The role of triethanolamine, an indispensable emulsifier in the daily chemical industry

Winter is coming, many delicate girls are indispensable to body lotion, can moisturize and care for the skin, intensive hydration and moisturizing desiccant, so that the skin is smooth and delicate. Well, you know, in addition to some flower extracts in the body milk, many of them are surfactants, such as triethanolamine and so on. The presence of these surfactants can help the other ingredients inside to better blend.

Let's first take a look at the ingredients of moisturizing body lotion: water, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, stearic acid, polyether 25, petrolatum, dimethicone, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, allantoin, methylparaben, cherry blossom extract, hydroxyphenylpropyl esters, triethanolamine, butylene glycol, zhimu root extract, flower extract, forsythia fruit extract, lotus seed extract, platycodon root extract, propolis extract, centella asiatica extract, fragrance.

Among them, triethanolamine is often used in the daily chemical industry, and can play a role in emulsification, moisturizing, humidification, thickening, and PH balance in cosmetics such as skin washing, eye gel, moisturizing, shampoo, etc. Its main role is to bring the water and oil in skin care products into a state of balance. In cosmetic formulations, it is used to neutralize soaps with fatty acids and neutralize amine salts with sulfated fatty acids, so triethanolamine can be found in many cosmetics. Moreover, the cream products made of triethanolamine have the characteristics of delicate paste and bright white paste. The addition of triethanolamine to liquid detergents improves the removal of oily dirt, especially non-polar sebum, while improving decontamination performance by increasing alkalinity. And there is excellent compatibility.