

Fekher
Forum Replies Created
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorSeptember 8, 2023 at 3:42 pm in reply to: Hair Serum SiliconeThe level of perfume is too high and can be the reason.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorSeptember 8, 2023 at 3:29 pm in reply to: How to use two emulsifiers, that both have low HLB numbers?why using two Preservative with total level 2% that seems soo fake.
Then stearic acid with Triethanolamine give Triethanolamine stearate which is high hlb emulsifier.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorAugust 29, 2023 at 2:19 pm in reply to: Surfactant Substitute in ShampooMay you need cationic surfactant and yes you can use only CAPB and glycoside.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 26, 2023 at 3:36 am in reply to: Will Zinc pyrithione precipitate or do creaming in this shampoo formula?I made this researchement just for you @Abdullah because you are always helping others. https://www.hallstarbeauty.com/formula/zinc-pyrithione-based-antidandruff-shampoo/
hallstarbeauty.com
Zinc Pyrithione-Based Antidandruff Shampoo | Hallstar BPC
This antidandruff shampoo formulation uses particulate zinc pyrithione as its active ingredient, and HallStar® SAB-2N Flake to maintain the active ingredient in dispersed form. HallStar® SAB-2N Flake also contributes opacity as well as desirable rheological properties to the finished product. By … Continue reading
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 25, 2023 at 9:03 am in reply to: Alkyl glucosides and CAPBWith CAPB and glycoside as I guess you can reach a quite good product,sure for shampoo you need more ingredients for having a basic free sulfate shampoo so you have to work more for getting better results.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 25, 2023 at 8:50 am in reply to: Concerns during formulating Sulfate free shampoosWhat about reducing some Actives surfactants to have lower viscosity?
Just try low dilution and watch the result.
-
The level of alcohol is good however the level of perfume and mpg can be reduced.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 11, 2023 at 10:07 am in reply to: Soaping in face creamUsing amount of low hlb emulsifier may solve the problem.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 9, 2023 at 8:54 am in reply to: Need help regarding improving formulationSoo far to be acceptable formulation, increase the level of xanthan gum, the level of surfactants and decrease or eliminate oil phase they are just waste of money and efficiency of product.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJanuary 4, 2023 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Strange phenomenon, any explanation?!@evchem2 today I found out the secret of the reason of why using the keratin sometimes it gives crystal clear solution and sometimes it gives opaque solution. Actually for the second time opacity problem appears when I use the bottom of bottle so I supposed that the top of the bottle is Cyclopentasiloxane (according to the color, viscosity) and in the bottom it is the keratin (yellow colour different with the top colour wich is transparent) wich cause the opacity problem. So thanks for your suggestions and i’am sure now that your second suggestion is the right one.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorDecember 31, 2022 at 8:13 pm in reply to: Air freshener Based on 99 % isopropyl alcohol and fragrance oil only !@bahey first I go with @DAS why using ipa I guess ethanol is much better, then I will not go with @ketchito for his choice because according to my experience in such level 10% of fragrance you did not need some ingredient that bloom you fragrance so for you case I will just using peg 40 it will almost solve your problem.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorDecember 30, 2022 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Strange phenomenon, any explanation?!@chemicalmatt @ketchito actually the inci as I said:(Cyclopentasiloxane - Keratin Amino Acids) so it is not water based keratin then I worked 15 kg with level up to 2% of this keratin getting crystal clear product so if it is the cause of turbidity why reaching the 2% for first Batch I did not have any issue.
Update to all, today I verified the lot of other silicones and unfortunately they have the same lot then I made a batch of 500 grams getting not clear product moving to 100 grams batch I got crystal clear product. I’am thinking according to what I saw that it is related to report (exchange surface /volume) (Note : I mixed the 100 grams and 500 grams in same reactor) -
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorDecember 29, 2022 at 9:58 pm in reply to: Strange phenomenon, any explanation?!@Pharma the manufacturer is Active concepts.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorDecember 29, 2022 at 11:45 am in reply to: Hair Conditioner Formula review. Need some input for tweaking.@Paprik how stearic acid is anionic? Actually it is fatty acid with carboxylic acid function without negative charge.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorDecember 29, 2022 at 9:50 am in reply to: Strange phenomenon, any explanation?!@Perry so according to you finding the adequate energy of mixing will solve the problem? Actually tried mixing with different energy and that did not improve at all the transparency
@ketchito actually it was manuel mixing with very low speed so I supposed temperature is the room temperature.
my ingredients are : brb1834, brb dm 350,brb cm 50,AC KERAIN AMINO ACIDS SIL (inci:Cyclopentasiloxane - Keratin Amino Acids), perfume@SunilHiwarkat1965 thanks for your precious share just why using all that ingredients to solve the problem, c12_15 alone was not enough or for more efficiency?
@evchem2
1)I eliminated the mixing reason because for the first purchase when I made 100 grams then 1 kg of product then I moved to 20 kg there was no issue in manuel mixing so if we supposed that the transparency problem was from different mix energy why I did not face that issue in the first purchase?
2)I had the same reflection about raw material variation and I think that is the real reason I verified the keratin and it is the same lot however I did not verify other ingredients and thanks for awesome share about pump and syringe
3)formula as I said contains: brb1834, brb dm 350,brb cm 50,AC KERAIN AMINO ACIDS SIL (inci:Cyclopentasiloxane - Keratin Amino Acids),perfume. -
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorOctober 11, 2023 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Suggest reason(s) of those problemsThe pH is 7, discoloration going from pink to no coloration and it is liquid colorant that I did not know it’s origin.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 27, 2023 at 11:02 am in reply to: Sulphate-Free shampooThat will be not the level of active surfactants but the level of surfactants and even it is the level of active it is higher then the required.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 26, 2023 at 10:47 pm in reply to: Will Zinc pyrithione precipitate or do creaming in this shampoo formula?You are welcome.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 26, 2023 at 6:18 am in reply to: Concerns during formulating Sulfate free shampoosYou are welcome and waiting for good news.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 25, 2023 at 9:09 am in reply to: Sulphate-Free shampooWhich is the level of active surfactants in such product? it seems more then needed
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 10, 2023 at 9:41 am in reply to: Is it stable product?Nice new information thanks a lot.
-
Thanks for the add.
-
Thanks a lot for your precious reply, so when xanthan gum can have stability problem versus cationic or it is a fake information? I because I readed it in many resources supposed professional.
-
The problem did not solved and I guess it will not for water based wax.
-
Fekher
Professional Chemist / FormulatorJuly 7, 2023 at 4:31 pm in reply to: Strange phenomenon, any explanation?!Actually yes i’am interested with update, and I did not see any mention about this problem’s product and I find it really bad product because there is no waring about seperation.