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  PVA + Algin Peel Off?

  Posted by EVchem on March 13, 2020 at 12:54 pm

  I’m trying to reverse engineer several peel-off masks and I’ve reached the tearing out hair stage. I doubt I can trust the ILs- but two of the peel off masks base their product on a patent involving tetrasodium pyrophosphate. All the masks contain both PVA and Algin, but one doesn’t use the same method and has ascorbic acid listed above PVA? I would seriously doubt AA is above 1% but that means PVA would be 1% or less..
  Here’s what I tried last:

  water                             qs
  PVA                                 1
  - heat to 85C until no PVA lumps remaing, then begin my cooldown

  propanediol                   2 
  glycerin                        10
  algin (hydagen 558)       3      
  pigment                        1.8
  - these I add pretty much right after as a premix

  Euxyl 9010                   1
  SDA 40B                       10
  Ascorbic Acid                0.1
  extracts                         1-2
  -this final phase gets added below 40C

  This forms a film, but it doesn’t peel off nicely like the benchmark which dries and feels to me like a traditional PVA mask- I’m not sure I should mention the product line explicitly but I am restricted to keeping the product ‘95% natural’ (excluding water). Am I being lied to, or am I missing some piece of information on the synergy of PVA and algin? 

  EVchem replied 4 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies

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