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  Please critique my moisturizer, a guide for newbie

  Posted by Pattsi on November 27, 2020 at 1:47 pm

  Hi

  Sometimes I’m left with some expensive ingredients which I don’t
  need and it would be a waste to just throw them away. So I will make some
  simple moisturizers for myself, family and friends using these ingredients.

   

  As a newbie as I am, I keep the formula simple in case other
  newbies who want to start making their own cream find this post useful.

   

  Formulation 1. – Low occlusive gel cream

   

  A             Glyceryl Stearate and PEG-100 Stearate                  1

                  Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride                                   2

                  Cetearyl
  Alcohol                                                    0.5

                  Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate                                    0.1

                  Ascorbyl palmitate                                                 0.05

                           

  B              water                                                                      to
  100

                  Disodium EDTA                                                      0.2

                  Carbopol 940                                                         1

                  Glycerin                                                                  3

   

  C              Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate*                                    5 - 10

                  Dimethicone 5 cst                                                   1

                  TEA                                                                         1.5

                  Liquid Germall Plus                                                 1

                  Fragrance                                                                0.01

              

   

  Heat A and B separately  to
  70 °C

  Mix A into B under agitation

  Cool down add C at 40 °C

   

  I have Ascorbyl
  Tetraisopalmitate left a lot right now so I’ll be using 5 or 10 in this formula.

  I only have Liquid Germall Plus and
  Optiphen plus preservatives at hand right now.

  Any suggestion, advice, critique is appreciated.

  Thank you.            

  Pattsi replied 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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• 

  emma1985

  Member

  November 28, 2020 at 2:18 am

  Maximum usage rate for Liquid Germall Plus is 0.5%. 

• 

  Pattsi

  Member

  November 28, 2020 at 7:18 am

  Thank you @emma1985 I am really bad with preservative system.

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