Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating Formulator Needed: Skin Lightening Soap

  • genevachen

    Member
    May 31, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    What ingredient do you want in the soap for lightening? Provide more details on the soap product. 

  • Ellatorias

    Member
    May 31, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Thank you Genevachen for responding. Here it is.

    Formulation:
    35% Olive Oil
    27% Palm Oil
    20% Coconut oil
    5%   Castor Oil
    5%   Avocado Oil
    8%   Shea Butter

    38% Water
    Lye (5% discount)
    4% Fragrance

  • bobzchemist

    Member
    June 1, 2016 at 12:44 am

    You do understand that it’s not physiologically possible for this to actually lighten skin, right?

  • belassi

    Member
    June 1, 2016 at 1:50 am

    The fact that shea butter is in the soap does not mean it will have any effect. It won’t, except that it will increase hardness and reduce lather. In order to get a skin lightening effect with shea butter, it is necessary to formulate it as a cream or lotion or other form of product that is applied to and absorbed by the skin. It is the retinol in shea that is responsible for the effect, and it is best to use unrefined class A organic shea if you want it to prove effective.

  • genevachen

    Member
    June 1, 2016 at 4:56 am

    Your formula does not have effective lightening ingredients in it. You need kojic acid/vitamin C/niacinamide etc to have lightening effect. Beside, you are formulating a soap to be washed off in a minute. It does not make sense to apply a lightening ingredient and wash it off right away. 

  • Ellatorias

    Member
    June 1, 2016 at 6:43 am

    Thank you all for your time.

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