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  Vegetable oils in shampoos/liquid soap

  Posted by emanuelsf on February 1, 2020 at 4:09 pm

  Hello everyone!
  Some companies/cosmetic formulators put vegetable oils (I’m not talking about essential oils) into their liquid soaps and shampoos formulas. The main function of the surfactants is to remove oil so I wonder why they do that. Will it be any of the oils from the formulation left on the skin or hair? 
  Thanks

  natzam44 replied 4 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

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  natzam44

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  February 2, 2020 at 4:05 am

  Oils in shampoos tend to be used at levels of ~0.1%. They are only there to be used as claims ingredients. Oils serve no useful purpose in shampoos.

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