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• You can use some other oil and add stearic acid in sufficient percentage. Must be hot process of course.

  in Hard soap Comment by Belassi November 2020
• I did not continue with this experiment so I can't comment further.

  in shaving soap gone wrong Comment by Belassi November 2020
• could you point me in the direction of an "ideal" cleanser. Sure. Try what I use: Stepan APB (All-Purpose-Blend). It's excellent.

  in What Ingredient would you change and why? Comment by Belassi November 2020
• Sodium benzoate for hair products, KEM NAT for skin products.

  in What preservatives do you use most often? Comment by Belassi November 2020
• Thiazolinones are an absolute no-no as far as i am concerned. I have direct bad experiences with them. My wife had AD on her hands using a dishwash detergent containing it. My daughter's hair began falling out due to the same preservative in Sedal h…

  in What Ingredient would you change and why? Comment by Belassi November 2020
• Polyquart H-81

  in Ingredients that give volume to hair. Comment by Belassi November 2020
• 18% is rather a lot. 12% is more usual. I would recommend reducing it to about 12% and bottling the day after batch production.

  in Help! Controlling foam while filling Comment by Belassi November 2020
• In my opinion, as a man, your husband would be better off improving his shaving technique so as not to have the problem in the first place.

  in formulating a ointment Comment by Belassi November 2020
• caustic soda IS lye.

  in Reducing cream ph Comment by Belassi November 2020
• It's a boring standard formula like 99% of the SLES in shops. Use more surfactant.

  in WHAT IS THE BEST FOAM BOOSTER FOR THIS BODY WASH FORMULA? Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Thanks. I don't use my brand page because I don't believe in negative marketing. I'm just trying to help consumers identify products that cause dermatitis.

  in Zolinones Comment by Belassi October 2020
• I don't think you can "use them" on crystalline salts if that is what you mean. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they get their colours from crystallising in a dyed solution.

  in bath soap dyes Comment by Belassi October 2020
• The formulations are not expressed in proper percentages. I really haven't the inclination to do all the calculations for you.

  in Foaming quality of liquid handwash Comment by Belassi October 2020
• I have always taken it as % of final formulation volume.

  in Salt curve query Comment by Belassi October 2020
• What is your budget for each formula?

  in Formulation Chemist needed Comment by Belassi October 2020
• This is why it is important to use proper chemical descriptions. DEA is not cocamide DEA. Magnesium hydroxide is not, what you said, 'magnesium'. It is as if I said there was "sodium" in a product instead of sodium chloride.

  in Clay preservation Comment by Belassi October 2020
• You're using powdered magnesium in your product? It's incredibly dangerous.

  in Clay preservation Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Can't you use proper chemical names? I cannot make sense of it.

  in what is sabotaging moisture? Comment by Belassi October 2020
• You will need to ask again because what you have written makes no sense. For a start, use proper names. POLYGUERTENIUM- 1??? C12-13 ALKYL LACTAT???

  in what is sabotaging moisture? Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Advice? Sure. Don't waste your time.

  in Advice for working with Resveratrol? Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Thank you!

  in Edible? Comment by Belassi October 2020
• does short flow mean less slip? - Yes.

  in Increase Foam and Slip/ Glide in Shampoo Comment by Belassi October 2020
• You would have to conduct a marketing study.

  in Help me interpret my cream results from a consumer perspective. Comment by Belassi October 2020
• 10% urea seems a lot. I doubt it will stay pH stable for long. Acids + urea? Does it smell of ammonia at all? That would be a giveaway.

  in Antioxidant preservative Comment by Belassi October 2020
• I use a blend: Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (and) Ammonium Laureth Sulfate (and) Lauramide DEA (and) Lauryl Glucoside (and) Ammonium Xylenesulfonate. I can tell when a product is SLES based just by using it, the products don't have enough slip, they are …

  in Increase Foam and Slip/ Glide in Shampoo Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Isn't hydroquinone banned?

  in Antioxidant preservative Comment by Belassi October 2020
• It is best to use a surfactant blend. The whole is greater than the sum of the individual items. It is possible you're allergic to glucosides; I once tried an Emulgin emulsifier based on Decyl glucoside. After one try out I received a crop of whiteh…

  in Debug my shampoo formula Comment by Belassi October 2020
• We adopted KEM NAT. The DHA destabilised emulsions.

  in preservative options Comment by Belassi October 2020
• Impossible to have sodium stearate at that pH. Sorry. You made the issue even worse by using that preservative.

  in Shave Gel Comment by Belassi October 2020
• You will get more slip and more foam. I do get pitting on stainless if I don't clean utensils promptly. Do not let the pH exceed 6. 

  in ALES vs SLES Comment by Belassi October 2020
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