How to Efficiently Replace Solvents for Nail Polish Removal with HSP

By Beverley Fricker

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Acetone Alternatives for Nail Polish Removal

Solubility of Nail Varnish

Determining the HSP of Nail Varnish

Finding Acetone Alternative Using HSP

How else HSP can be used

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To ensure better performance &/or greener profiles, it is often required to replace solvents in your cosmetic formulations. Finding a replacement is very challenging and often time-consuming! This is especially true when a 1-on-1 replacement is not possible.

In this video, you will learn how HSP can efficiently cater to all these challenges through a practical example. See how you can quickly find alternatives to acetone (skin- & eye-irritant, flammable, strong odor...) for nail polish removal. HSP can also help you go further in enhancing the nail varnish removal performance with a better selection of ideal solvent blends.

Author : Beverley Fricker

Formulation Chemist and Hansen Solubility Parameter Expert at VLCI

Beverley Fricker is a Formulation Chemist and Hansen Solubility Parameters expert at VLCI (Van Loon Chemical Innovations), an independent laboratory providing innovative and practical R&D services within the formulation industry. With the unique approach of combining applied formulation science with High Throughput (HT) screening, VLCI aims to move the formulation industry to a higher level, creating flexibility, predictability, new insights/products and efficiency.

After gaining her BSc in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, she worked in research on formulation and product development at AkzoNobel (coatings), then at RB (personal care and household products). Currently at VLCI, she specializes in determining Hansen Solubility Parameters and implementing them into the overall formulation process across the entire formulation industry.

Beverley has co-created this tutorial with Sander van Loon, founder and CEO of VLCI (Van Loon Chemical Innovations), an independent laboratory providing innovative and practical R&D services within the formulation industry.