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Sorbitan & Cetearyl Monoesters ?
I am trying to create a dupe for a hair moisturizer for super dry, tightly coiled afro textured hair, for my own personal use. However, I can’t for the life of me figure out what Sorbitan & Cetearyl Monoesters are. I am researching different water in oil emulsifiers and there is not specific emulsifier called this. any idea what this is? I am trying to order ingredients to dupe this but I can’t pin what the emulsifier is.
Castor (Ricinus Communis) Oil & Olive (Olea Europa)
Oil Blend, Aqueous (Distilled Water) Botanical Infusionof Organic Phyllanthus emblica (Amla) Extract, OrganicBacopa monniera (Brahmi) Extract and Organic Aloeferox (Aloe Africana) Extract, Vegetable Glycerin, MSM(Methylsulfonylmethane), Sorbitan & Cetearyl Monoesters(Vegetable Emulsifier), Citrus Limon & Citrus Aurantium(Essential Oil Scent), Phenoxyethanol & Ethylhexylglycerin(Food Grade Paraben-free and Formaldehyde-freePreservative). -
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This LOI is so out of compliance you will never, ever figure it out as they are listing ingredient name where those ingredients simply do not exit.
Best guess would be the Sorbitan Monoesters are one of the Span emulsifiers … perhaps Sorbitan Oleate for this application and the Cetearyl Monoester is perhaps Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate.
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@MarkBroussard
Thanks for the reply! I thought this LOI was kinda in a crazy order, but I wasn’t quite sure. I dont know how companies can get away with this for years and years. oh well I guess I will try formulating with various things to see how close I can get to the final product even without a good ingredents list -
Small companies can get away with it because the FDA does not have nearly enough resources to go after every cosmetic producer. And the penalty if they get caught is a letter which tells them to fix the mistake else risk getting fined. They can then just fix the mistake on the next product run which might take a while. Meanwhile, those mistaken labels stay out on the market.
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