Thanks. I am working with a large marijuana cultivator in the USA with a view to reducing the incidence of botrytis, he's losing 90% of his crop. It mostly goes for edibles and that part's OK, but it is the smoking part that concerns me. I have alre…
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- Not really. This is someone else's thread. I saw your question and all I can say is, cetyl alcohol is not found in commercial shampoos, do you think there may be a reason?
Same problem. CDEA is not a thickener.
Thickeners: CMEA (slightly), PEG-150 distearate, methyl cellulose, glucamate VLT, certain gums (poor sensorials), carbopol types (formulation problems)
This is the ongoing problem with relying on salt thickening. I found it pretty much impossible to make a product of a required viscosity using salt alone. You will probably have to add thickeners.
What do you mean by "essence"? Are you talking about fragrance oil? Adding this always decreases viscosity. Often, by a lot. Salt thickened products are quite unstable in viscosity, the slightest thing messes them up.
I can't see anything here suspicious except as Perry said, the fragrance. Which seems high at 2%. The preservative system looks very adequate so I doubt it will be 'off', but have it checked anyway.
ngarayeva001 I use my own shampoo on my dogs now. (Only sodium benzoate used as preservative.) I am unable to have them bathed by a vet because the vets all use shampoos sold for veterinarian use, and none of them have any kind of ingredient list. I…
If you tell us what kind of surfactants you have available we can be a lot more helpful. Can you get SLES? Cocoamidopropyl betaine? Many products on the market use nothing more. ALS? ALES? A better option. Sodium cocoamphoacetate? And, any refattene…
If you really want to know properly, the thing is to try different esters. I've forgotten the name of the manufacturer for the moment... German sounding name... they supply a whole range of esters from one that is much lighter than water, to ones th…
I'm very sorry to hear about this case. It is the same kind of thing that caused a huge number of complaints about Harz products. This happened to both my dogs. They were covered in lesions, open wounds. MIC or MIT has to be banned in personal or an…
Can soap be used as a solubilizer in this case? If yes, in what percentage?
It's possible that potassium cocoate could dissolve it. You would not want to apply that to the skin, though.
Sounds similar to another Emulgin I tried which had the same polyester but with decyl instead of lauryl glucoside. It caused a rapid crop of whiteheads when used in a moisturiser. Terrible.