Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating General Increasing hair gel viscosity

  • Increasing hair gel viscosity

    Posted by Fekher on February 16, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    hi friends , whats is the best ingredient to have important increasement of gel’s viscosity without increasing the level of carbomer and preserving gel texture ( without using ceteareth) ?
    i’am thinking about peg but i did not find any reference for best one or is there any other solution ?
    @Perry  @Chemist77  @Dirtnap1 @Doreen

    Fekher replied 5 years, 8 months ago 8 Members · 15 Replies
  • 15 Replies
  • Doreen

    Member
    February 17, 2019 at 10:37 am

    I wouldn’t know of a way to increase gel viscosity and keep the same texture besides raising the level of carbomer, I’m afraid. Perhaps other members can be of assistance to you.
    Good luck!

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 17, 2019 at 12:25 pm

    @Doreen any way thanks for your answer  .

  • Chemist77

    Member
    February 17, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    Concur with @Doreen, I doubt if that would be possible without increasing the carbomer. I am not sure which PEG you are referring to here and how it can build up viscosity. 

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 17, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    @Chemist77 @Doreen  actually elegance gel have great viscosity that soo difficult to reach it with only carbomer same for few other gels the commun point is they are all containing : castor oil or peg 40 castor oil.

  • pepe

    Member
    February 19, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    @Fekher If your benchmark is elegance try aculyn 88 and fixate plus beside carbomer.

  • Dirtnap1

    Member
    February 19, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    Fixate Plus (Lubrizol) will thicken the base when properly pH’ed. Along with carbomer, should thicken to where you can stand a spoon in the solution.

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 20, 2019 at 5:55 am

    @pepe thanks for the input, really soo interesting  and have idea about price of the fixate plus and level ? actually i’am working with pvp/va BASF.
    Thanks @Dirtnap1  what adequat ph for Lubrizol fixate plus?

  • Dirtnap1

    Member
    February 21, 2019 at 12:05 am

    Will depend a lot on desired thickness and clarity. So you would have to play with it. >6 less clarity but a bit more hold. <6 more clarity, slightly less hold.

  • em88

    Member
    February 21, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    What carbomer are you using from Lubrizol? They have a wide variety of carbomers, and most likely they offer something with higher viscosity. For example carbopol 980 NF should give very high viscosity gels. 

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 21, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    @Dirtnap1 thanks for your intersting share actually the choice is difficult between hold and clarity ☺.
    @em88 actually i have spanish carbomer 996 wich quite good and there are a lot of carbomer as you said wich give differents viscosity in same level.

  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    February 21, 2019 at 11:15 pm

    Carbopol 980 is very viscous at .5%

  • ozgirl

    Member
    February 22, 2019 at 12:18 am
    Have you considered the POLYOX Water Soluble Resins from Dow.
    Unfortunately I have only  trialled them in non cosmetic applications so I can’t really help with which ones might be suitable but your Dow rep should be able to help.
  • Fekher

    Member
    February 22, 2019 at 7:50 am

    @ngarayeva001 thanks for the help and this curve have a plus about carbomer and viscosity but i have always problem of access .
    Whatever @ozgirl  thanks a lot for your input.

  • em88

    Member
    February 22, 2019 at 11:19 am

    What is the viscosity you are looking for?

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 22, 2019 at 3:34 pm

     @em88 actually no precise value but a viscosity near to elegance gel ( lit bit higher) .

Log in to reply.

Chemists Corner