Interested in including foaming ingredients in your skin care emulsions?
Foaming Effect in Skin Care Emulsions
by Guest Author
It is known that, among their many characteristics, surfactants result in the formation of foam. Surfactants are intentionally used in excess in shampoos and soap systems to create foam, and the higher the concentration, the stronger the foam effect of the product. This sounds perfect when we are talking about hair care products; however, this represents a problem when we are dealing with skin care emulsions. Read More
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To avoid the foaming in skin care products during play time you may add silicone oil, simethicone or dimethicone and if you want to keep your formulation silicone dimethicone free you may add alcohol, liquid esters(more then 6%),