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  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 1:58 pm in reply to: What do you think of this hair conditioner?

    You are mixing cetyl alcohol, an oil soluble fatty alcohol,  with water. The only way to do that known to me is to form an emulsion.

    If you want to make a conditioning hair spray however,  exclude cetyl alcohol and just add Polyquaternium 7 to water + preservative and you will be ok.

    0.5% Polyquaternium 7 is it enouth to or 1%

  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 1:53 pm in reply to: What is your favourite conventional emulsifier?

    i don’t think there are an emulsifier better than othe
    each emulsion needs a precise emulsifier

  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 1:37 pm in reply to: What do you think of this hair conditioner?

    Please write it in %. It’s impossible to read in liters and grams. Does it even equal 100%?
    Question #1: where is your emulsifier?
    Question #2: what do you think glycerine is doing there?
    Question #3: citric acid, ok nice. what it the pH?

    why i need emulsion?

  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 1:23 pm in reply to: What do you think of this hair conditioner?

    Please write it in %. It’s impossible to read in liters and grams. Does it even equal 100%?
    Question #1: where is your emulsifier?
    Question #2: what do you think glycerine is doing there?
    Question #3: citric acid, ok nice. what it the pH?

     aqua
    cetyl alcoohol 0.5%

    Cetrimonium Chloride 0.5%Perry said:
    ph 5.5
    glycine to blind parfum
    consevateurPharma said:

    What is poly7? Polyquaternium 7?
    100g glycerol in approximately 20 kg product… why/what for? Is it part of the preservative blend you’re using?

    my poly 7 is  myCetrimonium Chloride glycirine to blind parfum

    It won’t be very conditioning. You need a cationic surfactant like Cetrimonium Chloride.  And the questions @ngarayeva001 has posted are relevant too.

    my poly 7 is  myCetrimonium Chloride

  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 10:58 am in reply to: stearyl alcohol be a substitute for cetyl alcohol?

    It will work, but stearic acid, stearyl alcohol and cetearyl alcohol (30:70) are rather draggy on hair. Cetyl would be a better option. 

    thanks ely iam happy

  • smok

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    August 7, 2019 at 10:49 am in reply to: stearyl alcohol be a substitute for cetyl alcohol?

    Perry said:

    It depends on the application. Sometimes you can but sometimes you can’t. What do you want to substitute it in?

    THAKS PERRY
    make conditioner hair

  • smok

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    July 27, 2019 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Can I add royal jelly to a cosmetic formula

    royal jelly realy is good for 1 thing

    it is good for bees only

  • smok

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    July 17, 2019 at 2:37 pm in reply to: My dishwashing liquid separates after a week
    no
    add labs then ph regulation with tea or costic then sles…..
  • smok

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    July 17, 2019 at 1:27 pm in reply to: My dishwashing liquid separates after a week
    i don’t know if you understand my bad english google

    the first thing
    I think it’s a phisic problem and not chemic…the condicionement of your product
      heat or cold
    the second thing to check the prfum always is the problem of separation setrain company melange anything to diliuer the perfume
    in my formula i  put labsa double of sles then you have to
    increase dea
    never add the sles before regulations of ph

  • smok

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    July 17, 2019 at 11:45 am in reply to: Surfactants destroy lipid barrier

    Going back to your ingredients,
    sodium cocoyl isethionate:
    I like SCI but it’s a solid and sometimes it misbehaves in liquid products. You definitely can melt it, but I wouldn’t use it as a primary surfactant. 
    Capryl glucoside
    Haven’t tried this one, but as per my experience glucosides in shampoos are awful. They tangle hair. You can use it but I am afraid you won’t like the result.
     Disodium cocoamphodiacetate:
    Good one.

    You might want to replace first two. It is very easy to work with liquid Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate (it’s not considered a sulfate) and Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosiante. They both can be great primary surfactants. You still can use SCI. For example the combination of Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate and SCI is used in the most of OGX shampoos. But I wouldn’t go for more than 3-4% of SCI. Disodium cocoamphodiacetate is amphoteric and it will make your shampoo even milder. I would still add Polyquat 10, but it’s up to you. I see some adding glycerin to shampoos but I am not persuaded it has any benefit in rinse off product.

    what’s the difference between  Polyquat 10, and 7
  • smok

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    July 17, 2019 at 11:32 am in reply to: My dishwashing liquid separates after a week

    can you show us the pic

  • smok

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    July 13, 2019 at 10:11 am in reply to: Is glycerin a degreaser?

    Pharma said:

    It does have better degreasing properties than plain water… on the other hand, did you ever mix glycerol and oils? What happens if you do?

    haha
  • smok

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    May 2, 2019 at 4:53 pm in reply to: sunscreen

    Aziz said:

    Please google it . SPF means Sun Scren Protection Factor . Potency of a sun screen is  described by numbers such as SPF 30 , SPF 60 etc . Diffrent ingredients has diffrent protection factors . For more information google search , sun screen protection factors . 

    i do not think is about defferent ingredients
  • smok

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    April 1, 2019 at 5:22 pm in reply to: Petrolatum and paraffin oil cause cancer?

    is reading some article on th internet you call it researchement ??

  • smok

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    March 24, 2019 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Thickening agents
    sory i have a bad english
    but when add salt  duliete in wataer you mixt the lotion until you get texture
  • smok

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    March 20, 2019 at 9:52 am in reply to: How can I get crystal clear transparent dish washing liquid.

    what do you think if you try TEA  INSTEAD OF NAOH

  • smok

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    March 20, 2019 at 9:47 am in reply to: How can I get crystal clear transparent dish washing liquid.

    Gunther said:

    myatmyat said:

    which are the best formula for transparent dis wash liquid soap?

    A shampoo-like SLES+SLS+CAPB formulation will work fine and it’s (mostly) non-irritating, but it doesn’t cut grease as well as sulfonates do.

    You can add some ethoxylated fatty alcohol to the above formulation in order to improve grease cutting, while remaining clear.

    if it doesn’t cut grease  we can not call it dish waching

  • smok

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    March 20, 2019 at 9:45 am in reply to: How can I get crystal clear transparent dish washing liquid.

    Gunther said:

    myatmyat said:

    which are the best formula for transparent dis wash liquid soap?

    A shampoo-like SLES+SLS+CAPB formulation will work fine and it’s (mostly) non-irritating, but it doesn’t cut grease as well as sulfonates do.

    You can add some ethoxylated fatty alcohol to the above formulation in order to improve grease cutting, while remaining clear.

    why all company’s use silfonates  and the product is very transparent

  • smok

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    March 12, 2019 at 10:01 am in reply to: Need advice for my formulation
    2% btaine
    add selicone or poly
  • smok

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    March 6, 2019 at 3:48 pm in reply to: solubiliser and emulsifier

    thank you you always you have very good advices

  • smok

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    March 6, 2019 at 2:25 pm in reply to: solubiliser and emulsifier

    I saw somewhere in this forum peg-40 hco and peg-40 there are difference

  • smok

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    March 6, 2019 at 1:10 pm in reply to: solubiliser and emulsifier

    Can i use peg 40 as solubiliser for tocopherol

  • smok

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    March 6, 2019 at 1:05 pm in reply to: solubiliser and emulsifier

    I don’t want to discourage people from
    asking questions, and I am always ready to respond, however this is exactly a
    type of question that makes professional chemists of this forum complain that
    it used to be a “safe space” for professionals that is now flooded by dilatants
    and home “crappers” (instead of home crafters) as one of the members
    phrased it in one of the recent discussions.

    You can literally put this question in google and get
    the answer. Please make sure you only ask something that Google doesn’t know. Or ask a friendly member in a pm.

    Now the answer:
    both are surfactants; both are used in
    order to make oil and water mix together. The difference is that solubilisers
    are used when you need to incorporate a tiny amount of oil into a large amount of water and achieve a clear solution. Example: you need a solubiliser to incorporate 0.5% of fragrance oil into
    clear micellar water or a cleanser. You need an emulsifier to make a lotion or
    a cream. It will not be clear. Anticipating the next question: the best
    solubiliser is PEG-40 HCO. 

    unfortunately this answer is not on google
     think the best one is peg-40 not peg-40 hco the last one is emolient
  • smok

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    March 4, 2019 at 8:56 am in reply to: Things in face toner

    it’s the dye that made the problem

  • smok

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    March 2, 2019 at 1:27 pm in reply to: Hair Gel

    i know what is pvp and  his role but what is (firm former ) mean

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