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  • Analysing Unilever shampoo MSDS

    Posted by Abdullah on January 15, 2025 at 3:12 am

    This is a shampoo SDS from Unilever.<div>

    It has

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    10-20% SLES

    1-5% CAPB

    3-6% Dimethiconol (and) Trideceth-10 (and) TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate

    0.5-0.9% Amodimethicone and Cetrimonium Chloride and Trideceth-12

    0.2-0.5% Carbomer

    0.5-1% FO

    0.4-0.5% sodium benzoate

    0.1-0.5% cationic guar

    0.05-0.1% EDTA.

    pH 5.5-6.5

    Questions

    1. Is 0.5% sodium benzoate alone enough as preservative?

    2. Are these ingredients percentage of active surfactant or silicone or as they are?

    If active ingredients,

    3. Isn’t that to much silicone? Or something in the product is reducing the amount of silicone deposition?

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    PhilGeis replied 1 hour, 14 minutes ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • ketchito

    Member
    January 15, 2025 at 5:17 am

    Those vales are as they are (I’ve seen the formula, but I cannot give more details or else they would take away my house and savings, hehe). Now, keep in mind those are broad ranges to keep the formula secret, but you can have a closer look through the patent.

  • PhilGeis

    Member
    January 15, 2025 at 5:48 am

    Unilever cosmetic microbiology is pretty good. Not know pH, package, ingred. preservatives, balance - I’ll note benzoate is more effective with some surfactants

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