteurization microbial load in the cream base; c) Placing the contaminated cosmetic base in a water bath at 63° C. for 30 minutes; d) Removing the cosmetic base from the water bath and allowing it to gradually cool; and II. Adding in effective amounts of a natural preservative composition to the cosmetic base pasteurized by step I, said composition comprising thymol, monolaurin and magnolol obtained from supercritical fluid extracts of Magnolia officinalis.