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decreasing tackiness in sulphate-free body wash
Hello everyone- am currently working on a sulphate-free body wash formulation -
63% water 0.6% xantham gum 12.8% coco glucoside 12.8% lauryl glucoside 6.4% decyl glucoside 1% essential oil (orange)
3.4% sorbitol
I have found this to be quite tacky and the consistency doesnt seem right (I was hoping for more of a gel and have more of an unset jello consistency). I have been adding the xantham gum to the water then mixing in the surfactants and finally the sorbitol and fragrance. I added the Sorbitol to help with the tackiness but not sure it is quite doing the job - any reccomendations?Thanks so much! -
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Water-soluble organo-silicones
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One of the dimethicone copolyols is what you mean???? @Bobzchemist
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xanthan gum will give you that texture; in my view the easiest solution is to use another thickener
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose works well in this type of product
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Never heard sorbitol will reduce tackiness..
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Yes, a dimethicone copolyol or a derivative is what I had in mind.
SilSense SW-12 Dimethicone Copolyol Ester is probably what I’d try first:I think the sorbitol is adding to the tackiness - it needs to go. -
Have you tried a bit of alcohol?
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@heatherbeeeconomics: Just FYI, but if you’re planning to sell this formulation, you might need to tweak the coco:decyl glucoside ratio a bit to make sure you’re not infringing on Colgate’s patent:
http://www.google.com/patents/WO2012011892A1?cl=en -
Ditch the Sorbitol and cut the Xanthan Gum down to 0.3% … the Sorbitol is certainly adding to the tackiness (it’s a sugar).
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Thanks so much everyone
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