COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE
Schold plays a crucial role in achieving homogeneity in formulations, ensuring proper blending of ingredients for products such as creams, lotions, and color cosmetics. Our lab mixers, high-speed dispersers, low-speed mixers/blenders, and media mills optimize your process and create high-performance products for consumers.
Product Applications
Cosmetics and personal care manufacturers create a wide range of products with applications that directly impact our every day lives. From formulating silky creams and vibrant color cosmetics to blending fragrances and refining skincare products, our team of experts and specialized equipment is designed to process these applications (along with many others):
- Creams and Lotions: Lab and industrial mixers homogenize and blend ingredients in the formulation of creams and lotions for skincare.
- Shampoos and Conditioners: Dispersers and mixers ensure thorough mixing of ingredients, including surfactants and emollients, in the production of shampoos and conditioners.
- Color Cosmetics (Lipsticks, Foundations): Mills disperse pigments and reduce particle size for color cosmetics like lipsticks and foundations.
- Perfumes and Fragrances: Mixers blend and disperse fragrance components in the formulation of perfumes and scented products.
- Sunscreen Products: Dispersers and mixers achieve uniform dispersion of UV filters and other active ingredients in sunscreen formulations.
- Toothpaste Manufacturing: Industrial mixers contribute to the uniform mixing of abrasive particles, flavoring agents, and other ingredients in toothpaste production.
- Hair Dyes and Colorants: Mills disperse of colorants, ensuring a consistent and fine particle size for hair dyes and colorant products.
- Serums and Essences: Lab dispersers disperse and blend active ingredients in the formulation of serums and essences for skincare.
- Body Washes and Shower Gels: Industrial mixers contribute to the homogenous blending of surfactants, fragrances, and other ingredients in the production of body washes and shower gels.
- Masks and Exfoliants: Mills reduce particle size in the production of masks and exfoliating products, enhancing their efficacy.
- Antiperspirants and Deodorants: Dispersers and mixers contribute to the uniform dispersion of active and fragrance ingredients in antiperspirants and deodorants.
- Nail Polishes: Mills disperse pigments and achieve the desired consistency in the formulation of nail polishes.
- Cleansing Oils: Lab dispersers assist in achieving the proper emulsification and blending of oils and surfactants in cleansing oil formulations.
- Body Butters and Balms: Industrial mixers contribute to the blending and homogenization of ingredients in the formulation of body butters and balms.
Processing Challenges
Cosmetics and personal care manufacturers encounter a spectrum of challenges during the dispersing, mixing, and milling process. Whether you choose Schold or another partner, selecting the proper equipment is crucial for overcoming these common issues:
- Formulation Homogeneity: Achieving consistent blending and homogeneity in formulations, critical for a wide range of products.
- Particle Size Control: Ensuring precise control over particle size during milling processes, especially in color cosmetics and sunscreens.
- Fragrance Dispersion: Achieving even dispersion of fragrance components, essential for products like perfumes, body mists, and scented lotions.
- Emulsification Challenges: Overcoming challenges in emulsification is crucial for the production of serums, essences, and cleansing oils.
- Texture and Consistency: Ensuring the desired texture and consistency in products like creams, balms, and body butters for a satisfying consumer experience.
- Hygiene and Contamination Control: Implementing stringent hygiene practices and contamination control measures to maintain product safety and quality.
- Product Stability: Ensuring the stability of formulations over time, particularly for products with longer shelf lives, to prevent issues like separation or degradation.
- Scaling Up Production: Adapting mixing and milling processes for larger production scales while maintaining the same level of precision and consistency.
Recommended Processing Equipment
Here are the most common base models/designs used in the cosmetics and personal care industry. The Schold team of experts can assist with any questions or customized options specific for your application.
