[MariaGarcia]

Maybe you can substitute part of your surfactants with a superfatting agent, like LamesoftPO65, for instance…

[MariaGarcia]

Happy birthday!!!!  :p

(And thanks for this site, I think I had not given them to you yet  )

[MariaGarcia]

Thank you

[MariaGarcia]

Syl said:

 A Cetearyl Alcohol Laurex® CS (Innospec) 63.5
A
Behentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol BTMS 225KC (Chemtec) 25.0
A
 Behentrimonium Chloride BTAC 228KC (Chemtec) 5.0
B
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Shea Butter 2.0
B
Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter Cocoa Butter 2.0
C
Propoxytetramethyl Piperidinyl Dimethicone Dimethisil® HNH-LV (Innospec) 1.5
C
Fragrance Daisy Chain (IFF) 1.0

Maybe you can replace some of your cetearyl alcohol with a high HLB waxy emulsifier blend (Montanov 202, Montanov 68, Xyliance…). This should help to easily form an emulsion.

[MariaGarcia]

I have used it alone at the maximum recommended rate and it does not work. Triethyl citrate by itself works slightly better. 

[MariaGarcia]

I think the same, and you can get easily BTMS from any european small brand repacker (al least from spanish repackers).

I’m not an expert in conditioners and have not tried this (but I’d like), maybe you can add some cationic guar (not so easy to find) to give some creaminess to the emulsified product, I think It would be nicer to use. 

[MariaGarcia]

Hi everyone!

I’m María, I’m from A Coruña, Spain. I was a soapmaker for a long time, and a few years ago I completed a University Expert Course in Cosmetics and Dermopharmacy, but continued to make only soaps till now (as you know, in Europe soaps are considered cosmetics). Now I’m trying to improve my formulation skills and better formulate other types of products. I’m especially interested in natural cosmetics, but I like to know how convencional cosmetics are formulated too.

Thank you for allowing me join this forum.