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  • Mascara formulation

    Posted by OrganicPap on June 5, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Do you mind giving your feedback about this mascara? I was hoping to white label it because it seems like formulating a mascara is a bit challenging. I don’t see a preservative listed except the cinnamon bark extract. Is it enough?

    Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, *Chamomile

    Hydrosol (Matricaria Recutita), Coffea Arabica (Coffee), *Lecithin,

    Mica, *Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, *Oryza Sativa (Rice)

    Powder, *Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin

    E), *Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, *Vanilla Planifolia, *Origanum

    Vulgare (Oregano) Leaf Extract,*Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract,

    *Cinnamonum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon) Bark Extract, *Rosmarinus

    Officinalis (Rosemary) Flower Extract, *Hydrastis Canadensis

    (Goldenseal) Root Extract, *Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel

    Extract.  [+/- May Contain]: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron

    Oxides (CI 77499, CI 77491, CI 77492). *Certified Organic


    Thank you in advance!

    OrganicPap replied 4 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
  • 4 Replies
  • gld010

    Member
    June 7, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    Mascaras are, in fact, pretty challenging.

    I don’t think that formula will perform very well, based on my experience.

  • Sponge

    Member
    June 15, 2019 at 6:27 am

    Have you used this formula? Similar to gld010, I’m skeptical of its performance. Seems incredibly dry. For formula critique we need the actual formula though. 

    Cinnamon on bark is not enough of a preservative. In my opinion, things like these are not real preservatives. Especially if you plan to manufacture this, you’ll quickly learn through stability testing. 

  • oldperry

    Member
    June 15, 2019 at 5:26 pm

    There are a lot of worthless ingredients in that list.  You could pair it down to this and make a formula that is just as good. Of course, you also need to add a preservative.

     Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Lecithin, Mica, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Powder, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

     Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77499, CI 77491, CI 77492).

  • OrganicPap

    Member
    June 16, 2019 at 10:57 am

    Thank you very much!! I appreciate your responses 

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