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Looking for advice on formulating a natural deodorant
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Cool thanks Ozgirl (thought you mist be an Aussie too!) - I buy a lot of Ingredients from New Directions in Sydney so will look into. Cheers
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You’ll have to play around with it, but 60% Ethanol + 35% Water is a good place to start. The other ingredients are likely loaded at 1% or less. The Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate (and) Triethyl Citrate is a deo active blend available from Evonik (Dr. Straetmans).
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Thanks very much for that Mark appreciate your help and time and the info on where to source the Deo active - I will look into. Have to see what exchange rates are and shipping costs though which is why I tend to buy mostly in Australia (where I am). The Ethanol I can buy here is this : Alcohol, Aqua (Water) , 0.25% Tertiary Butanol [Denaturant: To conform with Australian Taxation Office - Excise requirements] - would that be ok to use?
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Squinny said:Thanks very much for that Mark appreciate your help and time and the info on where to source the Deo active - I will look into. Have to see what exchange rates are and shipping costs though which is why I tend to buy mostly in Australia (where I am). The Ethanol I can buy here is this : Alcohol, Aqua (Water) , 0.25% Tertiary Butanol [Denaturant: To conform with Australian Taxation Office - Excise requirements] - would that be ok to use?That Evonic add in….is called dermosoft decalact deo.
It is now sold in the US, at Formulators sample shop.
Just go to the liquor store, and ask for Everclear….or a generic version of it.
dermosoft® decalact deo MB | Evonik Dr. Straetmans GmbH (dr-straetmans.de)
Note: The TEC level in there is microscopic, not the levels we have preciously discussed.
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Thanks Graillotion yes plan to use more TEC as discussed when I buy it. Rules in Australia very different to USA re alcohol due to our taxes and and laws for ‘home’ use. I just looked up Everclear (hadn’t heard of that before either!) and can buy but $50 for 200 ml so if the denatured stuff is good enough for my uses only $110 for 5 liters which I can share with a friend for her herbal extractions. Anyway I appreciate everyones advice and once I buy a few of the ingredients I need like the alcohol, TEC etc. I’ll have a play with some small batches of 50 ml or so and see what works best for me. Everything has been very useful to me and I’ve learn more about ingredients I hadn’t heard of until I joined this forum. Have a great day - sunny and 30 degrees C here today.
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