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Why is this formulation keep turning light brown?
Hello all,
I am trying to make a vitamin C skin cream, but it keeps turning light brown, even after increasing Glycol Stearate SE, to 4% of the formula.(A) Cetearyl Alcohol 1.5% g .5
(A) Cetyl Alcohol 1.5% g .5
(A)Vitamin C Ester 1% g .3
(A)Ceteareth-20 2.5% g .75
(A)Stearyl
Palmitate 4% g 1.2(A)Glycol stearate 2% g .6
(A) Jojoba 1% g .3
(A) Vitamin E 1% g .3
(A) Squalane 3.5% g 1.0
(A) Glyeryl Stearate 1.5% g .45
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Water 76.4% g 23(
Sodium PCA 1% g .3(B glycol 1% g
.3(B)Glycerin .7% g .2
(C) Water
(C)Vitamin C Magnesium .6% g
.2RD(C)Witch Hazel .6% g .2
(C) Phenoxythenol .65% g .2RD
(C)
Honeysuckle .35% g .1(D) Dimethicone 3% g 1
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2 Replies
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Vitamin C ester and Vitamin C Magnesium might be causing this, since you are using quite high dosages. I had a similar experience where 0.001% Sodium Ascorbyl phosphate made my lotion yellow in just 1 week at 45 degrees. No idea how to stabilize this… It might be good to source for an encapsulated Vitamin C.
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Thank you Crisbaysauli, I didn’t think of that. I thought it might be the Honeysuckle or the Stearyl
Palmitate.
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