WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ALLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES

Mabini Ext., Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHARMACY

Pharmaceutics 4- Laboratory
Activity 6
Coconut Milk SHAMPOO

I. Objective:
• To create a coconut milk shampoo.
• To identify the different functions of the ingredients
• To write a correct shampoo formulation & label

II. Materials:
2 Pan balance
3 Beaker 100ml
3 Beaker 250 ml
1 Beaker 500ml
3 Stirring rod
2 Graduated cylinder 20ml
1 glass dropper
5 spatula
1 empty clear press pump shampoo container 200ml
PH test strips

Ingredients

1/4 cup Castile soap

1/4 cup coconut milk
1/2 tsp jojoba oil (use olive oil if you don’t have on hand, but may create a more oily feel)
10 drops essential oils (peppermint)

Procedure:
Weigh all the ingredients

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Mix the ingredients in the given order and stir gently.

Transfer the finished product
Check and record the pH level of the finished product
Create a proper label for the finish product

Questions:
1. Give the function of each ingredients
2. Write the correct shampoo formulation
3. Create a label for your Shampoo product

Answer:

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Product name: Coconut Milk Shampoo

Phase % w/w Function Trade Name

A 48.78% Cleansing agent Castile liquid soap unscented (Cedar

Alley)
A 48.78% Humectant Coconut Milk ( Coco Mama)
A 2.03% Emollient Jojoba Oil Refined (Cedar Alley)
B 0.41% Fragrance Peppermint pure essential oil ( Cedar
Alley)
C q.s pH adjuster
100%

1. Combine Phase B. Stir until it becomes a homogenous solution

METHOD
2. Add phase C to phase B

3. Adjust pH to 5.0-5.5

Solution:

Conversion:

Let’s say:
1ml = 1gram

For accuracy: weigh every ingredient using your lab scale

¼ cup = 60ml
½ tsp = 2.5ml
10 gtts =0.5ml

1/4 cup Castile soap

1/4 cup coconut milk
1/2 tsp jojoba oil (use olive oil if you don’t have on hand, but may create a more oily feel)
10 drops essential oils (lavender)

Formula:

w/w% = ( product wt. / total wt. finished product) x 100

Ingredients Volume Wt 100%

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Castile liquid soap 60 60 48.78%

unscented (Cedar Alley)
Coconut Milk ( Coco 60 60 48.78%
Mama)
Jojoba Oil Refined (Cedar 2.5 2.5 2.03%
Alley)
Peppermint pure essential 0.5 0.5 0.41%
oil ( Cedar Alley)
Total wt. 123 123 100%

How to calculate the increase batch size?

Example: If you are going to make a 200g batch size

Formula for batch size 200g

200g batch size = 200 x wt. of product %

Ingredients 100g 200g

Castile liquid soap unscented 48.78%
(Cedar Alley) 97.56%

Coconut Milk ( Coco Mama) 48.78% 97.56%

Jojoba Oil Refined (Cedar Alley) 2.03% 4.06%

Lavender pure essential oil ( Cedar 0.41%

Alley) 0.82%

total 100% 200%

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