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‘Natural’ swap outs for a fun moisturiser
Happy Wednesday everyone.
Okay, I’m formulating something for a client and they want a fun product for their customer, a kind of DIY moisturiser that the customer makes up every day. They take a pressed tab of the product below, add a tsp of water , zap in the microwave for 30s, then add more water and stir. No preservatives necessary and great for travel.
Anyhoo, they want it to be a natural and vegan. I’ve explained that getting it 100% natural is a tall order and also that natural is a pretty loose term, but they’ve asked me to look at it. I could do with some help on some of the swap outs . A lot of this formula is natural anyway, but a couple are making me scratch my head.
The alternatives are in brackets, but of course, I will bow to the knowledgeable ones on the forum and take any suggestions.
PHASE A
Ethylcellulose 1.5
Diisopropyl Adipate (this has got me
head-scratching) 13.5PHASE B
Octyldodecanol (and) Pogostemon Cablin
Leaf Extract 0.67Oxidized Corn Oil 6.03
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil (and)
Hydrogenated Soy Polyglycerides 15Myristyl Myristate (and) Myristyl
Laurate 5.6Bis-Stearoxydimethylsilane (and)
Stearyl Alcohol (and) Dimethicone(Cetyl Palmitate?) 10
Glyceryl Stearate (and) Behenyl
Alcohol (and) Palmitic Acid (and) Stearic Acid (and) Lecithin (and)
Lauryl Alcohol (and) Myristyl Alcohol (and) Cetyl Alcohol 28Synthetic Wax (Rice Bran Wax) 3
Cera Alba (carnauba wax) 6.5
PHASE C
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium
Chloride 1.2Sodium Polyacrylate (polyglutamic
acid?) 8PHASE D
Fragrance 1
total 100.00%
procedure
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In a side beaker, disperse EC N-200 in other Phase A ingredients at RT. Homogenize while heating at 80°C until the gel is homogeneous and clear
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In the main beaker, mix Phase A and Phase B ingredients while heating at 83°C until all completely melted
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Add Phase C and mix until powders are well dispersed while maintaining temperature at 83°C
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Add Phase D and mix well while maintaining temperature at 83°C
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At 83°C, pour into molds
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Cool down until moldings are solid
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Unmold
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