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Mimicking a surfactant blend of thick cleanser
Hi all,
I’m trying to mimic a cleanser with the following surfactants (in order): Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarconsinate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Luaryl Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate.
The rest of the ingredients are water (first ingredient), and at/below 1% plant extracts/claims, and phenoxyethanol. No salt or thickeners.I don’t have all these surfactants on hand, but my best attempts at beginning to replicate this product (with differing %s of Betaine, Cocoamphoacetate, Glucosides) leave a very watery product, and this is surprisingly thick — I would describe it like aloe vera gel that you put on a sunburn.
My question really is: is one of the surfactants above a strong thickener? None appear to be in my searches. Is it possible they didn’t include salt added, and instead put it under “Fragrance” or one of the extracts?
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