[TriciaLynne]

I’ve purchased honeyquat from Lotion Crafter before. It was a “paraben free” one though. Not sure if that makes a difference.

[TriciaLynne]

@MarkBroussard thank you for the reply. We are uncertain if he has some type of oat allergy however I will look into Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate.

[TriciaLynne]

@ngarayeva001 thank you, I will check this out.

[TriciaLynne]

I agree with ngarayeva001

I would also be concerned if this product was used on a larger area of the skin because of how sensitive AHA can make your skin to UV rays. To my understanding, if you use AHA that area of skin needs to be covered in sunblock up to a week after use.

Even if you intend for this scrub to be used on small portions of the skin, you never know what the user will do.

[TriciaLynne]

The reason I am looking into this is that I am trying to formulate a shampoo that hopefully will not irritate my sons’ eczema.
So far this is my formulation

Aqua 74.5%
Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids 10%
Cocamidopropyl Betaine 8% 
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Honey 3%
Aloe Barbadensis Juice 2%
Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate 1.5%
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride 1%

I was taught in school that having the cosurfactant will make the primary surfactant less irritating. However, I wonder if just having Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids at 10 % would be mild enough without Cocamidropropl Betaine?

[TriciaLynne]

I am having difficulty believing it myself. The only resource I have found is the following:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Structure-of-micro-emulsion-Microemulsions-were-not-really-recognized-until-the-work-of_fig2_236151177

[TriciaLynne]

Thank you all.