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Oil in Water Emulsion Observation
Interesting thing happened with my lotion. I put the formula together and it looked great, however the next day it looked like a micro foam. It had all these really tiny bubbles all through the cream, I don’t think I have seen that before. Has this happened to anyone else before?
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It could be trapped air escaping causing a bunch of little holes.
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@JonahRay i hope thats what it is haha! I’m doing a knockout right now to see if it might be the fragrance/preservative
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@chickenskin Do you have xanthan gum in the formula? It can trap air pretty well.
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WATERbeauplex - vitamin complex in at 0.01% GLYCERINE USP 99.5% TRIETHANOLAMINE,
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Nothing in your formula looks to be particularly bad at trapping air. I would say its just an issue of incorporating too much air during production. Make sure a vortex thats reaching the blade doesnt form and if thats hard to prevent try using a baffle to suppress the formation of a vortex.
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Is it really foam or could it be oil drops (i.e. emulsion is not stable)?
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I see triethanolamine soap as a possible source which probably wasn’t quite visible initially. Now the foam/bubbles rising to the surface.
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@Chemist77 Oh good point!