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PEG-150 distearate
Hello everyone hope you’re doing good
Anyone knows how can i use PEG-150 distearate in shampoo using cold process? i’m dissolving the PEG-150 distearate pellets in heated water (ratio 1/10) then adding it to the shampoo mixture. Is it a good method?
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@Anna_Maria that will not work, the PEG-150DS will crash out. You need to add some of the amphoteric into that hot solution to prevent that. Do you have cocamidopropyl betaine or another in your formula? An alkanolamide can work too. BTW the easiest method of thickening shampoos - especially sulfate free ones - that are not salt-responsive is to use acrylate copolymers. These are 30% solutions you just drop in and adjust pH when you are done adding the other stuff. Synthalen W-600 works like a charm.
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Hi there, my sulphate-free shampoo is using acrylates copolymer 3.5% and Sodium Chloride 1%, but it doesn’t enough to thicken my shampoo. any treatment or suggestions in order to adding Acrylates copolymer? anyway i add it at 48 C before i added Salt. thanks before
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Are you using an anionic surfactant? If you’re using CAPB in your formula, to have any salt response you need to build a mixed-micelle system. For that, you need and antagonist to your CAPB (every Batman needs a Joker, not the best analogy though). Your could use some Sodium C12-14 olefin sulfonate. Then, when you add your salt, free ions will help create a more structured packing. Cocamide DEA will definitely boost this effect.
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Heat all surfactants to 60-70C and Peg 150.
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