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  Texture of my cream formula is stringy

  Posted by Marenick on February 18, 2023 at 6:24 pm

  Hi Everyone,

  I am trying to make a moisturizing cream and when you touch it with your finger and lift up it is stringy. Can anyone give me advice on what to change in my formula to stop this from happening? I have played around with lowering the glycerin but this does not seem to help much.

  SEQ. INGREDIENT 100 lbs %WW

  1 Water 49.56

  1 Triethanolamine 0.50

  1 Hampene Na3T 0.10

  1 Glycerin 7.00

  1 Methylparaben 0.25

  1 Aloe Vera 10.34

  2 Lipowax D / Procol CS-20-D 3.50

  2 Capric/Caprilic Triglyceride 4.00

  2 Sweet Almond Oil 7.00

  2 Lipocol / Cetyl Alcohol 3.75

  2 Stearic Acid XXX 2.75

  2 Lipomulse 165 / Protochem GMS-165 3.00

  2 Sorbitan Stearate / Protochem SMS 0.25

  2 Propylparaben 0.10

  3 Glycerin 4.00

  3 Colloidal Oatmeal 2.00

  4 Ethylhexylglycerin 1.00

  4 Phenoxyethanol 1.00

  Microformulation replied 1 year, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Paprik

  Member

  February 19, 2023 at 12:01 pm

  I might be the oatmeal. Try to formulate it without [or use it at very low input - 0.1%] and see how it goes.

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    Marenick

    Member

    February 22, 2023 at 5:25 am

    Hi Paprik - Thanks for the information. I thought it might be the oatmeal as well. However, I do want the oatmeal in at 2% for the soothing effects. Any ideas how I can reduce the stringyness of the cream without reducing the oatmeal?

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      Microformulation

      Member

      February 22, 2023 at 8:13 am

      Use Oat oil in its place. It contains avenanthramides, the “soothing” component of oat.

      

      • This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by  Microformulation.

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