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  Stearic Acid in Body Wash

  Posted by markj187 on July 23, 2020 at 7:53 am

  Good day to everyone! I’ve been curious with Dove’s body wash as it contains stearic and lauric acid. I was wondering if they are added as is or if they are saponified. 

  I have lauric and stearic acid lying around and I was wondering if I can just add them to an existing body wash formula. Would there be any benefit from it? I have dry skin and the body wash will be for personal use.

  I’m thinking of something like this

  ASM: 11.3
  pH - 4.5 to 5.0

  Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate - 15%
  CAPB - 10%
  Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate - 4%
  Sodium Cocoyl Methyl Taurate - 2%
  PEG 7 Glyceryl Cocoate - 1%
  Stearic Acid - 1%
  Fragrance - 1%
  Lauric acid - 0.5%
  Potassium Sorbate - 0.3%
  Sodium Benzoate - 0.3%
  Tetrasodium EDTA - 0.1%
  Distilled Water - q.s.

  ngarayeva001 replied 5 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies

  • body-wash
  • dove
  • surfactant
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  ngarayeva001

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  July 23, 2020 at 9:57 am

  Tetrasodium EDTA prefers ph > 7. You might want to swap it do disodium.

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  ngarayeva001

  Member

  July 23, 2020 at 9:58 am

  Also, that would be very liquid. You need a thickener.

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