ngarayeva001
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Co-wash is a fancy word for washing hair with a conditioner instead of shampoo. It might work for very dry scalp and hair (I read it’s ok for 4B/4C hair types), but it’s not really washing.
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What do you want glycolic acid to do in your formula? 1% isn’t high to cause irritation but it will not add any benefits either at this concentration. If you add it for claims, you can add even less than 1%.
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I tried amodimethicone by makingcosmetics (in shampoo). Quite a nice material and easy to work with.
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Mixing chemical and physical scrub is a bad idea. It will cause irritation for the most skin types.
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Are you referring to co-washing?
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Not all solid emulsifiers have thickening properties.
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Replace dimethicone to the watersoluble amodimethicone if you want to add conditioning.
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Exclude dimethicone and try again. It’s most probably the issue.
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I know that homogenizer is important and I hope to buy it one day. Thank you @Bill_Toge for an idea. Ultra Turex looks small (and I guess allows making small batches) and I found a couple of used models on ebay within $500.
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Such ingredients do not exist
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It should thicken with salt but you are suggesting to replace mild surfactant to a harsh one. The product won’t be the same.
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Are you familiar with glamourcosmetics
https://www.glamourcosmetics.it/it/
Quite an impressive choice of makeup ingredients. W/Si emulsifiers for foundations, film formers for products like mascaras and eyeliners, some nice silicones. DIY reseller.
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What type of colorant are you using?
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You are using mild surfactants but they are very difficult to thicken. Consider using crothix.
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It will work but the texture isn’t very pleasant in my opinion.
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That amount of aloe is unnecessary and hard to preserve.
Too much of xanthan.
Glyceryl Stearate SE and Stearic Acid are draggy.
Sun flower oil is prone to rancidity.
I am not sure that .5% of 9010 is sufficient.
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Post the LOI of your benchmark. There are several things that may contribute to a non ‘commercial’ feel in your formula.
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Many preservatives are sensitive to heat. Check the supplier’s recommendations.
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Customers prefer formulators with background in chemistry. You can create amazing formulas but if you are not a chemist not many people would be willing to pay. Regarding pricing have a look at swiftcraftymonkey blog. She sells ebooks with formulas (non color cosmetics).
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I agree with previous comments but even a quick look at this LOI is enough to conclude that this product will not remove makeup. Find a benchmark that you like, understand the functional ingredients, ignore the fluff like hyaluronic acid and try to reverse engineer it (with functional ingredients only!).
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Ingredient suppliers in the UK:
https://www.naturallythinking.com/ingredients.html
https://www.thesoapkitchen.co.uk/
https://www.gracefruit.com/
https://www.theformulary.co.uk/product-category/active-ingredients/Ingredients suppliers with affordable shipping in EU
https://www.glamourcosmetics.it/gb/
https://www.aliacura.de/Naturallythinking and Aliacura are focused on “natural”. There is also aromazone in France but I haven’t ordered from them. Again, my advice, if you want to make a claim, create a safe and stable conventional product with good performance and add 0.1% of “natural/organic/crueltyfree etc.” ingredient.
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Is it cold? I added 30% SA (70% PG 30% SA) to water. It should be done very slowly and both water and SA/PG should be room temperature (20C)
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@Sponge, the reason I bought this material is that I saw it in every foundation I like. My observation it creates a nice texture but it’s hard to stabilize on its own (w/si made with this alone separates quickly).So, I use three emulsifiers and stabilisers.
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Unfortunately I do. It’s possible to find not expensive overhead stirrer but not homogenizer. Also homogenizers are pain to clean and it’s impossible to make 100 g batces. Materials for foundation aren’t cheap.