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  What is the best formula or ratio to make a strong hold for these ingredients?

  Posted by rastafalenky on July 7, 2015 at 11:39 am

  Hello guys. I need your help. I have raw materials; beeswax, cocoa butter, stearic acid, essential oil, castor oil, coconut oil, and DMDM. Can you guys recommend the formula for the strong hold? I am making a water based pomade. Thank you.

  Bobzchemist replied 9 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Bobzchemist

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  July 7, 2015 at 1:56 pm

  None of those are emulsifiers, and none are water-soluble. You’re not going to be able to make a water based product with the ingredients listed.

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  rastafalenky

  Member

  July 7, 2015 at 2:09 pm

  But the stearic acid and beeswax act as emulsifier right?

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  Bobzchemist

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  July 7, 2015 at 2:21 pm

  Not by themselves, they don’t.

  
  

  http://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com/2011/03/asidebeeswax-is-not-emulsifier.html 

  
  

  Stearic Acid can be converted into an emulsifier by saponifying it, i.e, reacting it with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide to produce sodium stearate or potassium stearate.

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