Hair Styling Gel Recipe

Men (and some women) get prissy with their hair, as it defines one’s looks and adds dimension to one’s style. To arrange and pamper your mane, here is an awesome hair gel recipe from Voyageur! Whether it’s tousled or sleek, gel provides great hold to your different hairstyles in humid conditions, without getting sticky or flaky. Makes approximately 800 grams or four 4-ounce jars.

Ingredients:                       Weight (%)                   Grams:

Phase A:

Distilled water                     93%                            744 gm.

Glycerin USP                          2%                             16 gm.

Vital Hair and                      0.5%                               4 gm.

Scalp Complex™

Panthenol Pro-Vitamin B5      0.5%                               4 gm.

Phase B:

Dehydroxanthan gum             1.5%                              2 gm.

Phase C:

Optiphen Plus™                      1%                               8 gm.

Part D:

Polysorbate 20                        1%                               8 gm.

Essential oil/fragrance           0.5%                               4 gm.

Procedures:

Combine all the ingredients of phase A in a clean glass beaker. Gradually sprinkle dehydroxyxanthan gum into the mixture. Beat the mixture using a hand stick blender on low speed until mixture is smooth and the gum is completely incorporated. Add Optiphen Plus™ and stir well. In a separate beaker, combine polysorbate 20 and essential oil of choice. When fully mixed, add to the gel mixture and stir gently until smooth. Pour into sterilized jars.

Source:

Voyageur Soap & Candle Company Ltd. -  

http://www.voyageursoapandcandle.com/Style_Control_Hair_Gel_Recipe_s/304.htm

Glycerin Special characteristics

Glycerin has an average molecular mass of 92.09. It boils at about 290°C while it melts at about 20°C. Glycerin has a specific gravity of 1.26 (20/20°C) and a vapor density of 3.17 (AIR=1). The nonelectrolyte solvent is soluble in water, ethanol, acetone, and DMSO while insoluble in ether and benzene. Glycerin has a surface tension of 64.8 g/s² (20°C) and a refractive index of 1.4758 (20°C). This odorless alcohol is combustible, with a flash point of 199°C and an autoignition value of 370°C.

Vegetable Glycerin

Vegetable Glycerin is added to soap in order to produce extra moisturizing properties and to ensure a clear finish. It is easily dissolved into water and alcohol, but does not mix well in oils.

This product has hygroscopic properties. This means it will easily absorb water from the surrounding air. If your container of glycerin is left open, it will absorb water and it will stabilize at 20% water and 80% glycerin. The taste would blister because glycerin is dehydrating. When water is used to dilute it, however, it makes the skin soft.

Vegetable Glycerin is high in viscosity and is colorless and sweet tasting. It has a high boiling point and freezes as a paste. The most common uses are in soap and other beauty products like lotions. Although, it is common in many other applications.

Vegetable Glycerin USP

Vegetable Glycerin USP is approved as a food additive for food and medical use applications.

Vegetable Glycerin is added to soap in order to produce extra moisturizing properties and to ensure a clear finish. It is easily dissolved into water and alcohol, but does not mix well in oils. 

USP labeling implies that it conforms to all the legal requirements of the FDA and that it was produced in accordance with the principles outlined in FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices.

Other nations have compiled an official national pharmacopeia, similar in scope and is labeled as USP. Currently, there is a collaborative international program to harmonize the Glycerin monographs in the USP and in the European Pharmacopeia.