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Showing posts with label Deodorant Types. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deodorant Types. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Types of Deodorants


Deodorants are basically four types. The are
2.     Liquid Deodorant
4.     Deodorant Sticks.

What is Deodorant Sticks & its General Ingredients


Deodorant Sticks with no antiperspirant have also been found in stick form. O’Neil had mad a preparation of 25% zinc oxide, 25% boric acid, 33% spermaceti, 16.75 petrolatum, and 0.25% petroleum oil moulded in a stick form. It is a thin film which applied rubbing on the skin.

Another increasingly popular type of deodorant stick is madewith 5-10% sodium stearate or with a hard soaps 2-5% off humectant. It also needs alcohol and perfume.
The gel may be formed by dissolving soap in warm alcohol or saponification of an alcoholic solution of stearic acid with sodium hydroxide.
The solidifying temperature will vary with concentration of soap. This then is poured hot into moulds.

General Formula 1

Sodium stearate                               8.00%
Sorbitol Syrup                                  5.00%
Hyamine 1622                                  0.25%
Water                                                8.75%
Ethyl alcohol SD 40                         75.00%
Perfume                                            3.00%


General Formula 2

Hard soap                                                  8.00%
Isopropyl myristate                                   10.00%
Glycerol                                                     3.00%
Cetyl trmethyl ammonium bromide                   0.25%
Ethyl alcohol SD 40                                  75.75%
Perfume                                                     3.00%

General Formula 3

Amerchol-L-101                                        10.0%
Glyceryl monostearate                              13.5%
Spermaceti                                                 1.5%
Tween 60                                                   8.5%
Isopropyl Palmitate                                   3.0%
Water                                                         63%
Perfume                                                     q.s.
Hexachlorophene                                       0.5%


Very few products have these ideal requirements. However, with new astringent varied emulsifier and attractive packaging. It is inevitable that many new products find their way into the market.



What is Deo Creams & its General Ingredients


For any chlorinated phenol deodorants used in a cream, it is important to select an emulsifier. It is compatible.
Many non-ionic emulsifiers suppress the bacteriostatic activity of those product. Potassium stearate-stearic acid vanishing cream serves as a good base for this product.  


General Formula 1

Part-A

Hexachlorophene                                       0.5%
Glyceryl Monostearate                                       10.0%
stearic acid                                                 4.0%
Cetyl alcohol                                             2.0%
Isopropyl myristate                                   4.0%

Part-B
Potassium Hydroxide                                1.0%
Water                                                         66.5%
Propylene glycol                                                 12.0%
Perfume                                                     q.s.

A deodorant cream of heavier body servers to absorb malodorous materials from the skin surface, at the same time prevents formation of bad odour, by its antibacterial ingredients.

General Formula 2

Part-A

Aracel C                                  4.0%
Ceresin                                    6.0%
White petrolatum                             8.5%
Mineral oil                              20.0%
Lanolin                                   4.5%

Part-B
Magenisium Sulfate                         0.15%
Water                                                21.85%
Zinc oxide                                        15.00%
Zinc Stearate                                    10.00%
Aluminum Phenolsulfonate             10.00%
Perfume                                            q.s.

Water-in-oil type emulsions are satisfactory deodorant cream. Since they can be rubbed into the skin, and yet not make the skin feel greasy.  

What is Liquid Deodorant


Several quaternary ammonium compounds have been tested and found relatively nontoxic and sufficient nonirritating for use in cosmetic preparation. Quaternaries are particularly suitable for aqueous deodorant preparation. But they stick in to the body and are not easily removed. 
Hence the antibacterial and deodorant spray can be prepared, without toxic antiperspirant properties. (0.5-2% of quaternary in water or 5% denatured alcohol of cosmetic grade)

The water soluble derivatives of chlorophyll potassium, copper chlophyllin, sodium derivatives of chlorophyll, sodium magnesium chlophyllin have satisfactory deo-qualities. Chlorophyll derivatives can be used in combination with quaternaries too for the cream or deodorant solution.

If chlorinated phenol derivatives is used in liquid it must be dissolved in propylene glycol and alcohol as iron causes discoloration. It is absolutely necessary to eliminate iron contamination from other ingredients or from equipment when they are used.

These deodorants when mixed in 0.25% concentrations are effective antibacterial products.

What is Deodorant Powder & its General Ingredients


Deodorant Powders, to be effective have to be mixed and ground well. So that the ingredients are well dispersed. The active ingredient may be dissolved in a suitable solvent and distributed through the powder mix. The active ingredients are deodorants. So they may affect the fragrance.
It is being used to check its loss of odour over a period of 2-3 months.


 General Formula 1

Talc                                                            70%
Light Precipitated Chalk                           10%
Boric Acid                                                 10%
Zinc Oxide                                                 9%
Zinc Phenolsulfonate                                 1%
Perfume                                                     q.s.


 General Formula 2

Talc                                                                                                                      84%
Boric Acid                                                 3.0%
Chalk                                                         12.0%
Cetyl alcohol                                             0.5%
Hexachlorophene                                       0.5%
Perfume                                                     q.s.   

Procedure:

Dissolve hexachlophene and cetyl alcohol in a minimum quantity of alcohol and add to the powder.