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  • Cheap Shampoo

    Posted by Robert on December 15, 2022 at 8:14 am

    I would like to ask your notes and recommendation regards my formulation of a cheap Shampoo under my customer request, salt-free, Sulfate-free
    Laurylglucoside55  7%
    Betain 45 10%
    Comperlan 1.5%
    polyquatrenium7 1%
    peg-150 distearate 0.5%

    I can not go up in my cost so the surfactants percentage is low
    I am thinking in replacing polyquatreniu7 with 1% cetrimonium chloride how do you think?
    Do you have any suggestion in case the cost remain as low as it is? 

    ketchito replied 1 year, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • ketchito

    Member
    December 15, 2022 at 11:36 am

    @Robert Did you make a sample,to see how it performs? I hope you’re using a good preservative system. For the backbone, I’d advise you to use Alfa olefin sulfonate instead of the glucoside (since it’s cheaper, you can use more and have a higher level of surfactant in your formula). Also, you could replace your PQ-7 by Guar HPTC at 0.15-0.2%, unless you’re making a clear shampoo. I wouldn’t use Cetrimonium chloride in this formula, but stick with a polymer.

  • Robert

    Member
    December 15, 2022 at 11:58 am

    ketchito said:

    @Robert Did you make a sample,to see how it performs? I hope you’re using a good preservative system. For the backbone, I’d advise you to use Alfa olefin sulfonate instead of the glucoside (since it’s cheaper, you can use more and have a higher level of surfactant in your formula). Also, you could replace your PQ-7 by Guar HPTC at 0.15-0.2%, unless you’re making a clear shampoo. I wouldn’t use Cetrimonium chloride in this formula, but stick with a polymer.

    performance is not bad actually, but regards olefine i faced viscosity problems so I used glucosides just because of the viscosity.. regards Polyquatrenium-7 it has lower build-up and better feel on hair when you have low surfactants percentage, 

  • ketchito

    Member
    December 16, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    @Robert Keep in mind that CAPB is Sulfonate’s best friend, so they have a synergy to build viscosity, you just need to find the right ratio. With regards to PQ-7 and Guar HPTC, there are many studies showing Guar HPTC outperforming PQ-7, even having higher coacervation potency (but for that, you’d need to have an anionic surfactant). 

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