Micellar water is one of my favourite skin cleansing products and a must have in my suitcase when I'm on the go. I use micellar water as a cleanser, moisturizer and toner and take just one product instead of 3 on a trip.
This is a rather basic formulation with a prebiotic kick. I didn't add any hyaluron to this formulation to make the manufacturing procedure simple and easy. I avoided lipophilic ingredients and essential oils and let the hydrosols do the magic.
Ingredients
Phase A |
|
Rose hydrosol |
to 100,0% |
Geranium hydrosol |
25,0% |
Cornflower hydrosol |
25,0% |
Plant based pentylene glycol |
5,0% |
Sodium PCA |
2,0% |
Sodium lactate |
2,0% |
Skin prebiotic |
2,0% |
Algae extract |
2,0% |
Vegeluron |
1,0% |
Aloe extract 200:1 |
1,0% |
Natural chelator PA-3 |
0,1% |
Allantoin |
0,1% |
Phase B |
|
Disodium/sodium cocoyl glutamate |
5,0% |
Yucca extract |
1,0% |
Coco glucoside |
1,0% |
Phase C |
|
Verssatile preservative BL |
0,5% |
Preservative 1388 eco |
3,0% |
Lactic acid or arginine |
to adjust the pH |
Procedure:
1- Blend all of the ingredients in phase A in a beaker. A magnetic stirrer is very helpful but not necessary.
2- After all of the powders are disoolved, slowly add phase B to phase A. Try to avoid agitation and foaming
3- Prepare a 10% dilution of the blend and measure the pH before adding the preservative blend. In our case the pH was 5,0 and we could add the preservative without any need for adjustment. Depending on the raw material you use you may need to incresase the pH (it should be min. 5 when you add the preservatives) before adding the preservatives.
4- Add the preservatives, prepare another 10% dilution and re-measure the pH. In our case it was 5,22 which is perfectly in range. You may need to use some lactic acid to bring the pH in 5,2-5,5 range.
5- Take your stability and microkit samples and fill the rest in suitable bottles.
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