• Formulating

  Gentle Cleansing Water

  Posted by Anonymous on June 26, 2020 at 1:05 am

  Hello! I’m looking to create a micellar cleansing water. I’m still very much in the early stages of developing the formula, but Im thinking:

  80% water
  5% peppermint hydrosol
  2% glycerin
  3% aloe vera gel
  3% blend of extracts (haven’t pinned down exactly which ones I want yet but Im leaning towards green tea and possibly some natural AHA containing extracts)
  1% preservative 
  .5% chelator

  Im guessing the last 5.5% would be my surfactant and some sort of solubilizer to dissolve makeup. I’m not sure how to divide the 5.5% between the 2 or if I even need that much.

  Im also wondering if I should add something to make this not quite as runny (possibly increase aloe gel and glycerin) or add some sort of thickener or structuring agent.

  Disclaimer: I want this to be as gentle as possible, but still effective. I also have to have a squeaky clean label for marketing purposes. So I’d loveee to avoid polysorbate-20 and anything else ethoxylated. Polymers and silicones are also unfortunately not an option for me. I think I can make any surfactant work as long as it is gentle, but I think it’d be an easier sale if was sulfate free (*sigh*)

  Anonymous replied 4 years, 6 months ago 0 Member · 0 Replies

  • gentle-face-wash
  • micellar
  • solubilization
  • water-based
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