• Formulating

  Unable to thicken up

  Posted by Penguin on April 21, 2025 at 7:42 pm

  Can anyone help me with my bath gel formulation please? I highly suspect that the surfactants are the culprit to low viscosity issue. Should I change the surfactants combination? I’m trying to use EWG green rated ingredients for my bath gel. Thank you.

  Water 72.6%

  Disodium EDTA 0.05%

  Glycerin 3%

  PEG-150 Distearate 0.5%

  SCI 3%

  Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate 5%

  Lauryl Hydroxysultaine 7%

  Sodium Lauroamphoacetate 3.5%

  Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters 0.5%

  Lavender Oil 0.5%

  Decyl Glucoside 3%

  Hydroxyacetophenone 0.5%

  1,2-Hexanediol 0.5%

  Caprylyl Glycol 0.15%

  Ethyhexylglycerin 0.2%

  MaidenOrangeBlossom replied 4 hours, 10 minutes ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  MaidenOrangeBlossom

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  April 21, 2025 at 10:23 pm

  Have you tried salt?

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