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Hair Clean CAP
Halo, please i need a help. I am on my projcet to formulate a hair clean in shower cap.
This is the temporary formula:
Aquadest
Na2EDTA
Na Benzoat
Phenoxyethanol
CHG 20%
D Panthenol
CAPB
Menthol
Dimethicon & Amodimethicon
Fragrance
Is it a normal if the result solution is not clear? It likes milky liquid.
I have some problems, these are:
1. After +- 24 hours, why it appears like gel on my solutions? The gel is like d-panthenol (sticky)
2. When i do stabtest at 40 C, Why my solutions from milky liquid become yellow clear solutions?
3. When i applied the solutions in a shower cap and i do stabtest (40 C), why it becames yellow spots in the shower cap?
Anyone please can help me? I need your help. Thank you
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1 Reply
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The gel you see might be one of the silicones, especially if any of them is a gum (Panthenol is water soluble).
The stability turns from milky (you might be using a silicone emulsion) to a clear and yellow solution, since heat increases flocculation, creaming and lately phase separation (you might also see an oily layer on top). The yellow color is usual in amodimethicones, I believe due to amine impurities.
The sticky spots on the cap are again silicona that sepárate (one of them might be a gum).
As a test, remove your silicones and do stability again. To fix that, either use a more water dispersible silicone (ethoxylated), a microemulsion or add emulsifiers to create an emulsion on your own.
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