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  Natural or synthetic solubilizer?

  Posted by Lisa18 on January 15, 2019 at 5:58 pm

  Which solubilizer used in body water spray with or without ethanol?
  I tried green different blens but solution remaims cloudy
  Thank you to everyone

  Gunther replied 6 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  OldPerry

  Professional Chemist / Formulator

  January 15, 2019 at 7:13 pm

  You’ll have to tell us all the other ingredients in your formula to get a useful answer.

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  Lisa18

  Member

  January 15, 2019 at 7:31 pm

  Aqua q.b 100%
  Ethanol 40%
  Parfum 6%
  Distilled water 2%
  Actives 1%

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  MarkBroussard

  Professional Chemist / Formulator

  January 15, 2019 at 7:41 pm

  @Lisa18:

  Why so high on the Parfum?  The solubility is only about 0.6% in water … or is your 6% a typo?

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  Lisa18

  Member

  January 15, 2019 at 7:54 pm

  Parfum is 6% and at the moment we use emuclear as solubilizer but it’ s a etoxylathed solubilizer

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  MarkBroussard

  Professional Chemist / Formulator

  January 15, 2019 at 8:29 pm

  So, the question is … why such a high level of Parfum?

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  Gunther

  Member

  January 15, 2019 at 11:00 pm

  You can try
  a polysorbate, PEG-40 hydrogentated castor oil and combinations of them.
  You could try an ethoxylated alcohol for tiny amounts of fragrance, but for 6% fragrance, you’d need to use too much.

  PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate might work but you’d need too much of it which will leave a sticky feel.

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