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Turing my Water Based Pomade to an Unorthodox Styling Clay
I am thinking of turning my regular pomade into a styling clay. Reason being is my regular pomade turned out a tad bit oily and not nearly enough hold. Thinking of adding PVP to increase the hold.
As for turning this into a “clay”…not sure how much clay to add and at what stage. Also wanted to add a few more ingredients to the recipe. The ingredients with the ??? are obviously the new items I am adding. I just don’t know how much to add. Also, what are your thoughts on these ingredients?
I use Liquid Germall Plus since it is a broad spectrum preservative. I use .5% of LGP.Water Part
Water: 50g
VG: 10g
Oil Part
E Wax 8g
Stearic Acid: 3 grams
Avocado Oil: 10g
Olive Oil: 8g
Coconut Oil: 4g
Jojoba Oil: 5g
Mango Butter: 6g
Beeswax: 7g
Microcrystalline Wax: 3g
Kaolin Clay: 4 grams??
PVP: ???
PEG 40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil: ???
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate: ???
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Pre wet clay. Break up into multiple water phases. Ex Phase A 45g water
Phase B 5g water/4g clay etc.Clay does not mix with oil. It will sit at the bottom of your vessel/clump so you need to incorporate with a blender into water phase. Once emulsified with all phases continue to mix to disperse clay until it cools enough.
10% VG seems a bit high for a humectant. May be your reason your formula seemed greasy and not holding.
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How much percentage of clay do you think I should add? I am thinking about adding 4 grams of PEG 40 Hydro Castor Oil and 5 grams of PEG 7 glyceryl cocoate
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There’s no saying. You will have to play with it and experiment. Iv’e been in development of a couple matte products myself and they are a little tricky to get right.
Peg 7 Glyc Coco is a bit expensive, so I would cut that in half at least. But really depends on the formula and how it feels to you.
The more PVP you use, the more the product will flake. I use 1.5% max in my formulas.
Peg 8 beeswax can be used for a fixative/thickener. There are also many different fixatives on the market VP/VA, PVP/VA and products from companies like Lubrizol if you have a rep for them in your area.
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