Texture of Essence Formulation with High Active Ingredients

Asked by: supimpa_pim On: February 21, 2019 Product Type: Cosmetics

Question

Based on the following essence formulation, will the texture be too heavy?

  • Activated Resorcinol™: 1.00%
  • Ume Extract (Anti-Glycation): 2.00%
  • Licorice Extract (Glabridin 90%): 0.05%
  • Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate (aka. Pitera): 50.00%
  • Beta Glucan (Saccharomyces cerevisiae extract): 5.00%
  • Yeast Radiance™: 3.00%
  • Pal-GHK, Pal-GQPR (Matrixyl 3000): 5.00%
  • Repair Activator™: 10.00%
  • น้ำกลั่น ปราศจากเชื้อ: 20.95%

Total: 100.00%

Answer

Based on the ingredients and their concentrations in your essence formulation:

  • The high percentage of Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate (50%) forms a significant part of the liquid base.
  • However, the inclusion of Beta Glucan at 5% and Repair Activator™ (Bifida Ferment Lysate) at 10% will significantly increase the viscosity.
  • Beta Glucan, in particular, is known to create a thicker texture and can sometimes feel slightly heavy or form a film on the skin at this concentration.
  • The peptides (Matrixyl 3000 and Pep®-Coll) will add some slip and body as well.

Therefore, the texture of this formulation is likely to be more viscous than a very light, watery essence. It will probably feel more like a serum or a slightly thicker essence, and due to the Beta Glucan, it might feel a bit heavy or leave a slight film, depending on the specific grades of ingredients used.