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How can I make a clear, but pH adjusted, shower gel with coco glucoside?
I have:
Coco glucoside
distilled water
hydroxyethylcellulose
glycerin
citric acidi have various other materials which I don’t think or know if they would be helpful, like carrageenan, xanthan gum, some oils and waxes, etc
but I don’t have any surfactants other than coco g for the time being, planning to get other ones.
is it possible at all to make a clear shower gel with what I have?
citric acid makes the coco glucoside turn white, is there another way I can pH adjust the mixture without the coco glucoside turning white?
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6 Replies
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No. Glucoside is not compatible with hec
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really? why not? i’ve seen recipes using both of those, why would they not work together?
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I don’t know why but you can test it for your self.
Glucoside melts hec
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thanks
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<div>In my opinion, you will find incompatibilities among your set of ingredients.</div><div>
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My approach was to saponify coconut oil to produce Potassium Cocoate. In our manufacturing facility, we produced this shampoo base for 20+ years. We used this base to produce shampoo for brands globally. It was just a matter of adding essential and other oils to meet client requirements.
And what attracted brands was that the shampoo was synthetic free, and worked.
Contact me if you want to know more.
Kind regards,
Dr. Mike Thair
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@sundae3 As @Abdullah mentioned, it’s hard to get a stable product using a Glucoside surfactant and HEC. If you still want to try, you could add some base after HEC (which should be added first and let hydrate) to help dissolve its envelope, and then add coco glucoside…and see how it goes, but there’s not much hope based on experience. Don’t you have any anionic surfactant around?
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