COLD CREAM
COLD CREAM AIM: To prepare and submits 10gm of Cold Cream. FORMULA: S. No. Ingredients Qty for 100gm Qty for ____ gm 1 Bees Wax 8 g 2 Mineral Oil 49 ml 3 Soft Paraffin 7 g 4 Cetyl Alcohol 19 ml 5 Borax 0.4 g 6 Water 34.6 ml 7 Perfume Q.S PRINCIPLE: Cold creams are typically beeswax-borax emulsions. They are called as cold cream because on application to skin the evaporation of water leads to cooling effect. When a solution of borax is added to molten beeswax, emulsifying agent is formed because of wax acid & borax i.e. wax acid is saponified by borax forming Na- soap (i.e. Na soap of wax acid). This agent is formed at the interface between oil & water, which emulsifies the m