Empress_Labs
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Hello!
This type of product was popular in the UK in the mid-late 2000’s. Styleze W-17 does have a spider-web effect but nowhere near as strong as PEG-90M. I don’t think you’d get ‘fibres’ as long as in the photo using PQ-55 alone, but if you combine it with PVP K-90, avoid Acrylate rheology modifiers and select your waxes and emulsifiers carefully you will get a good ‘spider-web’ or ‘fibre’ effect.
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Have you tried alginates? There is a product called ESP A+ which is a combination of alginate and Aloe vera. It doesn’t have the clarity of Carbomers but does have a better gel structure than nearly all other 100% natural thickeners. I don’t remember who makes it, I got my sample from Kreglinger in UK.
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Are you adding the preservative while your batch is still hot? I typically add Phenoxyethanol-based preservatives to the water-phase near the start of making the batch. Don’t wait until cool-down before adding this type of preservative.
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Hello,
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