Regarding Glitter in Shampoo and Opacifiers

Thank you for your questions regarding formulating shampoo with glitter and achieving opacity.

Regarding suspending small glitter particles in a non-clear shampoo formula at pH 5.5, besides ClearClean:

The staff has advised that other thickeners generally do not create the same type of gel structure as ClearClean, which is highly effective at suspending particles like glitter or beads. If you use other thickeners, you might need to use a higher concentration to achieve sufficient viscosity to suspend the glitter. An example alternative mentioned is using AnyGel to create a water gel base before adding other ingredients.

Regarding making the formula opaque white without a pearlescent effect, besides emulPearl and oils:

The staff is currently checking for suitable alternative ingredients and will inform you once they have the information.

We will provide the complete answer once the information on alternative opacifiers is available.