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  what happened to my lotion?

  Posted by Chemist5000 on July 13, 2018 at 3:18 pm

  I was making a cream with benzocaine.  The cream was fine (thick and white) before I added my benzocaine premix.  When added the  premix it thinned and turned yellow.  Didn’t really separate but didn’t smell good either… What happened?

  Deionized Water	48.2498
  1,3 Propanediol	5.0000
  Natrosol 250	0.4000
  Cetearyl Phosphate	8.0000
  Cetearyl Alcohol	5.0000
  Lexfeel 7	11.5000
  Dimethicone 350 cst	1.5000
  NaOh (50% aq soln)	1.0000
  Benzocaine USP	7.0000
  Transcutol CG	11.0000
  Ginseng Extract	0.0001
  L-Arginine HCL	0.0001
  Phenoxyethanol	1.0000
  Potassium sorbate	0.1000
  NA -benzoate	0.2000

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