Creamy Shampoo Base (Sulphate & Paraben Free)
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Our Creamy Shampoo Base is a ready-to-use, sulphate-free and paraben-free liquid base built for professional hair care product development. It has a rich, opaque, creamy texture with a mild, gentle surfactant system — simply add your choice of extracts, fragrances, and colours to launch premium shampoos, body washes, and conditioning cleansers without any complex chemistry.
Sulphate Free & Paraben Free
Formulated without sulphates (SLES/SLS) or parabens, using mild, skin- and scalp-friendly surfactants. Ideal for clean beauty, natural, and "gentle care" hair care lines that need to carry sulphate-free and paraben-free claims.
Key Specifications
- Form: Creamy viscous liquid
- Appearance: Opaque, pearlescent white to off-white
- Sulphates: None (SLES/SLS free)
- Parabens: None
- Fragrance load: Up to 1–2%
- Extracts / actives load: Up to 3–5%
- Shelf life: 24 months (unopened, stored below 30°C)
- Pack sizes: 1 kg, 5 kg, 20 kg
Benefits
- Sulphate-free surfactant system — gentle on scalp and hair, won't strip natural oils
- Creamy, rich texture — gives a premium, salon-like feel and lather
- Paraben free — suitable for clean beauty and natural product lines
- Ready to customise — accepts herbal extracts, essential oils, fragrance oils, and conditioning actives without destabilising
- Professional-grade viscosity — pours and fills into bottles cleanly without adjustment
- Suitable for sensitive scalps, colour-treated hair, and daily-use formulations
How to Use
Measure the required amount of shampoo base into a clean mixing vessel. Add your fragrance at 1–2%, liquid extracts at 1–3%, and liquid colours at 0.1–0.5%, stirring gently between each addition to avoid incorporating air bubbles. Do not shake vigorously. Fill directly into shampoo bottles or pouches. No heating required for most additions — if adding oil-soluble actives, warm the base gently to 40°C before mixing.
Ingredients:
Aqua, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Polyquaternium-7, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Panthenol, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin.
Ideal For
Sulphate-free shampoos, gentle conditioning washes, creamy body washes, herbal hair care products, baby-safe formulations, hotel amenity bottles, salon private label products, and D2C clean beauty hair care lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What makes this different from a regular (sulphate) shampoo base?
A: This base uses mild, sulphate-free surfactants (sodium cocoyl isethionate, decyl glucoside, coco-glucoside) instead of SLES/SLS. It's gentler on the scalp, less stripping, and better suited to sensitive scalp or colour-treated hair formulations.
Q: Can I use this as a body wash base as well?
A: Yes. The mild, creamy surfactant system works well for both hair and body, and is gentle enough for daily use.
Q: What extracts and actives can I add to this base?
A: Water-soluble extracts work best — bhringraj, amla, hibiscus, neem, shikakai, onion extract, keratin hydrolysate, biotin, or panthenol. Add at 1–5% total. Avoid high proportions of oil-soluble ingredients as they can affect base stability.
Q: Will adding herbal extracts affect the base viscosity?
A: Small additions (up to 5%) typically have minimal impact. If the base becomes too thin, adjust with 0.1–0.5% sodium chloride and stir to check thickening.
Q: How much fragrance should I add?
A: We recommend 1–2% for hair products. For daily-use or baby-safe shampoos, stay at 1% or lower and use cosmetic-grade fragrance oils.
Q: Does this base need additional preservative?
A: The base is pre-preserved. If you add significant water-based extracts or dilute the base, additional preservation (e.g. 0.5–1% phenoxyethanol) is recommended for microbial stability.
Q: How many 200 ml shampoo bottles does 1 kg fill?
A: Approximately 4–5 bottles of 200 ml, depending on your final formulation density.
Q: Is this suitable for colour-treated or chemically processed hair?
A: Yes — the sulphate-free, mild formula is well suited to colour-treated, bleached, or chemically straightened hair, which is more prone to sulphate-related dryness and colour fade.
Q: What is the minimum order quantity?
A: 1 kg. Bulk pricing is available at 5 kg and 20 kg slabs — see variant options above.