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  Salt Spray - Separation

  Posted by Cosmetic_Chemist on January 20, 2022 at 9:35 pm

  Hello, 

  I have recently tried formulating a salt spray but I noticed separation once it started cooling down. 

  The ingredients are:

  Water
  Amodimethicone
  Trideceth-12
  Cetrimonium Chloride
  Magnesium Sulfate - 3%
  Cetearyl Alcohol 
  Polysorbate 60
  Sodium Chloride - 0.2%
  Citric Acid 
  Phenoxyethanol 

  I mixed the salts in the water and then heated it to 75-80 deg C before adding
  Amodimethicone
  Trideceth-12
  Cetrimonium Chloride
  Magnesium Sulfate
  Cetearyl Alcohol 
  Polysorbate 60

  It was stable until I turned off the heat. White chunks started forming and floating on top. 

  Did I not heat it enough? Was there too much salt? 

  Any advice would be appreciated! 

  Thank you! 

  ketchito replied 2 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

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  ketchito

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  January 21, 2022 at 12:38 pm

  @Cosmetic_Chemist Can you try one sample without salts? Some emulsions don’t tolerate high amounts of electrolytes.

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