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  • Pomade hair for good shining and styling

    Posted by fekher on January 15, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    i make some research to make hair pomade so the idea is to use petrolatum as major ingredient then to make harder add wax (beewax) , acid (stearic acid, coconut acid) , fatty alcool ( cetearyl alcool) for economical reasons i think to use only 
    petrolatum : 70 %  -)  90%
    stearic acid : 10 % -)  30 %
     Can this formulation lead to good hair pomade provide good styling and shining ? what improvement can you suggest ?
    @Gunther  @Chemist77 @Perry  @chemicalmatt

    fekher replied 5 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • gunther

    Member
    January 15, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    I wonder if stearic acid may end up flaking off from hair.
    Coconut oil is proven to get absorbed in hair, and more of a buzzword than stearic acid.

    You need to check if coconut oil or beeswax separate from petrolatum. If they do you may need something like C12-15 alkyl benzoate.

  • fekher

    Member
    January 15, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @Gunther thanks about stability there is no problem according to my reserchement however i’am not sure from flaking effect of stearic acid but for sure product must not make flaking.

  • Dirtnap1

    Member
    January 16, 2019 at 12:46 am

    Fixative- try C18-38 Alkyl Hydroxystearoyl Stearate or Synthetic Beeswax common name Kester K82P in place of beeswax, or try adding 50/50. Will give better hold than beeswax.
    Shine, silicones/esters or quats. 

  • fekher

    Member
    January 16, 2019 at 6:16 am

    @Dirtnap1 thanks for your intersting idea however it will be as final step using bee wax for economical reasons .

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