Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating Hair Spray, Two-Layer

  • OldPerry

    Member
    August 11, 2016 at 1:55 am

    What is your formula?  Please include all ingredients and percents.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 11, 2016 at 5:15 am

    Thanks for your replay,

    Cyclopentasiloxane          19%
    Phenyl Trimethicone         3%
    Argan oil                          1%

    ……….
    Aqua
    Sodium chloride               1%
    Cetrimonium chloride       1.6
    PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate     1%
    Cocamidopropyl betaine   0.4
    NaPCA 1                           1
    Silicone Quaternium-18,Trideceth-6 ,Trideceth-12   2%
    Hydrolyzed Keratin PG-Propyl Methylsilanediol         1%
    ……….
    Preservative   0.1

  • belassi

    Member
    August 11, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    If you place a batch in a graduated cylinder and observe the relative quantities of the 3 layers then compare to your formula, you should be able to get a good idea of what’s happening. I suspect you have layers of vegetable oil, silicones, and water.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 15, 2016 at 7:43 am

    Thanks for your replay,

    I am going to check it.. But I do not know what equipment and machinery are used for this process? whould you please give me some information about that?

    thank you.

  • belassi

    Member
    August 15, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    You never took basic chemistry class at school? Never did physics (measurement of an object’s density)? Google it.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 16, 2016 at 5:18 am

     Mr. Belassi,

    I think, you misunderstood.
    As you suggested me : ( If you place a batch in a graduated cylinder and observe the relative
    quantities of the 3 layers then compare to your formula, you should be
    able to get a good idea of what’s happening. I suspect you have layers
    of vegetable oil, silicones, and water)

    I checked that and my problem was solved. Now I want to produce this product in a pilot plant but I do not know what equipment and machinery are used for that?
     
    by the way, I studied organic chemistry in MSc degree.
     

  • belassi

    Member
    August 16, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    You will need to talk to someone with large scale experience. Sorry I can’t help with that.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 17, 2016 at 11:04 am

    @Perry : Whould you help me?

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 17, 2016 at 11:08 am

    @Belassi : Thank you…

    @Perry : Would you mind helping me?

  • OldPerry

    Member
    August 17, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    That really depends on batch size and space available.  See this discussion of equipment.
    https://chemistscorner.com/cosmeticsciencetalk/discussion/comment/1041/

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 18, 2016 at 5:02 am

    @Perry , @jerry :
    I am going to manufacture a batch of two phases hair spray up to 500 kilos . I think, special equipment are used for that, So, I need more information about the manufacturing process and the required equipment.

  • Chemist77

    Member
    August 20, 2016 at 5:18 am

    Seems to be a simple formulation in terms of processing so I suppose you can use a normal mixer. Eventually the batch is going to separate in 2 phases though while filling you make sure that the batch is continuously under mixing for favorable results. 

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    August 20, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    @chemist:
    thank you for your reply,
    for processing yes I agree with you, we can use a normal mixer but I do not know when I want to fill the bottles what should I do? so I think we have to use special mixer for that.

  • Bill_Toge

    Member
    August 20, 2016 at 6:33 pm

    at my old place we used to make and fill two-phase mouthwash; each phase was made and filled separately, as trying to fill the mixed product would have been far too complicated and impractical

  • Ayla

    Member
    August 22, 2016 at 9:06 am

    I did the same as Bill_Toge.

  • Bobzchemist

    Member
    August 24, 2016 at 1:55 pm

    I’m going to agree with Bill also - the chances for variability in phase volume when trying to fill a 2-phase product all at once are high. Fill each phase separately, and you won’t need special equipment either.

  • fletland

    Member
    March 20, 2017 at 7:31 pm

    the formula is ok, only add a emulsifier to the oil phase, al least 3 %,  and you will get a pretty milky fase above,  and the water fase is clear,    the filling is not a problem , beacause this formula in the first separation times it takes a lot o time,  so you only have to stirr while you fill

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