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  Shampoo & their emollients

  Posted by Farion1989 on February 5, 2020 at 4:47 pm

  I’m formulating a shampoo & I’m having a hard time finding an all natural or organic emollient.. any tips?

  Gunther replied 3 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

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  OldPerry

  Professional Chemist / Formulator

  February 5, 2020 at 5:01 pm

  Emollients in a shampoo have a negative impact on cleaning and foam and just get rinsed away.  Tips: find ones that have marketing appeal and use them at minuscule levels (0.1% or less)

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  Farion1989

  Member

  February 5, 2020 at 6:46 pm

  Thank you. I definitely will take into consideration.

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  Gunther

  Member

  February 6, 2020 at 4:46 pm

  Agree.
  They have too little time to act on hair to do anything noticeable.
  They’ll just end up being rinsed down the drain.

  For shampoos you only can:
  1. Use less or milder surfactants so they don’t strip as much oils from hair.
  2. Add polyquaterniums or even cationics (for non anionic surfactants) to detangle and condition hair.
  3. Add silicones.

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