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ORGANIC SHAMPOO SEPARATING
organic shampoo formulation
%
Water
33.0
Castile soap
22
Decyl glucoside
12
Aloe Vera
20
Coconut milk
1.0
Emulsifying wax
cetearyl alcohol
5.0
3.0Castor oil
2.0
Phenoxyethanol
0.5
Potassium sorbate
0.5
Glyceryl caprylate
0.3
Wild berry fragrance oil
0.6
Xanthan gum
0.65
1. Weigh ingredients in phase 1 into a clean beaker and heat to 70C
2. Weigh ingredients in phase 2 in a clean beaker and heat to 70C
3. Add phase 1 to phase to and ensure the temperature is 70C, turn on the lab homogenizer and turn to the second point of the rotary knob, start mixing the two phases as you maintain heat of the water bath. Mix for 40 minutes to attain a well-mixed emulsion
4. Let the emulsion cool to 40C
5. Weigh ingredients in phase 3, add to the emulsion at 40C, mix with the same speed for 20 minutes
6. Weigh ingredient in phase 4 and add sprinkle slowly as mixing continues, allow mixing to continue until all the gum has dissolved
result
the product separate at room temperature
what could be causing this problem
any suggest
thanks in advance
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7 Replies
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The problem is that you are trying to turn a shampoo into an emulsion.
The whole point of a shampoo is to remove oil. Including Castor Oil in your formula is contrary to the aim of a shampoo. Remove the oil. Then you can remove the emulsifying wax and the Cetearyl Alcohol. If you want a pearlized look, you can use Glycol Stearate.Of course, your level of Aloe is too high and it just gets rinsed down the drain and you don’t really need that much coconut milk since it just gets rinsed down the drain too. Finally, your surfactant system (Castile soap & Decyl Glucoside) are going to be very drying and will leave hair in terrible shape. Overall, you should rethink this and reformulate. Start simple. You don’t need 13 ingredients to make a shampoo. Start with 5 or 6.
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Wow what a rollercoaster.
1. this is not organic. Emulsifying wax contains polysorbate 60.
2. you don’t have any of your phases defined but usually you do not homogenize shampoos or cleansers.3. Take potassium sorbate out. It only works at ph<5.5 which your product is surely not at with castille soap
4. Take out castor oil, it will only impede performance. If you want it for claims keep at 0.01% or less. I’d say the same for coconut milk
5. Probably best to mix the fragrance in with some of your decyl glucoside then add.
Why are you including the cetearyl alcohol and emulsifying wax at all?
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Thank you so much @Perry
i will try and reformulate -
for the surfactant system what can i add to make moisturizing shampoo for kids
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The reason i use castor oil is to provide moisturize effect to the shampoo, what can i use to provide moisturizing effect
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My … this is one hot mess. @Rucrasha … try this:
Water, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, Coconut Water, Castile Soap, Sucrose Cocoate, Xanthan Gum, Fragrance, Preservative.
This is going to have a pH of about 9.0+, so it’s not really a great shampoo for children … will sting the eyes, but you may be able to get an Organic Certification on it.
Organic doesn’t necessarily mean good or better, so don’t confuse Organic certification with a superior product. You can make a much better, tear-free NPA certified shampoo for children.
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Thank you am going to try it
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