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Is this foam or conditioner separation 1 hour later on top of product?
I made this simple conditioner an hour ago.
Water
BTMS 25 2%
Citric acid 0.2% to pH 4.
NACL 0.05%
Formalin 0.1%Sample size 300g. Mixed with stick blender.
After sample was made everything was homogenous.
At bottling is was low viscosity but not water thin.
After one hour, there is a thin white layer on top as in photo.Is this the bubbles introduced during mixing that is coming out of formula or the formula is separating?
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12 Replies
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Looks like separation to me.
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Looks like foam to me.
Put it in an oven to warm it up and see if it disappears in a couple hours. If it does, it was foam. If not, it is separation.
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@Perry should i warm it to what degree temperature?
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It looks like foam to me too.
Heat it to 35 - 40°C. As you would do your stability testing. -
Spray it with Isopropyl alcohol. If it’s a foam it will collapse.
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Paprik said:It looks like foam to me too.
Heat it to 35 - 40°C. As you would do your stability testing.Thanks
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ngarayeva001 said:Spray it with Isopropyl alcohol. If it’s a foam it will collapse.
I have ethanol. Does it work?
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I understand that both ethanol and isopropyl alcohol have much lower surface tension than water and break foam bubbles. But I only tried it with isopropyl alcohol because that’s what I have
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ngarayeva001 said:I understand that both ethanol and isopropyl alcohol have much lower surface tension than water and break foam bubbles. But I only tried it with isopropyl alcohol because that’s what I have
Thanks
Fortunately it was just foam
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Thanks for the update Abdullah
good to hear! -
I’m glad I was wrong!
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Simple recipe works well
Water phase
1. Water
2. EDTA 0.1
3. Glycerol 2
4. Cetrimonium chloride 2
Oil phase
1. Cetearyl alcohol 5
Heat separated to 78© add oil to water mix for 20 min