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  Posted by tinas on March 8, 2023 at 11:19 am

  Is there any humectants that work immediately on the skin? For hand/shower-gel, the humectants is washed away after 20 sec.

  ketchito replied 1 year, 1 month ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Pharma

  Member

  March 8, 2023 at 11:46 am

  What about water?
  Seriously, what exactly is your question and where’s your level of knowlege (not an insult but a basis to build upon)?

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  chemicalmatt

  Member

  March 8, 2023 at 3:31 pm

  @Pharma you are so on it there. Kudos to you. Best humectant known to mankind: a swim. Now, @tinas you are no doubt experiencing what happens when you try to use glycerin in a detergent cleansing formula such as body wash? Am I right? Here’s the answer: NOTHING. Glycerin wants to be an effluent in that situation, not a humectant. Use a polyglyceryl ester or the Old School PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate or even polyquaternium-7 or 10.

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    tinas

    Member

    March 8, 2023 at 3:44 pm

    glycerin is waste of money, but what about urea?

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      ketchito

      Member

      March 8, 2023 at 9:47 pm

      In a cleansing product, an even bigger waste of money. Urea is more water loving than Glycerin. The story is different if you talk about a leave-on product, like a body cream.

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