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Cold pressed coconut oil
Want to add cold pressed coconut oil as a main active into a shampoo formulation. What is the max % can be added? What kind of surfactants or other agents to be used in order to have a homegenous solution?
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Swiftcraftymonkey has tutorials on making shampoo which I think you will find helpful.
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I don’t think you’ll get a solution at all - at least, not at oil levels above 0.1%. The best you could hope for is a micro-emulsion, but it’s more likely that you will have to settle for a standard emulsion.
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If there was a solution for incorporation of oils in shampoos (without catapulting the costs) we would see many such innovations from the giants. Exceptions are rare.
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i was making a Depigment lotion. here is the LOI, kindly adv what can i do to replace this Methyisothiazolinone. Or do i have to replace this Phenoxyethanol/Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate too to an effective preservative system? Parabens are not the option here too. Many thanks
Aqua 95.55%
Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract/Mitracarpus Scaber Extract 2%
Propylene Glycol/Bacillus Ferment 0.5%
Titanium Dioxide 0.5%
Carbomer 0.3%
Acrylamide Sodium Acrylate Copolymer/Paraffinum Liquidum and Trideceth-6 0.25%
Allantoin 0.2%
Triethanolamine 0.18%
Phenoxyethanol/Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate 0.18%
Lecithin/Arbutin/Linolenic Acid/Linoleic Acid/Tocopheryl Acetate/Ascorbyl Palmitate/Glutathione 0.15%
Sodium Hyaluronate 0.15 %
Methyisothiazolinone 0.05% -
Danielyau - see this post - http://makingskincare.com/preservatives/
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