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  Is HMPC compatible with this formula and when should it be added?

  Posted by GeorgeBenson on January 27, 2022 at 2:56 am

  I have a shampoo formula with the following ingredients but I am thinking about swapping Sorbithix for HPMC. Just wondering if there are any incompatibilities I should know about here and also how and when it would be best to add the HPMC.

  PHASE A

  Sodium Phytate
  Aloe Vera Juice
  Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate

  PHASE B

  Sodium C-14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
  CAPB
  Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside

  PHASE C

  Polyquaternium 10

  PHASE D

  Sodium PCA

  PHASE E

  Polysorbate 20
  Fragrance

  PHASE F (all ingredients here mixed in individually)

  Sorbithix l-100
  Euxyl 9010
  Citric Acid 

  The Sorbithix works fine it’s just expensive. I have never worked with HPMC so I’m just not sure about where in the process I would add it and what are the best methods for dispersing it.

  thank you for any tips.

  ketchito replied 2 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Abdullah

  Member

  January 27, 2022 at 9:16 am

  Yes you can use it

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  Paprik

  Member

  January 27, 2022 at 5:56 pm

  A tip: Get rid of the Sodium PCA. It’s expensive for a wash-off product. You can use a bit of Glycerin instead. 

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  ketchito

  Member

  January 28, 2022 at 2:29 pm

  @GeorgeBenson Those polymers are better added to the water phase, at the start of the process, and with good mixing to avoid clumps and speed hydration.

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