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Depends on how irreplaceable they are. If they are replaceable, then the fancy ones are not worth the hype.
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jemolian
MemberMarch 5, 2025 at 6:38 pm in reply to: Drawbacks to “simple” ingredients and limited ingredients?It depends on how you want to market it. Ingredients can be part of the marketing, so you can determine for yourself if it’s limiting your marketing ability towards your demographic.
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jemolian
MemberMarch 3, 2025 at 6:39 pm in reply to: Urgent help! My moisturizer ”sweats” water when appliedDid you try adding some fatty alcohol to see if the effect reduces.
It sounds like the “quick break” effect. It’s an effect that some people may want, but it depends on the requirements. Eg, https://sunjinbs.com/?p=4620
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jemolian
MemberDecember 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm in reply to: Dicaprylyl carbonate vs Isoamyl laurate vs C1519 alkane vs C1215 alkyl benzoate?UV filters for sunscreen can come in powder / solid form, so the esters / hydrocarbons can help to solubilize them to incorporate into a formula.
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You can follow the product and use Xanthan Gum, if not other thickeners like Sclerotium Gum should also work but would more more expensive.
The issue would be the ingredients that contain sodium, the Saccharide Isomerate might contain Sodium Citrate as an additive as well, so it’s something to take note if you are adding that.
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What are the steps and phases?
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You can consider trying a less thickening emulsifier like graillotion mentioned. It depends on your choice, you can go with 165, or Montanov L or 202. Maybe you can also consider adding more humectants that has a different skin feel like Betaine.
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jemolian
MemberAugust 22, 2024 at 4:21 am in reply to: Formula for face wash for rough and bumpy skin after washingProbably the combination of surfactants are not suitable. Can’t comment too much about the essential oil, some people might break out from having oils in their cleanser as well, so it’s something that you will need to figure out.
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What aspects of “wrong” are you trying to ask about?
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What does your 100% concentration refer to? That the total formula should add to 100%? or the purity of the xanthan or glycerin should be 100%?
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If it’s a lower quantity, perhaps you can purchase from a repacker, myskinrecipes has both and can ship internationally.
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jemolian
MemberJune 17, 2024 at 7:56 pm in reply to: Please I need help to check if my phases are properly arranged as a beginnerThe phases look reasonable, but the matcha may cause some issues, so you can consider taking it out if you find that it oxidizes too quickly.
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The xanthan gum + glycerin + panthenol may be a sticky combo, so you might want to test it out. If you are using 1.5% hyaluronic acid, you may not need that much additional xanthan gum.
The vitamin c may not be in the compatible pH range with the niacinamide, so you will have to consider the choice of vitamin c.
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You can take a look at this article https://www.ulprospector.com/knowledge/9837/pcc-how-to-improve-the-bioavailability-and-efficacy-of-skin-care-actives/
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If the percentage is low enough, Aristoflex AVC would still be able to work fine.
I see that there’s AcquaCell in there? It works fine at 1% with AVC based on what I’ve tested since I’m still using the sample from time to time.
AcquaCell - INCI: Water (and) Glycerin (and) Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract (and) Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract (and) Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract (and) Sodium Lactate (and) Sodium PCA
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You can consider it a refattening agent. The glucoside in the blend can be used for a few purposes as mentioned in the description, which can include solubilizing the glyceryl oleate, replacing a part of other surfactants, etc.
For the 1.7% in 5% usage rate, it would mean that the glucoside is about 34% in the blend. If we go by the rough ASM that some coco glucosides might have, about 55%, then the ASM might be 18.7%. You can see if you have access to the SDS or other materials to confirm if the info is correct.
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jemolian
MemberApril 16, 2024 at 3:27 am in reply to: Elegant water gelling agent for cationic emulsions……Are there a lot of cationic gelling agents that are available from repackers? I think the only one i saw was Cosmedia Ultragel 300 (Inci: Polyquaternium-37) unless i missed out.
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It can also depend on the co-stability ingredients like polymers / gelling agents, etc.
If you are using a self bodying / thickening emulsifier blend, it depends on how much viscosity you need and if it’s able to stabilize the formula.
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jemolian
MemberApril 11, 2024 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Can I alter lotion formula to make emulsified body butter?If you just want to add the butters, you might want to check if the emulsifier blend can support the percentage of lipids you want to use. Some might not.
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Did you continue stirring while the hyaluronic acid hydrates? Just wondering about that.
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Sodium lactate should also be fine but i didn’t suggest it because I’m not sure how electrolyte sensitive the emulsifier blends are, and if they may go overboard with it. Does it also produce a film on the surface like Betaine does? I find that it’s more penetrative or deeply hydrating instead.
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Well, it depends on the pH requirements since it will impact the following:
carbomer
urea
Glycolic Acid
Salicylic Acid
Vit b3
vit b5
Lactic Acid
Zinc oxide
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They are from Thailand, there should be others that are on the forum that have bought from them before besides from myself for smaller quantities. I’m not too sure about the source perhaps you will have to ask them since there are different manufacturers producing them.
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1.7% of 5% is 34%. 55% of 34 is 18.7%.
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You can consider substituting some of the olivem 1000 with another emulsifier. You can make a test with montanov 68 or those that graillotion mentioned to see which blend and at what percentage you prefer.