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In your opinion and experience with Emulsifiers…
In your opinion and experience using Emulsifiers… which one works best in a hydrous solution with a PH ranging from 5-5.5. With added preservatives - Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium Benzoate. Also using Cetearyl Alcohol as a co-emulsifier.
Would love to hear your thoughts! ????
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Always hard to beat the global ‘go to’ emulsifier, the ‘165’ type. INCI: Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG 100 Stearate. To give additional boosting beyond the fatty alcohol… consider a water gelling agent, like a gum or polymeric. You can also add an anionic co-emulsifier at a rate of 1 part to 10, things like GSC, SSG, or PCP.
Good luck.
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I’d add that without knowing the oil that you are trying to emulsify, it’s difficult to advise which emulsifier to use. A polymeric emulsifier like Pemulen could be useful.
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Hi Perry! The oils are: Grapeseed oil, Cedarwood, Avocado, Pumpkin seed, Arctium Lappa Root (extracted from Olive oil). That’ll go into a mixture of Rosemary Water mixed with Flaxseed gel. What would you recommend?
Preservatives: Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate. 1.5%
Co emulsifier: Cetearyl Alcohol
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polymeric emulsifier such as carbopol will emulsify-thicken and provide flow ie pseudoplasticity on skin
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