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what is this pearliser?
I recently tried a pearliser that Kemcare sells here in Mexico. They are a bit coy about the brand and name but gave me the product data sheet and safety sheet. This works so well, it’s great. I added 2% to my (already good) tea tree shampoo and the foam increased even more, providing a really dense lather with cushion hand feel. In fact such a tiny amount of shampoo is now needed to wash the hair, I will need to reduce the surfactant by a few percent. The data is in Spanish but translates as:
It is a mixture of Polyethylene Glycol Stearate, Diethanolamine of coconut fatty acids and Betaine Cocoamidopropyl. Appearance and composition: viscous liquid white / off-white (60% & 40% H2O Active Material: Olefin Sulfonate Sodium distearate Glycol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Coco Amide and 0.2% preservative.
I have gone through all the Euperlan types and can’t pin it down. Can anyone recognise it?
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On the Kemcare website the pearlisers are called Saboperl and one of their principal suppliers is Sabo. That should help you identify which one it is.
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Not here. I’ve no idea who Sabo is. Maybe only in Australia? It’s probably a BASF or Lubrizol product.
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Maybe it’s Quickpearl PK3?
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Sabo is an Italian company
http://www.sabo.com/sabo/home.php
The information came from Kemcare’s .com website. I assume that the Mexican branch of Kemcare uses the same principal suppliers.
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the presence of sodium olefin sulphonate would suggest it originates somewhere in the Americas; it’s commonly used in the US but very hard to come by in Europe
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No, Ozgirl. Kemcare is a large multinational distributor, they distribute commonly available materials. Sabo is unknown here. Mainly we have Lubrizol, BASF, Croda.
Bill, what can you tell me about that S.O.S material? I am very impressed with this pearl, I was expecting foam to be less, but instead, it’s massive. And cold process too. -
@Belassi sodium C14-16 olefin sulphonate is often used as a primary anionic surfactant in US-manufactured toiletries and household cleaners, in the same way that SLES or sodium dodecylbenzene sulphonate is typically used in Europe
at my last place we made an in-house pearliser by dispersing glycol stearate in a mixture of SLES, cocamidopropyl betaine and cocamide MEA; due to limitiations of our plant equipment we couldn’t make very concentrated blends, so it was relatively dilute
I suspect there’s a similar story behind this pearliser
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Thanks. It works fabulously well.
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