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  • Liquid Surfactant Blend Recommendations

    Posted by Fedaro on January 27, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Hi everyone!

    I’m looking for liquid surfactant blends available in the US in small quantities (≤10kg). Ideally, I’m looking for something that doesn’t require heating and is suitable for shampoo formulations.

    Currently, I’m using Cola®Det COCO (Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Coco-Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine), which is advertised as an “easy to handle liquid.” However, I’ve found that it’s more of a solid paste at room temperature.

    I’ve also come across Cola®Det DEF-61 (Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Cocamide MIPA) and was wondering if anyone has experience with it. Is it truly a liquid at room temperature?

    I’d appreciate any recommendations or insights into other liquid blends that fit these criteria. Thanks in advance!

    natasha.acendra replied 1 hour, 11 minutes ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Abdullah

    Entrepreneur
    January 27, 2025 at 10:09 pm

    Cola®Det COCO is a good one with higher active surfactants. If you want something completely liquid at RT, it will have very small total surfactants and would cost you more.

    • Fedaro

      DIY formulator
      January 27, 2025 at 10:21 pm

      It is a good one, I really like the shampoos I’ve made with it. However, having to heat it up adds a lot of time to the process for me. Cola®Det DEF-61 is only 40% active compared to Cola®Det COCO which is 60% active, so you’re definitely right that it will cost more, but I feel like the time and energy savings may be worth it. Thanks for your feedback!

  • Fedaro

    DIY formulator
    February 4, 2025 at 1:41 pm

    Bumping this up. 👀

  • natasha.acendra

    Member
    February 7, 2025 at 9:58 am

    I personally haven’t had the chance to work with either of the blends you’ve tried, but I have found that the one I use—Chemoryl™ SFB-10SSB (Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, and Cocamidopropyl Betaine)—is quite good. It has strong cleansing power with little to no irritation.

    On another note, if you haven’t found a supplier that sells in relatively small quantities, you might want to check out LotionCrafter or MakingCosmetics. The MakingCosmetics website also offers some formulations and information on various ingredients and products.

    • natasha.acendra

      Member
      February 7, 2025 at 10:03 am

      I forgot to mention this surfactant blend that MakingCsometics sells Cleansing Blend WF, wich is Cocamidopropyl hydroxysulatine, decyl glucoside, and sodium lauroyl sarcosinate.

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