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Water based hair products
Hello,
I have a small homebrew hair product company which operates locally. I currently have 2 oil based products which I sell but I would like to expand and make water based products. I have a basic idea of how to make them (how to create an emulsion) but I don’t have any idea where to start.Ingredients I have:
Oils and Waxes: Beeswax, soy wax, olive oil, petrolatum, jojoba oil, almond oil, lanolin oil, coconut oil, vitamin E
Other: Bentonite, shea butter
I don’t need someone to give me an exact formula, I just need a general direction to go in.Thanks,
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4 Replies
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what benefit would water-based products have over your current ones?
I ask as water-based products are an order of magnitude more complex than anhydrous ones, and most styling resins (which you would need to create a high-performance product) are not generally available to home crafters
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@Bill_Toge I would like it to be a product which can simply wash out. I have been getting quite a few people from around town asking me to make one.
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the easiest way to do that is to add a high HLB and a low HLB surfactant (e.g. PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil and glyceryl stearate) to an anhydrous formula, so it has some means by which it can mix with water; it’ll be water-resistant, but will wash out with shampoo much more easily
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The problem with water soluble hair products is that they wash out during rain showers.
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