[bella82]

thank you Perry. 

[bella82]

Thank you Natzam, will try this out. 

[bella82]

Pharma, am really new to formulation but I have always believed that one has to add some sort of acid to adjust an aqueous formulation. 

And citric acid being affordable; has mostly been the acid of choice. 

Everyday being a school day; please advise on what to do.
Should I completely get rid of it? Will this help with Ph? 

[bella82]

This is the formula.  I don’t see any Na0h in the formula. Is 1% citric not recommended 

water       qs
glycerin    5%

Caprylic Capric Triglycerides 10%

Petrolatum 8%

Shea Butter 3%

Cetearyl alcohol 3%

Parfum qs
preservative 1%

Citric acid 1%

Ph is 2.2

please advise. I really need to raise ph to 4.5. 

[bella82]

Yes. 

[bella82]

Well am having the same problem and it seems it’s the Beeswax. I read somewhere that reducing it to 75% and adding in microcrystalline wax 25% would solve the blooming problem. Haven’t tried it yet though. 

[bella82]

Thank you for the advice. I am based in England. 

[bella82]

Apologies for the abbreviations. 
Tgis is the formulation 

water                                67%
glycerin.                            2.2%
cetearyl peg 20 steerate   4.5%
cetearyl/sorbitan olivate.   2.2%
cocoa butter                       15%
macadamia nut oil.              6.7%
petrolatum.                          9.4%
Liquid paraffin.                     5.4%
preservative.                         1%
parfum.                                  1.3%
cyclopentasiloxane.               4.4%
edta.                                       0.2%
citric acid.                               0.2%

since cyclopentasiloxane is restricted, what is the max % allowed. Can I swap it with isopropyl myristate.?

[bella82]

Gunther, I am going to try out the leave on. But please, am pretty new to formulating and I don’t know what qs would stand for. 

[bella82]

Thank you so much 

[bella82]

I have revised it to

coconut oil 30%
Cetearyl alcohol 10%.
glycerine 10%
caprylic 5%
Btms 1.2%

Does the amount of Cetearyl alcohol I use matter? Is it restricted in quantities? 
Can I use Guar in place of btms? Is is a better product 

[bella82]

I have removed the peg40. And reduced the oil. Wasn’t planning on using water. Wanted to add glycerin as a solvent. 
The reason I have very little btms is because anything above that level will be very irritating for me on a leave on product. I have very sensitive scalp. 
please recommend any other detangling agent that would be more effective but less irritating.

[bella82]

The article says up to 0.25% on leave ons. But some sites like Aromantic say 1%-10%. Am abit confused now.