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The key to Paula’s Choice Unscrub dissolving Jojoba beads
How in the world does Paula’s Choice(PC) Unscrub get the Jojoba Esters to “dissolve” under pressure?
Background: I have been making a Jojoba Bead scrub with inspiration from PC Unscrub. Can’t for the life of me figure out how PC manages to get the Jojoba beads to “dissolve”. It doesn’t seem to be temperature, surfactant, or the addition of water. I say “dissolve” because it appears to be just that the bead gets mushed(tested by isolating a bead with a metal spatula and pressed it against a spot glass).
Guessing there’s some reaction with the oils/emulsifier that softens them, as I’ve tried so many types of jojoba beads and vendors at this point.
Notes: Unscrub seems to be using Sepigel 305
Ingredients
Water, Jojoba Esters, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Decyl Glucoside, PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Polyacrylamide, Sapindus Mukurossi Peel Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract , Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Xanthan Gum, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Laureth-7, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin -
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Inquire with Floratech … they probably have or can guide you to a product that they manufacture or know of that gives that effect.
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Sounds like you have already checked with Floratech (as Mark suggested)…but the first place my mind goes…when I see Jojoba esters….as that is the INCI for one of their beads.
Interactive_Particles_Brochure.pdf (floratech.com)
If the beads…are dissolving/breaking down on application….sounds like they are using there Florasomes or their Floraspheres, which are much softer, and break under moderate pressure.
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