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Water Based Hair Pomade
Posted by mshariq84 on February 28, 2020 at 1:44 amHi Guys
I have been trying to formulate a water based hair pomade. After a lot of research following is my formula. Product is fine but i want to increase holding power as this has medium hold.
Your help in this would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ replied 3 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies -
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Increase wax or add a different wax like candelilla. Lower PVP from 5% to 2%. 5% PVP is likely to produce a sticky, hardening mess.
Remove aloe gel.
Remove lecithin, it is a horrible emulsifier.If you can, I would streak a sample of this product on an agar plate and incubate it just to see if anything grows. While it is not an accurate method of determining the efficacy of a preservative, it could give you some general info.
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Thanks alot natzam44.
Should i add additional 3% of PEG-40 HCO by replacing lecithin?
Thanks in advance.
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I would say that an increase and wax combined with 5% HCO should be more than enough to form a stable emulsion. You will have to try it to find out though.
Lecithin is a pretty poor emulsifier so it does not add much to the overall formula anyways.
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The carbomer has to be neutralized and lowered 3% is too much 1% should be enough with 1.1% triethanolamine
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