Manufacturing laboratory
15-05-2019
FACE POWDER
- Product which has its prime
function, complement skin color by
imparting a velvet like finish
- Opaque to make minor blemishes;
must not impart a mask like effect
Types:
1) Loose face powder
2) Compact face powder
Essential characteristics of a good face
powder
1) Covering power – ability to mask
skin defects such as skin shine,
enlarged pores and minor blemishes
2) Slip - faculty of spreading over the
skin without dragging and giving the
characteristic smooth feeling
3) Adhesiveness – ability to cling to the
face
4) Absorbency – capable of absorbing
skin secretions (perspiration and
oiliness) without showing evidence
5) Bloom – ability to impart a velvety
peach like finish
Compact face powder
- A dry powder which has been
compressed, applied with
powderpuff
- Popularity due to ease of application
and storage convenience
Characteristics from loose powder
1) Binding ability – compressed easily,
hold together and does not crumble
or chip. Binding agents are added to
facilitate compression.
*low pressure during compression
results to cake disintegration; high
pressure won’t pay off sufficiently
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2) Pay-off – sufficiently pay-off when
rubbed with a powder puff, must come
off easily on the applicator
RAW MATERIALS:
TALC (magnesium silicate)
- First and foremost ingredient to be
considered
- Innocuous material
- Slip
- Low covering property
- Non toxic
- Passes through sieve 20
KAOLIN (china clay)
- Face powder adjuncts
- Good covering power and adhesion
- Grease resistant and perspirant
- Controls puffiness and bulkiness
- Innocuous
- Should not exceed 25%;
hygroscopic; may result to streaking
PRECIPITATED CHALK
- CaCO3
- Preserves certain balance between
slip and adhesion coverage power
and transparency
- Good covering power
- Develop bloom effect
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE
- Fine absorbent properties
- Means of distributing perfume
- May cause drying of skin
METALLIC STEARATE
- Zinc and magnesium
- Zinc stearate is more common
- Has adhesive and water-proofing
properties (4-15%)
ZINC OXIDE AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE
- Opacifier (SPF)
- Too much ZnO may result to mask
life effect, drying the skin
Titanium dioxide
- 3-4 times better covering agent than
ZnO
- Opacifying agent, high resistance to
UV rays
- Protect the skin from sunburn
SILICON AND SILICATES
- Maintain free flowing characteristics
even with high humidity
- Perfume carriers
3) Water soluble – gum
tragacanth/kaya, PVC, CMC
4) Water repellant – mineral oil, fatty
esters, esters. Lanolin
5) Emulsion binder – soap,
triethanolamine, glyceryl
monostearate
COMPRESSION METHODS
1) Damp compression method
2) Dry compression

COLOR
- Shading
- Inorganic pigments, organic lakes(Al
Ca lakes), toner
Problem: colorbleed due to solubility to
perspiration and fatty secretions

Fe2O3 (Iron Oxide)

- May be synthetic
- Natural oxides – ambers sienna

FROSTED LIKE MATERIALS

a) Natural pearlescence
b) Metallic powder
c) Mother of pearl

PERFUME
- Odor of powder plays an important
role
- 0.2-1%
- Non- irritancy
BINDERS
5 types
1) Dry – Zn&mg stearate
2) Oil – mineral oil, lanolin derivative
3%

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DISHWASHING PASTE

Household hazardous substances

- Intended for individual or limited
purposes
- Toxic
- Corrosive
- Irritant
- Strong sensitizer

HSR-#

Dishwashing paste – special kind of soap or

detergent which removes dirt and greasy
surfaces and use for cleansing plates,
spoons, pots, and pans.

Major ingredients:
1) CMC – viscosifying agent
2) CDA – foam builder, anionic
surfactant
3) SLES – laureth sulfate; anionic
surfactant
4) Benzylkonium chloride –
preservative or antimicrobial agent;
cationic surfactant
5) Sodium tripolyphosphate – foam
builder, providing cleansing power
to your paste
6) Sodium sulfate – provides abrasive
strength and cleansing power
7) Borax – sodium borate, bulk forming
agent with mild antibacterial
properties

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