Facial-cleansing products

These are mainly facial-cleansing products. Use of facial-cleansing products is not a new phenomenon, having been used by women for centuries. It was very common in Indian culture to apply an aqueous paste of turmeric and mustard seed powder to the face and body of brides before marriage to make the skin soft and clean. There are different herbal and natural paste formulations from Ayurvedic and Unani medicines, which are used to improve the facial or body skin texture. Before the development of synthetic surfactants, soap was the main product used as facial cleanser. Owing to superior mildness, products based on synthetic surfactants are preferred over soap. 

Doughty, D., Jaramillo, J. and Spengler, E., Methods for assessing the mildness of facial cleansing products. Reprint of the 16th IFSCC International Congress, pp. 468-477, 1990. 

Products and Uses Usually in cleansers, scouring agents, fireproofing and insulating compounds, cosmetics for removing rough skin, heavy-duty hand soaps, facial cleansing and acne compounds, tooth polishes, and denture powders. Pencil erasers are composed of synthetic rubber and pumice. (It is the pumice that erases, not the rubber.) Various abrasive purposes. 

Versatile, cost-effective surfactant for use in personal cleansing products. Superior flash foam and lather characteristics. Good skin compatibility. Uses include liquid, lotion and pearl shampoos, shower and bath gels bubble baths and facial cleansers. 

The less water-soluble phosphate esters are also used as antifoaming agents in the presence of other anionic and nonionic surfactants. Alkyl phosphates sometimes enter the composition of facial and cleansing products. They are also applied as emulsifiers in agrochemical applications (e.g., concentrate fertilizer solutions). 

A well studied potential application for alkyl polyglycoside microemulsions in the toiletries sector is cleansing facial care products, which combine good cleansing performance with a refatting effect. Table 12.2 shows a model formulation for an alkyl polyglycoside microemulsion, which was studied as a 2-in-l facial cleanser in... 

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