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I understand from my reading that licorice extract may act as an anti-androgen. A lot of hair loss is caused by androgenic effects (male pattern baldness being the prime example). If anyone wants to try it, I can make some samples available. 50 grams would be sufficient to make about 350 grams of test solution at 15% concentration.

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I use it at 7% of my formula.

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Yes. 

Tried this on the leg. 

After testing the exact same preparation for four months, the result was an INCREASE in hair density. Evidently rats and humans are a bit different. The effect was noticeable. 

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Just melt it as necessary.

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There is no aroma. The acid is only soluble to 0.2% in water. 2% requires alcohol and the product becomes unstable because the alcohol evaporates out of the cream. I guess an airless delivery system would solve that, but I don’t want to go there. I will probably have to limit it to 0.2%

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None of the CAPB I have ever used gave a golden colour. Nor does it present a solubility problem. Are you sure what you are using? What do YOU mean by ‘CAPB’?

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Well, if you get it anywhere near the mouth …

It’s about 200 times sweeter than sugar. The licorice is supposed to offer whitening effects, it appears to act as an anti-androgen too.

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No. It is a solubility issue with MEA. Highly dependent on temperature.

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Paper labels are useless. I suggest you consult a printer with experience in labels. Ours are printed on MacTac. You will need to supply a proper label file to the printer, typically an Adobe Illustrator file with the bleed area correctly marked. Also, the printer will need to be able to precut the labels because they will be printed (typically) with a 2 metre cone radius, i.e. curved in the exact compensation for the cone taper of the plastic jar.

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Surely anything like this would be left behind on the surface of the skin?

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$320 for 500 labels? What size? That is 60c per label? Think I pay around 10 cents US equivalent for a label on a 2 oz pot.

I do not understand why you are having such problems.

It might be helpful if you would specify the sizes, and what do you mean by “insert”?

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Sodium cocoamphoacetate as far as I am concerned is a high quality surfactant that has an emulsification ability far higher than CAPB. For instance when adding the fragrance oils to a shampoo I always mix them with the SCA component first because I know I’ll get perfect emulsification. SCA is synergistic in ionic shampoos and can help form very thick mixtures. I like its foam - way superior to CAPB. Of course it is a lot more expensive.

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OK I took a look and according to the brands the two are different. For instance Mackam™ 1C is the single form and Mackam® 2C is the disodium diampho form. Having said that I have used the mono form in formulae calling for the other, successfully.

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I guess without the activator you might get away without having your face set in concrete!

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I have managed to come up with a formula for this. I added a lot more Myritol 318, increased the cetearyl and monostearate accordingly, and added 3% of 70% ethanol so as to solubilise the glycyrrhizic acid. It tended to separate at first but with mixing during cooling has turned out pretty well. Now to refine it further.

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@charmer: Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don’t have access to that product line in Mexico.

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Frankly, it is pretty much impossible to print cosmetic labels at home. I sometimes do test runs on my HP colour laser, but on professional material such as Mactac, I just can’t run the fuser hot enough to permanently fuse the colours into the plastic, so they tend to rub off.

Any small print shop should be able to do short runs of say 100 labels or print test sheets for you.

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Your mask has far more desirable characteristics from your description!

Calcined kaolin! That is used as a form of green cement. Literally. To make buildings. I would be worried about the “Mount Rushmore Effect”.

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Well. Did more experiments. The Emulgin performs poorly in this formula. Cetearyl alcohol works well. However the lipid content needs to be doubled and the licorice can’t be dissolved at that percentage.

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Good, glad to hear you’re getting there!

@chemist77, I have both 80 and 20 and although I understand the differences between them, I can’t really say I have noticed any difference substituting one for the other (I do this kind of thing purely to gain experience)

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I do use a surfactant blend and it’s true to say that no, I do not know the % actives. I went with the manufacturer’s recommended % usages for body wash, shampoo, etc and adjusted slightly to suit my needs.

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Chia oil is around MX$ 160 for a quarter litre here, so it’s about $50 per kilo.

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A real problem especially when you need to source the same raw matl from an alternative source.

I determine the required amount empirically, I must admit.

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I began my formulation using the HLB method but experimentation led to what I have now. You need to get to work and see for yourself what works and what doesn’t.

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I haven’t tested this effect with any other amphoteric surfactant yet. I should test it with laureth-6 carboxylic acid too, and CAPB is another. I’ve already determined that cetrimonium chloride works perfectly in my sulphate-free formula, no problems with it.