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  Pentylene Glycol as a solubolizer?

  Posted by suswang8 on October 22, 2023 at 5:26 pm

  Hi, all.

  Does anyone have any experience using Pentylene Glycol as a solubolizer for lipophilic ingredients?

  For example, can one use it to solubilize, say, some essential oil, and then add that preparation into an aqueous product, such as a facial toner?

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  suswang8 replied 1 year, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Graillotion

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  October 22, 2023 at 9:04 pm

  TEC is a good choice for EO’s.

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  fareloz

  Member

  October 23, 2023 at 2:52 am

  Depends on the ratio between water\pentylene glycol\oil. In commercial products I see they usually use polysorbate 20 for this in toners.

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  suswang8

  Member

  October 23, 2023 at 2:25 pm

  Thank you. I am trying to be an evil natural-ish formulator and avoid going down the polysorbate road, but let’s see what happens. It looks like I might have to do my own experimentation and report back my findings. ????

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