Good day! Currently, I'm developing an alcohol free toner.
For 100g
Water 83.90
Jojoba oil 3.00
Aloe Vera Extract 3.00
Lime Extract = 1.00
Glycerine = 5.00
Phenoxyethanol = 0.9
Surfactant=???
Do I still need surfactant/solubilizer since some of may ingredients are oil? Can you recommend any surfactant/solubilizer?
Thank you!
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What is aloe vera extract? Is it something like aloe vera x 200 or it's aloe vera juice?
Thank you for this information, Sir @n@ngarayeva001. So meaning, if I were to develop a toner it should have a alcohol always since its main function is to cleanse. I think this is the aloe vera extract concentrate x10.
Water 83.90
Jojoba oil 3.00
Aloe Vera Extract 3.00
Lime Extract = 1.00
Glycerine = 5.00
Phenoxyethanol = 0.9
Surfactant/Solubilizer
This is going to be a sticky mess with Glycerine loaded in at 5% in a water-based formula. You might want to cut that down to 1% or less. Better yet, use Glycerine at 0.5% and Sodium Lactate at 4% to 5% or Saccharide Isomerate at 2% or so.
That's also a high load of Jojoba Oil that you'll need to solubilize ... you might want to cut that down to 1% and solubilize it with Poly Suga Mulse D9 loaded in at 3% to 5%. Since Jojoba Oil is actually a wax, it will almost definitely form waxy flakes over time suspended in your base, so Jojoba Oil is not a very good choice for this product format.
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Thank you for this information @MarkBroussard. This will be a good help. I will run this suggestion and I will update. Thank you. Can you suggest any solubilizer though I have an available Polysobrate-20.
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Thank you!
1. Solution is slightly turbid.
2. My pH is 9,2.
Below are the ingredients that I've used.
Water - 83.1g
EDTA - 0.4g
Glycerine - 0.5g
Eumulgin L (PPG-1-PEG-9 Lauryl Glycol Ether) - 4g
Cucumber Extract - 2.0g
Aloe Vera Extract - 2.0g
Tomato Extract - 2.0g
Multioil Vit ACE - 2.0g
Peppermint Oil - 2.0g
Lavender oil - 2.0g
My question is, is the pH okoay? If not, what can I use to lower down the pH? Another is, how can I make it a clear solution?
Thank you.
4% of essential oils! These are irritants. Especially peppermint at such a concentration. Bring it down to 0.3% , 0.5% max.
4% of solubiliser is not sufficient for 4% of oil. It's usually 4:1 depending on the oil.
Is it Disodium EDTA? You can reduce to 0.2%
I can't see a preservative. Am I missing anything?
Thank you for your response. Can we use lactic acid instead of citric acid?
For the essential oils, this is noted I will reduce it to your recommended quantity.
I'm using Tetrasodium EDTA and the preservative I've used is Sodium Benzoate as a preservative.
Multioil ACE is Soybean oil based, what are the vehicles (solvents) for your other extracts (cucumber, aloe, tomato)? If they are all oil based, then you already have an 8% lipophilic matter in your formula, plus a 4% for the essential oils.
I second @ngarayeva001, far too much essential oils, at that concentration peppermint oil will be far too irritating (especially for a facial product).