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Cheap Shampoo
I would like to ask your notes and recommendation regards my formulation of a cheap Shampoo under my customer request, salt-free, Sulfate-free
Laurylglucoside55 7%
Betain 45 10%
Comperlan 1.5%
polyquatrenium7 1%
peg-150 distearate 0.5%I can not go up in my cost so the surfactants percentage is low
I am thinking in replacing polyquatreniu7 with 1% cetrimonium chloride how do you think?
Do you have any suggestion in case the cost remain as low as it is? -
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@Robert Did you make a sample,to see how it performs? I hope you’re using a good preservative system. For the backbone, I’d advise you to use Alfa olefin sulfonate instead of the glucoside (since it’s cheaper, you can use more and have a higher level of surfactant in your formula). Also, you could replace your PQ-7 by Guar HPTC at 0.15-0.2%, unless you’re making a clear shampoo. I wouldn’t use Cetrimonium chloride in this formula, but stick with a polymer.
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ketchito said:@Robert Did you make a sample,to see how it performs? I hope you’re using a good preservative system. For the backbone, I’d advise you to use Alfa olefin sulfonate instead of the glucoside (since it’s cheaper, you can use more and have a higher level of surfactant in your formula). Also, you could replace your PQ-7 by Guar HPTC at 0.15-0.2%, unless you’re making a clear shampoo. I wouldn’t use Cetrimonium chloride in this formula, but stick with a polymer.
performance is not bad actually, but regards olefine i faced viscosity problems so I used glucosides just because of the viscosity.. regards Polyquatrenium-7 it has lower build-up and better feel on hair when you have low surfactants percentage,
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@Robert Keep in mind that CAPB is Sulfonate’s best friend, so they have a synergy to build viscosity, you just need to find the right ratio. With regards to PQ-7 and Guar HPTC, there are many studies showing Guar HPTC outperforming PQ-7, even having higher coacervation potency (but for that, you’d need to have an anionic surfactant).
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