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petrolatum
I have a client that is asking for a hair pomade that acts like a petrolatum, and feels like a petrolatum but is water soluble. Is there a replacement ingredient out there that could do this?
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I’m not sure there is a thing that would act and feel like petrolatum but be water soluble. -
I don’t think that there’s one single ingredient that can do this - there might be a combination of ingredients that can - BUT…there are two problems:
1) Any formula that does this will cost at least 5x - 10x the cost of a petrolatum formula, and maybe more.2) There’s a reason that pomades are either oil-based, or not water soluble when they’re dry - sweat (and humidity). A water-soluble pomade will go all over the place exactly when your customer doesn’t want it to.You may actually have a different problem than trying to formulate a water-soluble petrolatum. -
it’s quite possible to create a water-soluble styling paste with a similar thickness and consistency to petrolatum, but it’s not a straightforward process and the chances are you’ll need to do a lot of experimenting to get it just right
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Thank you all, this is exactly what I told him. I just needed some advise from the experts.
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