velona 8 oz - Polysorbate 80 Solubilizer | Food & Cosmetic Grade | All Natural for Cooking, Skin Care & Bath Bombs

I love this brand. Would definitely buy this again.

I use this in a 10% ratio with oil to make a makeup removing oil cleanser that rinses off. Works very well

I used this for making shower bombs with essential oils. It worked well, the shower bombs set up well and held up. They did not dissolve until actually placed in the shower.

In 1982, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw wrote "Life Extension". They are anti-aging experts. They advocated the use of polysorbate 80 for retention and potential regrowth of hair. Unlike minoxidil, it has no side effects. It eliminates DHT in the scalp, which is thought to be one of the reasons hair follicles die. I have only been using it for a month....but I have seen good signs. It takes 6 months of use to really tell. Just rub it in all over the affected area for a few minutes and leave on for at least a half hour. Then wash and dry as usual....easy. What have you got to lose? It's cheap and purported to work. Some scientist had published results that were good....with real subjects...long ago. The FDA doesn't like to push stuff that pharmaceutical giants can't make money from. So the results of this scientist were "never published". You do the math....

This might be my fault as a first-timer with solubilizers, or maybe it's the type of thing I'm trying to use it for, but Polysorbate 80 is not the solution for my emulsifying needs. It's very thick and syrupy, somewhat oily-textured, and sticky. I read a couple blogs to see how much to use for my homemade skin and hair hydrosols (mostly made with rose water and orange blossom water with ~40-50 drops of essential oils) and it simply said you need more solubilizer than oil. So that's what I did. Just to emphasize, these weren't body butters or things with a majority of oil in the preparations. These are basically bottles of water-based essences with less than .10% oil. Regardless, the P80 did not succeed in emulsifying anything. When I shake the bottles everything gets cloudy, but by the time an hour goes by it's all separated again. Worse, the skin and hair tonics are all sticky. I also tried this with homemade cleaning sprays- mostly liquid in 32 oz bottles with around 1 Tbsp of oils in them. Same result. I don't know if it's the product or if it's user-error. I guess I need to find something different? Please advise if you know.