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Hair matte wax ( Butyl Oleate?)

Posted by KRM on July 22, 2017 at 8:11 pm

I have some questions about this formulation I found in italmatch chemicals, which is for a hair wax with matte finish:

Zinc Stereate -2.00 %

Ceteareth-20 -5.00 %

Cetearyl Alcohol-5.00 %

Butyl Oleate - 4.00 %

Water -78.30 %

PVP - 5.00 %

Preservative -0.70 %

In this formulation they use butyl oleate. I have searched the internet for information about butyl oleate ( Function, presentation, solubility, melting and boiling point) but unfortunately I have not found anything about this, besides it is a very difficult reagent to get in my country

My questions are:

What is the function of butyl oleate in this formulation? Or good, what is the function of this in cosmetic formulations? Could i replace with another commercial reagent? which?

Now, in the formulation, 2% corresponds to the zinc estereate, could i make a combination of this with ozokerite?

KRM replied 7 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

Member
July 23, 2017 at 12:13 am

1 Butyl Oleate is a lubricant ester emollient which you can replace with iglyceryl mono oleate.

Why use ozokerite wax which will impede spreadability softness and feel on hair provided by zinc stearate ?
KRM

Member
July 23, 2017 at 7:41 pm

Hey @DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ Thans for your answer

Well glyceryl mono oleate is tricky to get too, could you replace it with glyceryl stearate? (Both have the same hlb)

I understood that ozokerite wax provided the softness
DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

Member
July 23, 2017 at 9:54 pm

Yes you can use GMS in place of GMO but may not be as good a lubricant.Make sure it is self emulsifying:Zinc stearate will provide softness.
KRM

Member
July 25, 2017 at 3:07 pm

Thanks so much
@DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

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