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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 15, 2019 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Can Castor oil provide hair shining?have any one idea about minimum level needed of castor oil to give smoothing and shiny effect ?
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 15, 2019 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Ceteareth-25 Usage Beyond Recommended 3%@SPMX you need to reach 25% of ceteareth 25 or more to have thick pomade .
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 9, 2019 at 7:43 pm in reply to: Gel type water based styling products emulsifier question@Spinr so your product is cream wax then you will need to know your required hlb for your oil phase.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 6, 2019 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Gel type water based styling products emulsifier question@Spinr Actually no hlb required in water based pomade cause it is not emulsion the emulsifiers are used to obtain adequat texture as ceteareth .
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 5, 2019 at 12:54 pm in reply to: Active sulfactan calculation@Eruio you are welcome.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorMay 1, 2019 at 10:15 am in reply to: Titanium dioxide affect color@Amira you are welcome .
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 30, 2019 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Titanium dioxide affect color@Amira increasing % of IPM can also reduce greasy effect . Waiting your sucees have nice Job.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 30, 2019 at 9:42 am in reply to: Titanium dioxide affect color@Amira from short researching your input can give slicky and emollient effect but i did not find that they reduce greasy effect just octyl palmitate can reduce greaseness
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 29, 2019 at 1:27 pm in reply to: Titanium dioxide affect color@Amira for better texture and less greassy effect you can use C12-15 alkylbenzoate and strach.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 27, 2019 at 9:33 am in reply to: Active sulfactan calculation@Eruio active surfactant=( % level of use in formulation * active concentration of surfactant) / 100.
So if you use 10 % SLS with 70% concentration
surfactant active = (10 * 70) / 100 = (10 * 70 ) / 100 = 7% -
@beardlygentelman actually oil based pomade product wich works with beard and hair.
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@beardlygentelmen actually i worked on such product so as @will said beewax in oil product will give more hold to product.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 24, 2019 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Oleth vs. Ceteareth - 10 vs. 20 moles@Will what i’am sure that there is diffrence in the hlb value may also there is diffrence in fusion temperature.
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@David08848 i meant that you should first of all select the adequat fatty acids and oils i think that with only coconut fatty acids and stearic acid with adequat level and using 7% NaOh , 93% Koh with superfat between 5 % and 10% you can have good product.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 23, 2019 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Active sulfactan calculation@Eruio you must ask your supplier if the SLES 27% active or 70% .
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@david08848 you are welcome for thickness it can be from other ingredients as high level of glycerin of using no adequat level of oils what i’am sure that you can with 10% superfat have lovely shave cream .
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@David08848 about shaving cream i will go with superfat between 5% and 10% it can give good resultat having soft shaving cream , about Vanishing cream i think whatever the superfat soap will not a good solution.
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Professional Chemist / FormulatorApril 17, 2019 at 4:35 pm in reply to: liquid laundry detergent down in the bottom of bottleyou are welcome @noorahfm