How to substitute cosmetic ingredients in creams and lotions

You might know that a cream or lotion (emulsion) needs a gum, emulsifier, oils, and preservatives – but did you know it’s not just a simple matter of substituting one gum for another, nor one preservative for another at the same amount? All of your ingredient choices need different inputs and methods to work their best in a formula. Not one input works for all emulsifiers, and different gums need to be put into formulas using different methods to get the right results. Your preservative may also be incompatible with your gum choice and they have different inputs too!

Our Create Cosmetic Formulas program makes it easy for you to substitute cosmetic ingredients in a formula with those you can source easily. Stop wasting ingredients – every formula works with the create cosmetic formulas program! It also makes cosmetic ingredient substitution easy – the program tells you how much to use and gives you the right method for the ingredients you choose. Find out how, watch now!

[mdml]

Thanks for showing the capabilities of the program. So much hard work was put into this program. I wish I had this before I started. Heartbreaking to pour expensive ingredients down the drain because they didn't come together as expected and I would take a few days to get back my confidence and try again. Any plans for developing a mobile App? Also would be nice to be able to add our own product name on top of the formula before printing.

[ruandatoerien]

Thankyou so much. Very useful info. I struggled to get mantaniv 68, and you said it is also known as ceteryl alcahol. I am so happy to have learned this.

[imandoski]

I can't wait to subscribe to this programme because I have waisted alot alot of ingredients 😄

[ruraledition]

Does it have an inbuilt HLB calculator? Although you have allocated a range of percentage with recommendation to select the midrange for every ingredient, how do you determine whether the formulation is going to be stable? Do you need to test the formula for stability after you’ve made it?

[ushabhatt]

Hi dear, am trying to get mail some douts but can't get .
I am from India
Please help. Thanks