Making Gel Lubricant White Without Settling

Based on your question about making your Polyglide and Snail Resin gel lubricant white without the pigment settling, and your inquiry about using cream makers, here is some guidance:

You are correct that adding Titanium Dioxide powder directly to a gel can lead to settling because gels often lack the necessary suspending properties to keep solid particles evenly dispersed over time.

Regarding the cream makers you mentioned (Light Cream Maker, Soft Cream Maker, Satin Cream Maker), these ingredients are primarily designed to create cream or lotion textures by emulsifying oil and water. While they can create a white appearance (especially Satin Cream Maker, which is described as resulting in a pearl white cream), using them would change the texture of your product from a gel to a cream or lotion. If you want to maintain the gel texture, these cream makers would not be suitable.

To achieve a stable white color in your gel formulation while keeping the gel texture and preventing settling, you should look for ingredients specifically designed as opacifiers or pre-dispersed pigments for aqueous systems.

One suitable option is Styrene/Acrylates Opacifier. This ingredient is designed to provide a milky, opaque white appearance in water-based formulas and is noted for not causing sedimentation or separation. It can be added without heat.

Another possibility is using a pre-dispersed white pigment like WaterMix™ White. This is Titanium Dioxide already dispersed in water, which can make it easier to incorporate and potentially more stable in a gel compared to adding raw powder. Its description mentions use in water-based makeup, but it can function as a white colorant in other water-based systems like gels.

Using either of these ingredients should help you achieve a stable white color in your Polyglide and Snail Resin gel without the settling issue you experienced with raw Titanium Dioxide.