Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating Xanthan Gum Mixture

  • em88

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    January 26, 2018 at 12:18 pm

    @tanelise there are many manufacturers. Here is an other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHiwvwnx1tA
    When I tried myself first time, I was like no way lol. The problem with these premixes is price, which can be justified with the simplicity of the technology involved to formulate your product. 
    I’d like to create myself something similar. Xanthan gum is very easy to work with 

  • tanelise

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    January 26, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    @em88 thanks for sharing

  • Doreen

    Member
    January 27, 2018 at 10:38 am

    @em88 @tanelise
    I’ve used Pemulen as single emulsifier and the Ultrez 10 as rheology  mod., no fatty alcohols (they interact with Pemulen) and the result is astonishing! Quite an oil phase >20% and the sensorials are great, very light. I will surely do this again! In my next experiment I will be using other emulsifiers with it (btw many emulsifiers interact with Pemulen, depending on the carbon chain length). 

    Tip: disperse both the carbomer and the Pemulen in the oil phase. Add the water phase very very slowly while mixing full speed. I didn’t have one single clump! :blush:

    One more thing, if you use something like Pemulen as only emulsifer, you can put a ‘0% emulsifier’ claim on your product.

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