Creams: are semisolid emulsions for external application.

O/W emulsions
(aqueous creams) are most useful as water washable bases containing more than
45% of water, where as W/O emulsion (oily cream) are containing less than 45%
of water, usually medicated some time only emollient effect.
Creams are soft, easy to apply, cooling to the skin and less greasy than ointment.
Cold cream:
Its emulsion of w/o type called cold cream, because of cooling effect it produced
by slow evaporation of water this cream is applied to skin, cold cream used as
emollient.
Rx 1 prepare cold cream U.S.P.
Cetyl ester wax 12.5 g
White wax 12 g
Mineral oil 56 g
Sodium borate 0.5 g
Purified water 19 g
Procedure:
1- Melt Cetyl ester, White wax and Mineral oil on a water bath until the
mixture reach 70 Cº (A).
2- Dissolve sodium borate in purified water and heat to 70 Cº in separate
beaker (B).
3- Gradually add aqueous solution (B) to the mixture of oily phase (A) with
continuous stirring until congeal and cooled.
Uses: emollient and cleansing cream.

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Rx2 prepare and dispense 100g of w/o cold cream base
Mineral oil 45
Beeswax 10
Span 80 sorbitan monooleate 1
Lanolin 2
Borax 8
Water 41.2
Procedure:
1- Mix Mineral oil, Beeswax, Span 80 sorbitan monooleate andLanolin in
a water bath to 70Cº.
2- Dissolve borax in water and heat to 72Cº.
3- Add the aqueous phase to oily phase with stirring until congealed.

Rx3 CLEANSING CREAM

Bees wax 2 gm
Borax 2 gm
Almond oil 50 gm
Rose water 35.5 gm
Lanolin– 0.5gm
preservative and perfume –q.s

Procedure:
1- Mix almond oil, Beeswax, and Lanolin in a water bath to 70Cº.
2- Dissolve borax in water and heat to 72Cº.
3- Add the aqueous phase to oily phase with stirring until congealed and then
add preservative and perfume with continues stirring until cooled.
Note;
In this type of cream borax reacts with free fatty acids present in the bees wax
and produces soft soap which acts as the emulsifying agent and emulsifies the
oil phase.