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  Thickening water to a solid stick form

  Posted by JonahRay on September 22, 2020 at 4:58 am

  I see a lot of water based stick formulations like serum sticks use sodium stearate to thicken to the point of a solid product. Could anyone recommend any alternative thickening agents?

  zetein replied 4 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

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  zetein

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  September 23, 2020 at 1:12 am

  Usually w/si thickend by polyethylene wax, microcrystalline wax, ceresin or maybe others.

  https://japanesetaste.com/products/ipsa-the-time-reset-day-essence-stick

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