Pollution Defence Pressed Serum With CITYSTEM™(*)

Croda Beauty Actives (formerly Sederma)
Weirdest. Texture. Ever. This emulsion is neither a cream nor a gel. It is a super concentrated serum that looks like a gel but which is rich like a cream. The special combination of Volarest™ FL, Viscoptima™SE and gelling agents create this special jelly texture. On your skin, it glided on smoothly, transforming into a velvety and fatty-like texture, and left the face feeling supple, but not oily or weighed down. And this pressed serum, manufactured with a cold process to preserve Energy of the Planet, features CITYSTEM™, a plant extract produced by an eco-designed process and dedicated to fight visible and invisible pollution damage of the skin. CITYSTEM™ protects, removes, strengthens and repairs the skin to leave it smooth and flawless. A touch of magic and wonder is also added to this formulation with Crodarom® Elfe Flower™, a perennial plant used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for more than a thousand years.
Phase
Product
INCI Name
Supplier
Volume
A
Water Deionised
(Aqua)
to 100
B
Glycerin
5.00
Keltrol® CG-SFT
(Xanthan Gum)
CP Kelco
0.10
Supercol® GF
(Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum)
Ashland
0.05
Viscogum® BCR 13/250
(Locust Bean Gum)
Cargill
0.40
C
Potassium Sorbate
qs
D
Volarest™ FL
(Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer)
Croda
1.50
E
CITYSTEM
Sederma
2.00
F
Crodarom® Elfe Flower™
(Glycerin (and) Water (and) Epimedium Grandiflorum Flower/ Leaf/Stem Extract)
Crodarom
0.50
G
Cromollient™ DP3A
(Di-PPG-3 Myristyl Ether Adipate)1
Croda
1.00
Crovol™ A70
(PEG-60 Almond Glycerides)
Croda
2.00
Viscoptima™ SE
Sodium Polyacrylate (and) Ethylhexyl Cocoate (and) PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate (and) Polysorbate 20)
Croda
3.00
Phenoxyethanol
qs
H
Tween™ 20
(Polysorbate 20)
Croda
0.50
Eclat de vert
(Fragrance)
MLW
0.15
I
Water Deionised
(Aqua)
2.00
Sodium Hydroxide 30%
0.20

Preparation:

Weigh Part A. Weigh Part B and mix. Pour Part B into Part A with rotor stator stirring (s=500 rpm). Weigh and add Part C into Part A+B, homogenise well. Weigh and add Part D to the previous part, homogenise well. Weigh and add Part E to the previous part, homogenise well. Weigh and add Part F to the previous part, homogenise well. Weigh Part G, homogenise well. Weigh Part H, homogenise well. Pour Part H into to Part G, homogenise well. Add Part G+H to the previous part, homogenise well during 1 hour. Adjust pH above 5.70 with Part I, homogenise well.

Notes:

Appearance: White Jelly emulsion; pH: 5.70± 0.5; Viscosity: 250.000 ± 10% Sp.93, 2.5rpm, 1 min, 25°C, Brookfield DV-I Prime Stability: 3 months at 4°C, 25°C, 40°C and 1 month at 50°C Centrifugue 10min @ 3000rpm and 1 x -80ºC/+25ºC 24 hour freeze-thaw cycle and autoclave 20min @120°C
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