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  • Isododecane Usage For Non Transfer Liquid Lipstick

    Posted by MHyman on September 8, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    I’m an experienced not licensed cosmetic chemist I’m formulating a non transfer liquid lipstick for my wife as a anniversary present and need help with the amount needed for Isododecane. Typical usage to make a non transfer liquid makeup formulation is at 48% but its to runny/oily any advice on the usage level?

    microformulation replied 8 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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  • bobzchemist

    Member
    September 8, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    Leave the isododecane level where it is - that’s where is should be. Reduce non-volatile oils, increase waxes. 

    To my knowledge, no country or organization licenses cosmetic chemists. Where do you live?
  • mart

    Member
    September 9, 2015 at 1:56 am

    You need to add trimethylsiloxysilicate.

  • MHyman

    Member
    September 9, 2015 at 11:53 pm

    @Bobzchemist 


    Thank you and  for the advice I’m from the US and If you would of read my post correctly you would of saw that I said “I’m an experienced NOT LICENSED cosmetic chemist”
  • markbroussard

    Member
    September 10, 2015 at 12:08 am

    Exactly BobZ’s point … there is no such thing as a “Licensed Cosmetic Chemist”

    You can be a degreed Chemist or a Chemist that graduated from a Cosmetic Chemistry program, or even a non-degreed person who learned from on-the-job experience.  But, there are no licensing certification bodies for cosmetic chemists that I am aware of.
  • bobzchemist

    Member
    September 10, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    @MHyman - As far as I can tell, it’s not just the US, no one anywhere on the planet is a licensed cosmetic chemist. I was just curious about where you got the idea that a license for a cosmetic chemist exists.

  • microformulation

    Member
    September 10, 2015 at 4:52 pm

    I am a Cosmetic Chemist and I have a drivers license. Does that count?

  • MHyman

    Member
    September 11, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    @Microformulation I don’t think he understands that were classifying Cosmetic in a category and not a licensed title. A Chemist can specialize in anything. Under the study of Chemistry we are saying we specialize in Cosmetics.

  • microformulation

    Member
    September 11, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    I knew what he was saying. Do I need to get the sarcasm sign like on Big Bang Theory?

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