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Dog shampoo for healthy skin
hello everybody,I am Maria, from Spain.I want to ask to all of you a about dog shampoo formulation.I want to formulate a dog shampoo for healthy skin.I want to use a mixture between vegetal origin ingredients and synthetics.As a moisturizers, glycerin and pentylene glycol (booster preservative too).As a chelatant agent, sodium phytate.As a thickening agents, pectin gum, xanthan gum, carragenan gum or synthetic polymers.As a pH regulator , L-arginine.As a fragrance i will use synthetic fragrance without allergens. Do you know which smell is better for dogs?As a surfactant, I would prefer using vegetal origin surfactants, please What surfactants you would recommended?I think i have to formulate a shampoo with a mixture of aniónic, non-ionic and amphoteric surfactants, right?As a preservative i need one that works at pH 7.00,.I have to formulate with fish oil, i have to introduce a 1% of fish oil for omega-3 cosmetics propertis.Many thanks in advance for your help all to you! -
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MarieSilva_27 said:…I want to use a mixture between vegetal origin ingredients and synthetics. So, you can basically use everything commonly used.As a moisturizers, glycerin and pentylene glycol (booster preservative too). Doesn’t work that way. Pentylene glycol in a shampoo looks like you’re rich and don’t know where to spend your money.…As a thickening agents, pectin gum, xanthan gum, carragenan gum or synthetic polymers. See first comment: No need for these, use salt to thicken (if you use the right surfactants)As a pH regulator , L-arginine. Depeding on your starting material, you might need an acid instead. See also second comment.As a fragrance i will use synthetic fragrance without allergens. Do you know which smell is better for dogs? None, none is clearly best for dogs. They will be very happy with the fish oil smell
.As a surfactant, I would prefer using vegetal origin surfactants, please What surfactants you would recommended? Standard blends SLES/CAPB whatever you want, they’re at least in part vegetal origin. You’ll find a ton of recommendations here.I think i have to formulate a shampoo with a mixture of aniónic, non-ionic and amphoteric surfactants, right? Depends.As a preservative i need one that works at pH 7.00,. Why pH 7? See older discussions about dog shampoo.I have to formulate with fish oil, i have to introduce a 1% of fish oil for omega-3 cosmetics propertis. They will LOVE your shampoo! However, dogs don’t buy shampoo, people do… maybe those will not like it that much……See in bold
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…everything @Pharma said, plus: please do not add fragrances or essential oils to pet shampoo. The creatures cannot stand it and it generally irritates their skin. Pet shampoos make the best use for “fragrance-free.”
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