Formulation for hand cream

Formulation of Hand cream (cosmetic)
Sometimes you have everything needed to venture in cosmetic industry but the challenge always arise when you don’t know to formulate the required ingredients to get your desired product. Formulation is the act of preparing/mixing something following a particular formula. In this case it is the mixing of chemicals to make hand cream. A cream is a thick or semisolid cosmetic or medical preparation to the skin. Hand cream is a cream for human hands application. Cosmetic is a product used for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or alternating someone appearance. This formulation is best for those who wish to start making hand creams.
                                                                (1)     (2)          (3)        (4)          (5)           (6)  (7)
Cetyl alcohol                                           2        -            10          -            -              -     -
Glyceryl monostearate pure                    -        -              -          -           10              -      -          
Isopropyl myristate                                 -       -               -         -            -                -       3
Isopropyl palmitate                                 -       -                -       1            3              -        -
Lanolin                                                    1       1                -       -            2               -       -
Mineral oil                                               2          -              -       -           -               -       -
Polyethylene glycol 1000 monostearate -        -             -       -          5                   -     0          
Polyethelene sorbitan monostreate         -           -            -        1.5       -               -      -
Propyl paraben                                        -         0.05        -         -        -                -      -
Sodium cetyl sulphate                             -           -           2         -        -               -       -
Sorbitan monostreate                               -           -           -        2        -                -       -
Strearic acid                                            13         16         8      15      20              -       17
Stearyl alcohol                                         -            -           3       -        -               -         -
Stearyl colamino formyl pyridinium 
chloride                                                    -           -           -      -      -                 1.5      -      
Glycerol                                                  12         -           8      -       -              15       10   
Lauryl formyl pyridinium chloride         -            -         -        -     -             -             5
Methyl paraben                                       0.15       0.15  0.1  0.1   0.15        0.1      0.1
Polyethelene glycol 300 monostearate    -               -          -       -        -        -         -
Propylene glycol                                      -              10         -       -       -        -          -
Potassium hydroxide                               1              0.6        -        -      -        -          -
Quince seed mulcage(2%)                       -               25         -       -      -       -           -
Sodium lauryl sulphate                             -               -          1      -       -       -           -
Sorbital                                                     -                 -          -      3.5    3       -          -
Triethanolamine                                        -                0.3       -        -       -        -          -
Water                                                        68.85          46.9    67.9   76.9 68.85 71.4  64.9
Note: The quantities of the chemicals are in percentage (%).
Choose any formulation from number (1) to (7), and then scan through it from top to bottom or vice versa (scan through it vertically). For instance, let me take formulation number (1). I will use these ingredients in making my hand cream: Cetyl alcohol 2%, Lanolin 1%, Mineral oil 2%, Strearic acid 13%, Glycerol 12%, Methyl paraben 0.15%, Potassium hydroxide 1%, and water 68.85%. If you add all these they equal to 100%:
2% + 1% + 2% + 13% + 12% + 0.15% + 1% + 68.85% = 100%
Example:
You are to make hand cream weighing 1000 grams, use formulation number one to calculate each chemical you need in the process.
1.      Cetyl alcohol = (2/100 X 1000 grams) = 20 grams
2.      Lanolin = (1/100 X 1000 grams) = 10 grams
3.      Mineral oil = (2/100 X 1000 grams) = 20 grams
4.      Stearic acid = (13/100 X 1000 grams) = 130 grams
5.      Glycerol = (12/100 X 1000 grams) = 120 grams
6.      Methyl paraben = ( 0.15/100 X 1000 grams) = 1.5 grams
7.      Potassium hydroxide = (1/100 X  1000 grams) = 10 grams
8.      Water = ( 68.85/100 X 1000 grams) = 688.5 grams
I hope this formulation may help you in your work.


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