Comparing Hair Pomade Formulas, Coloring, and Ingredient Purchase

Hello,

Regarding your questions about the Pomade formula:

1. Purchasing ingredients separately: Yes, each ingredient in the formula recommended by Myskin can be purchased separately. The links you provided lead to individual product pages where you can order them.
2. Making the gel brown: If you want the gel to have a brown color, you will need to add a colorant. Common cosmetic colorants used to achieve a brown shade include Caramel (a natural colorant) or specific synthetic cosmetic dyes/pigments.
3. Comparing ingredients in the recommended formula vs. ingredients from another product:
   • As the staff mentioned earlier, the formula recommended by Myskin is a basic formula for a water-soluble Pomade, using key ingredients like Paste Maker™ (whose main component is Ceteareth-25), coco-wash™ (PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate), Glycerin, Easy Hair Styler, and a preservative (Phenoxyethanol SA under the trade name Optiphen Plus).
   • The list of ingredients from the other product you are interested in shares several similar components, such as Water, Ceteareth-25, Glycerin, and PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, which are core ingredients that help create the gel structure and provide moisture.
   • However, there are some different ingredients. These additional ingredients are often included to modify specific properties of the product, such as:
     • Hair Fixative: The recommended formula uses Easy Hair Styler, while the other formula uses PVP. Both are film-forming agents that help style hair, but they can provide different feel or hold levels.
     • Preservative: The recommended formula uses Phenoxyethanol SA (Optiphen Plus), while the other formula uses DMDM Hydantoin and Methylparaben, which are different preservative systems.
     • Other Ingredients: Additional ingredients in the second list, such as Propylene Glycol (helps with moisture and acts as a solvent), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PEG-8 Beeswax, Polysorbate 20 (are Emulsifiers/Solubilizers that help incorporate ingredients that don't easily mix, like fragrance or silicones, and help adjust texture), Fragrance, Caramel (provides brown color), Simethicone (a silicone that provides slip, conditioning, and reduces foam).
   • These additional ingredients are not strictly necessary for the basic Pomade structure but help fine-tune the product's characteristics, feel, solubility of other components, color, scent, and stability to match the desired outcome of that specific formula.

In summary, the formula recommended by Myskin is a good base to start making Pomade, and you can modify or add some ingredients from the other list you are interested in to achieve the desired product properties, such as adding Caramel for a brown color or incorporating other ingredients to adjust the texture.

Hope this information is helpful!