Meadowfoam seed oil as a natural dispersing agent for colorants in lipstick.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Green and sustainable trends are growing and with that the demand for naturally derived ingredients is rising. Dispersing agents are essential components of lipsticks due to their ability to wet pigment particles, reduce agglomerates and prevent re-agglomeration by stabilizing pigment particles. In this study, meadowfoam seed oil was evaluated as a pigment-dispersing agent for lipsticks and compared with castor oil and octyldodecanol.

Methods

Dispersions of Red 7 Lake were formulated with 20, 30 and 40% solid content using castor oil, octyldodecanol or meadowfoam seed oil. Particle size, viscosity, spreadability, wetting, oil absorption and colour were measured. Four of the nine dispersions were then formulated into lipsticks, including all the 30% pigment dispersi

SUBMITTER: Maktabi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature