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Parabens is not a formaldehyde donor.
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Probably something I can do without too much trouble. Send me a message with the details.
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I’ve used chia oils for this purpose and saw a real improvement in skin tone lasting up to a week, but unfortunately, on me at any rate, it was very comodegenic. I’m looking to run a test panel to sort this out.
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I don’t like any carbomer myself in shampoo. It is just too much hassle.
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Hello GC.
At the moment my contact is on holiday but he will be back on Thursday, I’ll let you know about the red. White is not a problem up to 350 screen, I know that. If you have a quantity in mind, PM me.
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ultrez-20 not the best choice for surfactants. Try Aqua SF-1
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Bentonite works well as a mild exfoliant in about 80 screen.
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The problem with such products is frankly, I think they belong in the Victorian era when the “antimacassar” was necessary to prevent hair oil getting on furniture. Maybe in certain parts of the world that is still popular?
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You’re welcome. I went through a development cycle, personally, learning about sulphate/chloride free formulation. Thickening is the big issue to deal with. The most appropriate thickeners are luxurious but expensive; I use glucamate VLT as my primary thickener because it comes in a propanediol solution, which improves preservative efficiency; it improves foaming; it has luxurious, long-flow sensorials; it’s available from a local factor. It is a bit pricey but then, so is a properly designed sulphate/chloride free shampoo.
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1. CAPB will not work, it is a salt thickener used to thicken anionic shampoo.
2. The Aculyn i have no experience with but looking at its description it appears similar to a carbomer and that is usually a crappy way to thicken shampoo because of (a) entrapped bubbles (b) difficult to dispense into the container (c) short-flow sensorials seem likely.We’ve been through this over and over on this forum; I suggest you take a look at earlier posts about this topic. -
Wow Bob, an answer that goes well above the call of duty! An absolute keeper. This should be stickied! Thanks.
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You may quite likely find that adding essential oils to a commercial cream will cause it to separate.
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Licorice extract 4% to 10%
This is far too vague. Licorice extracts to my knowledge are from 12% (powdered root) to 95% (pure glycyrrhizic acid or its salt).10% of the pure extract would need an ethyl alcohol content min. 15% total, to be soluble.And at that percentage of pure compound, you will see pseudo-sex-hormone effects according to the research I’ve been looking up. You may also experience different hair growth. -
The proper answer to that question is what multinational cosmetics companies strive to know…
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Just one other thing:
Botanicals … a cream … what preservative system are you using? -
I think you are using poor versions of your ingredients. As follows:
sea buckthorn: I have no experience with this, but I imagine it will come in the form of an an aqueous extract. I do use quite a few extracts and it is rare that one would cause a malodour at 0.5% (I typically use at least 2.5% and often a lot more)licorice: I am actively experimenting with licorice in the form of the 12% powdered root (a brown extremely sweet powder) and 95% glycyrrhizic acid, which is completely odour-free, a white powder. I don’t think the 12% would smell of anything at 0.5% but it would colour the total a beige colour. I would use the pure extract or the ammonium or potassium salt but it depends on what you are trying to achieve.green tea: powdered green tea extract is readily available with 55% or greater ECGC content. It easily dissolves in water and has no noticeable smell, although 0.5% would produce a noticeably dark solution that may turn pink at commonly used pH’s. -
No. Nothing to do with that, and I was unaware of it until now.
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There are two things affected by a conditioner: the hair, and the scalp.
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It occurs to me that the algae may be acting as an indicator, so you should measure the starting and ending pH accurately to see if there has been a change.
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Those colour changes are usually the result of oxidation processes but I can’t say why based on that information.
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Yes Bob, taking another look there is too much sunflower oil for it to work.
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Thanks guys. Good explanation Bill.
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It does have an emulsifier, the NF wax.
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I just checked my potassium sorbate stock, pink granules, and it certainly does not smell like a dead mouse, in fact it smells slightly fruity.
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