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  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    February 9, 2021 at 8:54 am in reply to: HELP!!! my hand wash formulation still foaming after rinse

    @Wanhebat actually this formulations have low surfactants concentration so the result is too strange then continue reducing their level untill the the you solve the problem . 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    February 8, 2021 at 5:45 pm in reply to: HELP!!! my hand wash formulation still foaming after rinse

    @Wanhebat I guess that the amount of CAPB and SLES is acceptable and not too much however make a try reducing SLES or CAPB or both. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    February 7, 2021 at 3:03 pm in reply to: HELP!!! my hand wash formulation still foaming after rinse

    @Wanhebat have good work and waiting your update  

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    February 5, 2021 at 10:56 am in reply to: HELP!!! my hand wash formulation still foaming after rinse

    @Wanhebat a lot of correction can be done, reducing  the level of DEA is the most effective solution for your formulation then no need to use  both glycerin and monopolylene glycol , use just one with  low level. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    January 17, 2021 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Please critique my hair conditioning mask formula 🙂

    It can be acceptable  

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    January 17, 2021 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Suitable Surfactant instead of Alkaline Sulphonic acid(LABSA) for dishwashing formula

    @Isharaperera   Why not using LABSA? it is very important ingredient in dishwash liquid 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 25, 2020 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Shampoo ASM for dry curly hair

    @Rookayerh123 according to my experience 10% as ASM is sufficient  

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 16, 2020 at 9:25 am in reply to: Oil based pomade formula need help

    @thepomademan Google it there are many videos and articles about that. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 13, 2020 at 6:47 am in reply to: How do you work out the amount of emusifier?

    @suswang8 for sure it must be in cool down and I guess 5% is good level to work as antifoam. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 12, 2020 at 10:11 am in reply to: Air freshener formulation

    @chemicalmatt searching on the net I find something EMULGANTE EL 65 I guess the supplier made an error in the name so it is a product made from Castor  oil and polyethyleneglycol ether. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 10, 2020 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Air freshener formulation

    @singhc10 thanks for the feedback, so adding alcohol can solve the problem but it increases the cost and even decrease the longevity of perfume for that I gone with no alcoholic product, for solubilizer peg 40  is not the best what I use I guess is better and there is no rule for solubilizer perfume Evry perfume has specific value, so for my solubilizer in some perfume just 1:1 ratio can lead to transperent product so the perfume is totally dissolved. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 10, 2020 at 10:01 am in reply to: Ceteareth 30 - Spongy Top Layer

    @codeshanka make a pic for your product to understand more the problem. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 10, 2020 at 9:54 am in reply to: Glycol Distearate in Shampoo as emulsifier

    @enam yes glycol distearate can reduce the foaming effect so you need to use it at the minimum level to pearling effect. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 9, 2020 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Air freshener formulation

    Thanks @chemicalmatt actually the trade name is emulgate EL 65 supposed to be effective solubilizer (I made some reaserchment on the net about it and I did not any information about it ) and the product is spray.

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 9, 2020 at 10:28 am in reply to: lotion viscosity dropping

    @Shams  may this information will help you, so lamesoft PO65 is mild tensio actif not as you said  (superfatting agent), about your problem my suspect going to Sodium PCA because it is electrolyte an may it broke the viscosity made by ultrez so here is some idea I guess your product can be fine without the Sodium PCA unless you can change the ultrez by something not electrolyte sensitive as cellulose  gum, xanthan gum… 
     Last thing the level of use of cetearyl alcohol seems high just decrease it I guess it will give better result. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 9, 2020 at 10:06 am in reply to: Carbomer 940 compatibility with SLS in shampoo

    @Hamaadali008 you can use carbomer for that but it needs expertise because carbomer is very sensitive with electrolyte so you need to know the adequat amount for each ingredient to do the job, however SLS is ingredient easy to thick with other ingredients as slat. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 9, 2020 at 10:00 am in reply to: Benzalkonium chloride

    @Amjad make some reaserchment on the  net about the level of use of benzalkonium chloride for sure you will find. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 9, 2020 at 9:50 am in reply to: How do you work out the amount of emusifier?

    @Paprik   Many things to tell you may help:

      The cetyl Alcohol is fatty alcohol not emulsifier. 

       Soaping effect is normal effect of using emulsifiers so I think many things can help to reduce it   depends on the best solution for you : you can reduce the amount of emulsifier, adding amount of Ethanol,  using more low hlb emulsifier. 
     
      About ratio the best thing is making some sample even in low quantity to see the result because there is no best ratio for all systems as you already said. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    December 1, 2020 at 11:02 am in reply to: Styling Powder

    @JDCosmo make some reaserchment on the net I found some formulation for it. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 28, 2020 at 8:42 pm in reply to: HAND WASH (AFTER WASHING ITS STICKY AND GENERATES FOAM EVEN AFTER RINSE)

    @dr_chem actually your formulation seems acceptable may you need to change supplier because the quality of ingredients  

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Face Cream Formulation

    I agree with @Dennis try to reduce the level of cetearyl alcohol for better texture. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 27, 2020 at 9:02 am in reply to: Best Alcohol for perfume

    @Benz3ne I did not believe suppliers for cosmetic Ethanol because when I ask about the other ingredients they did not know exactly and about IPM and MPG by experience they did not have significant fixative effect. 
    @ketchito about IPA  i’don’t think that toxicity because it is used with high level 75 % (v/v) as sanitizer. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 25, 2020 at 2:38 pm in reply to: Best Alcohol for perfume

    @Pharma thanks for the answer about my definition of pharmaceutical Ethanol is Ethanol found in pharmacy and perfume’s Ethanol is Ethanol found in Cosmetics suppliers which is solding with very high cost,supposed contain fixative but actually I don’t really belive that. 
     And why many think that using isopropanol is bad idea to make perfume as I read?

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 23, 2020 at 4:58 pm in reply to: Seeking transparency

    @Soona actually it is really easy to enhance viscosity of your system without gum or carbomer you  just need to add adequat level of salt to have viscous clear liquid soap. 

  • Fekher

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    November 16, 2020 at 9:23 am in reply to: Sodium phytate %50 solution

    You are welcome @Abdullah 

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