COSMETICS PRODUCTION
Cosmetics include everything that is
applied to the body for nourishment and beauty.
These include:
2. Hair
Cream
3. Balm
4. Lipstick,
Wet- lips
5. Eye
shadow etc.
POMADE/BODY CREAM
MAKING
This
is generally called Vaseline, but Vaseline is a company product name, a brand. Pomade
is produced with exclusively oil based ingredients. It does not involve
addition of water.
USES
OF POMADE
1. For
body nourishment
2. As
hair cream or hair food
3. As
lubricant.
POMADE/BODY CREAM PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
1. Pot
2. Stainless
Spoon
3. Thermometer-for
checking the temperature of the mixture
4. Face
mask-for protecting the mouth and noise
5. Lab
coat
6. Storage
bowls etc.
CHEMICALS
AND INGREDIENTS
1. Petroleum Jelly:
This is a petroleum product and is good in body nourishment.
2. Lanolin:
This makes the pomade to be elastic and thick. It is also a body nourishing
agent
3. Paraffin Oil:
This is a petroleum product; it is a body nourishing agent and also a healing
agent. It increases the volume of the product.
4. Paraffin Wax:
The addition of paraffin oil alongside petroleum jelly and lanolin makes the
mixture very light. To bind them together, paraffin wax is added. This is a
binding agent, it holds the mixture together.
5. Colour: You
use desired colour to taste
6. Aromatic Agent:
To give your product a desirable aroma
POMADE /BODY
CREAM PRODUCTION PROCESS
Add petroleum Jelly + paraffin oil + Lanolin +paraffin
wax into the stainless pot, and dissolve on fire.
Note:
We are not frying the mixture, but dissolving them, add the desired
colour. Allow the temperature to go down
between 300 c and 500 c before adding the perfume.
If the perfume is added while the product is still
very hot it will simply cause the product to break. The perfume instead of
blending will turn to water, and remember water and oil don’t go together.
POST PRODUCTION
PROCESS
When you have added your perfume the next thing is
the decanting of the product into cups; this is the process of pouring the
product into containers.
Before pouring the product into containers, you
would have to test the thickness of the pomade. First take a little and drop on
a neutral surface. Allow it to cool by blowing air on it. Check, and if it’s
too thick-add jelly and paraffin oil. It simply means that wax is too much.
If on the other hand it is too soft then add wax to
thicken it.
As you decant, don’t shake the container until it thickens.
If possible label your containers before decanting.
HAIR CREAM PRODUCTION
Hair cream is also known as hair food; it nourishes
the hair and prevents dandruff
EQUIPMENT FOR HAIR CREAM PRODUCTION
1. Burner-for
heating the mixture
2. Stainless
pot
3. Stainless
spoon
4. Thermometer
5. Face
mask
6. Lab
coat
7. Storage
bowl etc.
CHEMICALS AND
INGREDIENTS
1. Petroleum
Jelly
2. Lanolin
(optional)
3. Paraffin
oil
4. Paraffin
wax
5. Colourant
6. Perfume
7. Menthol
8. Industrial
camphor
9. Animal
fat (protein) (optional)
Note: Industrial camphor and menthol checks
dandruff. Camphor kills dandruff while menthol maintains the hair and allow for
a cooling effect when air passes through the hair.
PRODCUTION PROCESS
The same way you produce pomade. Mix petroleum jelly
+paraffin + lanolin + paraffin wax and dissolve. Then after cooling to 30o
c you add colourant and perfume.
Menthol and camphor should be dissolved together with
petroleum jelly and others.
Note: Menthol also hardens so don’t over use wax to
avoid too-hard a product.
BALM PRODUCTION
This
is an aromatic ointment that is used for healing or soothing of pain and aches
EQUIPMENT
FOR PRODUTION
1. Pot
2. Stainless
Spoon
3. Thermometer-
for protecting the mouth and noise
4. Lab
coat
5. Storage
bowls etc.
INGREDIENTS FOR PRODUCTION
1. Petroleum
jelly
2. Paraffin
oil
3. Paraffin
wax
4. Colourant
5. Perfume
6. Menthol
(in larger quantity)
7. Animal
fat (python fat) (optional)
MEASUREMENT
Petroleum - 1 kg
Paraffin oil - 70cl
Lanolin (maximum) - 5gm
Paraffin wax (
it comes in slabs) - 1/32
of slab
Colour - to test
Perfume - 20cl or as desired
Menthol for Balm - 30gm or more
Menthol for hair cream - 10gm
Industrial camphor - 10gm