Oil in Water Emulsion Observation

chickenskin

Interesting thing happened with my lotion.  I put the formula together and it looked great, however the next day it looked like a micro foam.  It had all these really tiny bubbles all through the cream, I don't think I have seen that before.  Has this happened to anyone else before?

JonahRay

It could be trapped air escaping causing a bunch of little holes.

chickenskin

@JonahRay ; i hope thats what it is haha!  I'm doing a knockout right now to see if it might be the fragrance/preservative

JonahRay

@chickenskin Do you have xanthan gum in the formula? It can trap air pretty well.

chickenskin

PURIFIED WATER

beauplex - vitamin complex  in at 0.01%

GLYCERINE USP 99.5%

TRIETHANOLAMINE, 99% NF ---------------------------

WHITE MINERAL OIL 70 NF

STEARIC ACID

cannabis seed oil

cannabidiol

STEARYL ALCOHOL

GLYCERYL STEARATE SE

(Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer & Isohexadecane & Polysorbate 80) -------------------------------

PHENOXYETHANOL(AND) CAPRYLYL GLYCOL (AND)SORBIC ACID

Arinca/Glycerine

D.L.-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE

Essential Oil blend

JonahRay

Nothing in your formula looks to be particularly bad at trapping air. I would say its just an issue of incorporating too much air during production. Make sure a vortex thats reaching the blade doesnt form and if thats hard to prevent try using a baffle to suppress the formation of a vortex.

Pharma

Is it really foam or could it be oil drops (i.e. emulsion is not stable)?

Chemist77

I see triethanolamine soap as a possible source which probably wasn’t quite visible initially. Now the foam/bubbles rising to the surface. 

JonahRay

@Chemist77 Oh good point!