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Finally, a great base product for your creams, lotions, body milks
and mist. And this lotion base has been developed using a different
technology, so it's easy to use to create your recipes. Most lotion bases
are pre-blends of water, oil, and emulsifying wax. Using emulsifying wax
requires that the formula be heated to melt the wax and create the O/W
bond. Those lotion bases tend to have a wax-like feel due to the
emulsifying wax and often create drag on the skin and pilling after a
second application. The viscosity (thickness) in your final product is
adjusted by the amount of water and additives you include in your final
formulation (which might mean a lot of tweaking!).
Lotion
Base CM is a totally cold process product because it does not contain
waxes which need to be melted. The lotion base kit consists of two
products: Lotion Base CM - a water-thin cream base and, Polymer SP - a
cosmetic grade thickener, which has been pre-mixed with an emulsifier. No wax or
alcohol!
Your product is simply
made by mixing 10% Lotion Base CM with 90% water (Distilled), which makes
for a very cost effective formulation. After these two ingredients are
blended, you can add up to 5% vegetable oils. Next, the thickener
concentrate, Polymer SP, is added to your blended lotion base at levels of
3% - 9% to achieve a viscosity from very thin, like a body mist, to very
thick, like a night cream. Finally, incorporate your preservatives, color
and fragrance. You’ve got a finished product in three easy
steps!
Lotion Base INCI Ingredient Names: Cetearyl Isononanoate,
Ceteareth-20, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate,
Glycerin, Ceteareth-12,
Cetyl Palmitate
Polymer Thickener
INCI Ingredient Names: Propylene Glycol, Sodium
Polyacrylate.
Yield: 1 Gallon
Lotion Base CM makes 10 gallons of
lotion
1 Quart of Polymer SP will thicken 10 gallons of lotion
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