Nourishing cream

Nourishing creams types, formulations, ingredients, emulsions uses and other questions

Definition of Nourishing cream (Medium cream):- 

type of creams is midway between that of vanishing creams and cold creams that's why it is called as nourishing cream ( medium cream).

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What is a nourishing cream?

Nourishing cream is the most important type of oil in water type medium cream having an oils 30% to 50% the character of this type of creams is midway between that of vanishing creams and cold creams that's why it is called as nourishing cream ( medium cream).
This is an extremely useful type of creams as because it's low oil content. 
It gives light feeling & both oil soluble and water soluble cosmoceutical agents can be included in the formula.

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Formulation of Nourishing cream (medium cream):-

 

Compositions

Ingredients

Quantity

(%)

1

Oil components

1] Stearyl alcohol

2] Stearic acid

3] Hydrogenated lanolin

4] Squalane

5] Octyldodecanal

6.0%

2.0%

4.0%

9.0%

10.0%

2

Humectants

1] 1,3 butylene glycol

2] PEG 1500

6.0%

4.0%

3

Surfactants

1] PoE (25) cetyl alcohol ether

2] Glycerin monostearate

3.0%

2.0%

4

Antioxidants

 

 

5

Preservatives

1] propyl paraben

2] methyl paraben

Q.s

Q.s

6

Perfumes

 

 

7

Water

Water

Q.s

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Manufacturing procedure:-

  1. Take all apparatus with zero errors.
  2. Weight all ingredients with the help of  weighing machine.
  3. Add the humectants to the purified water and heat up to 70°c to make the water phase.
  4. After heating the oil component ingredients together to make a solution.
  5. Add the surfactants, preservatives, antioxidants and perfumes and keep heating up to 70°c.
  6. Add this to the water phase to carry out the preliminary emulsification.
  7. After making the emulsion particles uniform in size with the help of homomixer.
  8. Then filter, cool and keep it in proper closed container.

Formulation of medium cream ( Nourishing cream):-

(Oil in water emulsions)

 

Components

Ingredients

Quantity

(%)

1

Oil components

1] Cetyl alcohol

2] Stearic acid

3] petrolatum

4] Squalane

5] Glycerol-tri-2-ethyl

hexanoate

5.0

3.0

5.0

10.0

7.0

2

Humectants

1] Dipropylene glycol

2] Glycerin

5.0

5.0

3

Surfactants

1] propylene glycol monostearate

2] PoE (20) Cetyl alcohol ether

3.0

3.0

5

Alkali

1] TEA

1.0

6

Preservatives

1] propyl paraben

2] methyl paraben

Q.s

7

Antioxidants

 

Q.s

8

Perfumes

 

Q.s

9

Water

Water

53.0

Manufacturing procedure:-

  1. Take all apparatus with zero errors.
  2. Weight all ingredients with the help of  weighing machine.
  3. Add the humectants and alkali to the purified water and heat up to 70°c to make the water phase.
  4. After heating the oil component ingredients together to make a solution.
  5. Add the preservatives, surfactants, antioxidants and perfumes and Keep heating up to 70°c .
  6. Add this to the water to carry out the preliminary emulsification.
  7. After making the solution particles uniform in size with the help of homomixer.
  8. Then filter, cool and keep it in proper closed container.

Uses of Nourishing cream:-

  1. Nourishing cream helps to keep our skin healthy.
  2. Nourishing cream stimulates the blood circulation.
  3. Nourishing cream is commonly used to moisturise our skin.
  4. Nourishing cream is used to soften the skin.
  5. Nourishing cream helps to remove dead cells and dust particles.

How to use:-

First wash your face with fresh water then wait to dry it. Apply cream properly on your skin and keep it 2 to 4 hours.