solubilizers

#alltheingredients: Natragem® S140 NP (INCI: Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate/Sebacate (and) Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate/Caprate (and) Aqua) – solubilizer of oils into water, high HLB emulsifier

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I’ve been playing with this new, ECOCERT (naturally compliant) solubilizer of small amounts of fragrance oils, essential oils, oils, esters, and other emollients into water, gels, or alcohol/water based products, Natragem® S 140 NP (INCI: Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate/Sebacate (and) Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate/Caprate (and) Aqua), Let’s take a peek at this! Natragem® S140 NP is a solubilizer of oil...

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Q&A: Creating room or body sprays with solubilizers other than polysorbate 20?

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In this month’s Q&A, PrincessJess asked,  Hi Susan. Thanks so much for helping us fledgling formulators! I actually have two questions for you. 1. Are you keeping this platform open or do you want us to cancel and join the other platform. I got really confused by that post. 2. Can you pretty please do...

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#alltheingredients: Poly Suga Mulse D9 (INCI: Sorbitan oleate (and) decylglucoside crosspolymer)

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Poly Suga Mulse D9* (INCI: Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer) is a PEG-free, non-ethoxylated solubilizer that can incorporate small amounts of essential or carrier oils into water based products. It’s derived from corn, sugar, and olive oil, and notes that it’s 80% natural. As a result, it’s ECOcert and NPA certified, and has a great star rating of...

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Q&A quickie: You don’t need to add a solubilizer with surfactants or emulsions

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I’m about to say something pretty controversial, which you already know after reading the title: You don’t need to add solubilizer to your foamy, bubbly, lathery surfactants as they’re by definition surfactants, and they can do the job themselves. The very nature of a surfactant is that it has a hydrophilic or water loving head...

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Solubilizers: Caprylyl/capryl glucoside

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I wrote a bit about this solubilizer caprylyl/capryl glucoside in this post on glucoside surfactants, but let’s learn more about it now! Caprylyl/capryl glucoside (aka octyl/decyl glucoside or C8-10 alkyl polyglucoside) is an Ecocert non-ionic solubilizer with a pH of 5.5 to 6 that can be used as a solubilizer and a very gentle surfactant. It...

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