[arastellar09]

also please tell if I need to follow the HLB calculation system for W/O emulsions as well?

[arastellar09]

The glycerin extract has I guess some water component too…will it be fine to add to sucragel ? I asked on Reddit as well and there they said that water component will not gel the oil effectively and the finished product would become somewhat like a lotion…they recommended first gelling up the extract with gum and then later combine with sucragel-gelled oil.

The effective water content of the herbal extracts that I want to add is 3% …is it too much?

[arastellar09]

the consistency will be like that of a viscous hair serum

[arastellar09]

10% - (argan oil, jojoba liquid wax ester, red raspberry oil, mango seed oil, squalene)

3% - lemongrass essential oil, bergamot essential oil, mixed tocopherol

20% - oil soluble sunscreen pre made base

27% - capric/ caprylic triglyceride

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60% done

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can you please recommend how to go about the remaining 40% with any 1 or 2 or all of these following ingredients to make the system homogeneous?

C12-15 alkyl benzoate

isopropyl mystirate

coco caprylate

[arastellar09]

thanks! I understood.

[arastellar09]

actually I want to make a hair serum (hence comedogenicity is not an issue) with a bit of UV filters cause there is protein degeneration happening under sunlight…I don’t want to make a natural product but it should be non toxic

plant oils are only going to be around 10-15% rest all light ester and UV solvents.

Do you have any oil-soluble broad sprecrum filters in mind that I can experiment with?

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