Tauriel
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Hello all,
So, I tried salt and turns out it did not thicken. I added about 3-4% salt to the soapberry infusion (which I had previously prepared) over low heat. I stirred for about 10 minutes over low heat and it still hadn’t thickened. I turned off the heat, let the mixture cool, and when I went to check back later, it still hadn’t thickened. I have never had this problem when thickening liquid soap. What did I do wrong?
The ingredients in the mixture are: soapberry, water, glycerin(5%), and the salt. -
Hello smok,
I hadn’t thought of salt. I have only ever used salt to thicken liquid soap and it does work nicely there. Does salt thicken an acidic solution? -
Hi Kelly
Ooops! I had some unexpected things come up. I did not get around to finishing the project!
From what I’ve read on one of Perry’s blogs(If you’re reading this, I find your blogs very informative btw), xanthan gum is incompatible with some preservatives. I do not know exactly how incompatible and also do not know which preservatives he was referring to.
What did you mean by separation, though? If it’s only water based, I don’t see why there should be separation…… Is there perhaps an oil phase? I’m an amateur so, I could be missing something here… I ‘ll be sure to update when I get results. -
Hello!
Thank you for replying!
Yes, citric acid. They recommend.14% of it to every 1% B.dimethylamine, added to water phase. Initially, I’ll be using the B. Dimethylamine at 3% (so citric acid at .42%). I thought I would check pH before adding preservative and then adjust accordingly(I have only just started learning about conditioners). Is it possible that the pH level of the finished conditioner ends up too low? -
Hello everyone,
My name is Japnaam and I’m in brazil.
I am not a cosmetic chemist. I have only recently taken up on formulating as a “hobby”, so I’m very new at this. I apologize for posting a discussion before introducing myself. I only just saw this introduction page as well as the page on discussion post rules…
At the moment, I’m taking the online cosmetic formulation course and I find it quite helpful for someone like me. I look forward to learning and contributing (if I can).
Thank you for making information available to everyone! -
Hello there,
There is something called a brassicamidopropyl dimethylamine. Although it is marketed as as having better conditioning properties than cetri, it can be used as the sole conditioning agent. There is also behentrimonium methosulfate(btms-50), which many people are using. Either of these can be used along with the cetri (in a lower percentage as it is a leave in conditioner). Hope this helps. -
Hello there all,
This is my first discussion as I am rather new here; I must say I do appreciate the helpful insight I have found here on chemistscorner.
I am new at formulating and I read on the Chemistscorner blog that some preservatives, mainly organic acid, are incompatible with cationic agents. Should I be concerned if I’m using Benzostat? What would be a compatible preservative? This will be my first conditioner recipe and I have only worked with benzostat so far in other emulsions.Any insight is gratefully appreciated!
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Hello there, I’m new here and this is rather a late comment coming in. I couldn’t help but mention that I’ve come across a brassicamidopropyl dimethylamine cationic agent supposedly marketed as better than cetrimonium chloride. I don’t know how well it actually works as I am just about to try it out. It may work for you?
