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Herbal shampoo formulation
hello
I am working towards making a shampoo where I am using herbal infusion in place of water
The water is infused with dried rosemary , shikakai , fenugreek and soapnuts .I will be using guar gum as thickener .I have SLMI , decyl glucoside and cocabetaine in hand .
i made a trial batch using 15 gm of SLMI flakes and 5 ml of coca betaine in 300 ml of infusion it resulted in lots of lather with sufficient cleansing but my hair felt tangled .
can I use almond oil as a conditioning agent along with lecithin .
any suggestions .. I want to keep it as close to natural as possible without compromising much on lather and conditioning.
i have not used decyl glucoside as yet
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You will need a very strong preservative system with such approch. Hydrosols and infusions are bug food. I would recommend skipping it and adding a tiny amount of some plant extract for claims, unless you are willing to use parabens or diazodilinyl urea. Your hair will feel tangled without conditioning ingredients. Oil isn’t a conditioning ingredient. You need cationic polymers (or cetrimonium chloride if the formula is non-ionic). I am not aware of the existence of natural conditioners. Also natural isn’t a defined term. Everything is natural for me.
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ngarayeva001 said:You will need a very strong preservative system with such approch. Hydrosols and infusions are bug food. I would recommend skipping it and adding a tiny amount of some plant extract for claims, unless you are willing to use parabens or diazodilinyl urea. Your hair will feel tangled without conditioning ingredients. Oil isn’t a conditioning ingredient. You need cationic polymers (or cetrimonium chloride if the formula is non-ionic). I am not aware of the existence of natural conditioners. Also natural isn’t a defined term. Everything is natural for me.
If I omit the herbal infusion completely and use distilled water and use only SLMI and cocabetaine as primary and secondary surfactants and cetrimonium chloride as conditioner .will the shampoo still work fine without many ingredients as want a Sulfate and silicon free product.
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Just try it and see.
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Is SLMI anionic? If so, don’t use cetrimonium. 2% of polyquat 7 should work. And don’t use more than 5% of decyl glucoside (you can skip it at all). Silicones are nice but you can make a good product without silicones if use cationics.
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Belassi said:Just try it and see.
That’s what I am doing wanted an expert guidance about what can I expect
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ngarayeva001 said:Is SLMI anionic? If so, don’t use cetrimonium. 2% of polyquat 7 should work. And don’t use more than 5% of decyl glucoside (you can skip it at all). Silicones are nice but you can make a good product without silicones if use cationics.
I think it is anionic .. I will check again I will go for polyquat , can I try honeyquat in place of cetrimonium chloride .
i again tried 10% of SLMI and 5% cocabetaine
there was plenty of lather and good cleansing
it seemed that even if I reduce the SLMI a little it will work but it was a disappointment for detangling
will adding 2% of Argan oil with polysorbate 80 work
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Well there you go - you now have physical knowledge of how that combo turned out.
I don’t think your idea of oil and ps80 will be any good, my guess is the foam would be inadequate. -
Again, it might be contrintuitive but oils in shampoos don’t do what people normally expect. They don’t make hair smoother but just supress lather and compromise stability. The feeling that you want is achieved by using right surfactants and conditioners. Add 2% of honeyquat and you will see the difference. And don’t add any glucosides they tangle hair.
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Analise commercial products with oils. You will notice that oils are very close to 1% line. It is just a marketing trick, because consumer thinks that oils are good for hair.
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The whole point of shampoos is to remove oil. Adding oil to a shampoo formula is not generally a good idea.
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I am not getting much information about SLMI except from the companies which are promoting this
how can I know more about this as this surfectant is relatively new in the market -
@001 Thanks a lot 5% SLMI with 5% coca betaine is working well for my hair except conditioning issue .
will add polyquat and see .
do you suggest adding keratin protein powder and panthenol -
What information are you trying to find that you don’t have? Your question is too vague to give a good answer.
Here is the safety information about SMLI - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5irtrckvue5w90p/SMLI-safety.pdf?dl=0
Keratin protein and Panthenol are water soluble and will simply be washed away during shampooing. They will not have any significant effect on your hair. They are claims ingredients put into formulas for a good story. They don’t actually do anything (from a shampoo especially).
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Perry said:What information are you trying to find that you don’t have? Your question is too vague to give a good answer.
Here is the safety information about SMLI - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5irtrckvue5w90p/SMLI-safety.pdf?dl=0
Keratin protein and Panthenol are water soluble and will simply be washed away during shampooing. They will not have any significant effect on your hair. They are claims ingredients put into formulas for a good story. They don’t actually do anything (from a shampoo especially).
Hi
I am not a chemist to have a good background knowledge
i am doing research and working on few ingredients to formulate something suitable and safe for me .
My queries might be vague and not to the point but this is how we learn .
plz don’t answer if it irritates you . I am still working on how to combine ingredients depending on their cationic and anionic nature .
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@Perry
The research paper is really helpful
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Sorry if my response came off as sounding irritated. It wasn’t meant that way at all. I wanted you to get answers that are helpful but without a specific question, it’s hard to know what information would help.
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Perry said:Sorry if my response came off as sounding irritated. It wasn’t meant that way at all. I wanted you to get answers that are helpful but without a specific question, it’s hard to know what information would help.
Thanks for being so understanding.
I have Reached to this formulation after trying a lot
SMLI -5%
cocabetaine -10%
polyquat -2%
guar gum 2%
water to make it 100%
essential oil -1%
This is Ok on hair …how can I improve it more in terms of conditioning without weighing my hair down
Can I use BTMS 50
and I have no idea about the cationic and anionic nature of ingredients … does this recipe looks balanced to you? -
ngarayeva001 said:Again, it might be contrintuitive but oils in shampoos don’t do what people normally expect. They don’t make hair smoother but just supress lather and compromise stability. The feeling that you want is achieved by using right surfactants and conditioners. Add 2% of honeyquat and you will see the difference. And don’t add any glucosides they tangle hair.
I have BTMS50 can I try that in place of honeyquat
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I have BTMS50 can I try that in place of honeyquat
- No, but try making a very small sample (100mL) to see why.
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