Smoothing Foundation

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Smoothing Foundation
Ingredients
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Phase A

  • Candelilla wax
  • 6.0
  • Dow Corning HY-3050 Soy Wax (Dow Corning) (Hydrogenated soybean oil (and) C15-23 alkane)
  • 10.0
  • Copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax
  • 6.0
  • Permethyl 99A (Presperse Inc.) (Isododecane)
  • 39.4

Phase B

  • Dow Corning 556 cosmetic grade fluid (Dow Corning) (Phenyl trimethicone)
  • 5.0
  • Xiameter PMX-0245 (Dow Corning)(Cyclopentasiloxane)
  • 14.0
  • Dow Corning 9546 silicone elastomer blend (Dow Corning) (Cyclopentasiloxane (and) dimethicone crosspolymer (and) dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer (and) dimethiconol)
  • 7.0

Phase C

  • Titanium dioxide
  • 5.4
  • Iron oxides yellow
  • 1.7
  • Iron oxides red
  • 0.6
  • Iron oxides black
  • 0.4
  • Dow Corning 5562 carbinol fluid (Dow Corning) (Bis-hydroxy-ethoxypropyl dimethicone)
  • 4.5

Procedure

Combine and mix phase A ingredients, heating to 80°C until completely melted. Combine phase B ingredients and add to phase A with mixing. Prepare a pigment premix by blending phase C ingredients, and homogenize until color is uniform. Maintain temperature, and add phase C to phase AB while stirring. Cool to 50°C while stirring. Pour material into an appropriate container and cool to solidify.  

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