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  • essence percentages ?

    Posted by filiz on December 4, 2020 at 7:20 am

    Hi everyone,

    I studied a shower gel for 8 different essences.
    I chose 2 essences to compare and did the experiment
    Essence1 was tested 2% and 3% 
    Also essence2 was tested same amount

    result:  
    Both percentages of the essence1 degraded thickening 

    Does the thickening decrease as the percentage of essence increases?

    Benz3ne replied 4 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Benz3ne

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    December 4, 2020 at 10:39 am

    It largely depends on what ‘essence’ you’re using, as you’ve identified using Essence 1 and Essence 2. 
    Typically, if there’s a degradation of thickening for x% of your essence, then increasing it to y% (where y > x) is going to exaggerate that degradation.

    That said, you can try it yourself by adding 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 5% etc. and see what impact it has.

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