Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating General Is SLS milder than SLES?

  • singhc10

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    June 1, 2021 at 11:18 am

    @ its other way, SLES is milder than SLS
    Ethoxylation causes following:

    • Reduce irritancy(milder to skin)
    • Decreases salt viscosity response(need more salt to thicken SLES than SLS)
    • Reduces foaming
  • OldPerry

    Member
    June 1, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    Yes, the opposite is true. SLES is theoretically more mild than SLS. Although you can make a mild formula with either.

    But it does demonstrate that not everything you read on the Internet is true.

  • Abdullah

    Member
    June 2, 2021 at 12:29 am

    @Perry @singhc10 thanks 
    I should be careful with information on internet. 

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