[shiva]

no i have not. i will try it if i find it in my country’s market. Most of the times i have trouble finding the professional chemicals

[shiva]

thanks a lot
all the discussions here raise another debate: if I reduce the amount of water, is the emulsion more stable? but actually it wasn’t!!!

Making a stable w/o emulsion seems a little bit challenging. I will apply all of your recommendations and it will be my pleasure if you introduce other efficient emulsifiers for making HIPEs. (low-cost ones are more desirable)
thank you all.

[shiva]

the water is about 75 percent. about other ingredients: i tried different percentages but i couldn’t get any stable formula so i didn’t achieve any fixed formula!! i used different ratios of petroleum jelly:wax but it didn’t work and i also changed the amount of sorbitan oleate from 0.5 up to 3 percent and the same result!!! I guess i may need a stabilizer in my formula but i dont know what it can be
there is no lanolin in it. all the ingredients are those written in former messages.

[shiva]

Yes, you are right! thanks for your kind recommendation.
the formulation of the cold cream consists of:

petroleum jelly
wax
preservative
sorbitan oleate

at the beginning the emulsion is OK and it passes centrifuge test (10 min in 3500 rpm).the cream viscosity is quite high but desired. but its shelf life is very low especially in higher temperatures. Changing ingredient percentage didn’t work.
it would be my pleasure to hear your suggestions

[shiva]

excuse me for my ignorance but what do you mean by information? which kind of information do you need