Plan your formula, batch quantities and processing.
Explore reference formulas with batch calculations and processing steps. Define colour and sensory targets for your prototype.
Your formulation
Product → colour reference → formula → sample
% w/w
Reference formula: 2.5% AHE. You can calculate 0.25–2.5% or a base without AHE (0%). Confirm the suitable amount for your product separately.Request the current Formulation Guide ↗
Your formulation starting pointBlemish-prone Skin→Cleansing gel→Colour, texture & sensory
Live formulation result
Moor-to-Foam Cleansing Gel
Colour references and sensory targets for your next matched lab comparison.
01 · ColourColour target still open
Light mineral starting point for choosing a target. This is not a prediction of this formula's colour. Select a reference below.
Choose a colour reference
Colour examples guide your choice. Confirm the colour in your complete formula; the images do not predict the result.
Source photograph · Raw material, complete cleansing gel and foam can look markedly different within the same development route. The image does not change with your dose or target.Colour belongs to the complete surfactant system and its use state; confirm it in the exact target base under fixed lighting.02 · Touch & feelMild, fresh and easy to rinse, with a comfortable skin feel after cleansing.
01Clean gel pick-up
02Mild foam build with low drag
03Quick rinse and non-stripped after-feel
Test these targets in the same base with and without AHE. They are not measured results for your formula.
03 · Odour / flavour
01Assess gel headspace in pack
02Check fragrance and intrinsic notes during foaming
03Confirm a clean post-rinse profile
Compare the odour of samples with and without AHE before choosing fragrance or flavour. Keep the sample identities hidden during assessment.
Source formula: 1% Parfum / Aroma. Choosing an odour target does not change the ingredients. For an unfragranced comparison, both bases must be reformulated without fragrance.
04 · Quantitative formulaFacial Cleansing Gel · translucent routeOpen percentage table, batch calculation and process skeleton
The format architecture, the closest documented context and the comparison logic.
Revalidate in your batch
This complete 2.5% guide is not the clinical 1.5% batch. Revalidate the finished cleanser after changing its composition or process.
Compare 1 other relevant route
Anonymised market pattern
Mild post-treatment cleanser
AHE level not disclosed
Mild amino-acid surfactant base · AHE + panthenol and aloe support route · Sulphate-free rinse-off positioning
Use as a market-inspired architecture; keep claims and tolerance with the new finished formula.
Best cases are used as decision support, not as borrowed product proof. Customer names, trade names and logos are omitted. The planned AHE level, complete formula, process, stability, safety, package, performance and claims remain project-specific gates.
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Comparison design
Run a matched comparison, not an isolated AHE sample.
C0Reference
Complete matched base without AHE
T1Decision batch
Same base + AHE at the approved project level
T2Only if required
One adjusted level only after the target colour and sensory window is written down
Change only
AHE presence and planned project level · Route focus: translucent peat colour in pack, pale foam contrast and a mild clean rinse
AHE level
TO CONFIRM FROM CURRENT CONTROLLED GUIDANCE
Material reference
Record AHE lot, COA and specification revision at batching
Open the complete measurement plan
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Measurement plan
Record the information that explains the result.
Format baseline
pH, viscosity and gel clarity
Colour shift from gel to foam
Foam, rinse and post-wash feel
What to record
translucent peat colour in pack, pale foam contrast and a mild clean rinse
Appearance under fixed lighting and after the defined use step
Matched C0/T1 comparison: pH, viscosity and gel clarity; Colour shift from gel to foam; Foam, rinse and post-wash feel
Explore other documented colour outcomesRaw material, BB cream, day cream, cleansing gel, shampoo and toothpaste
Original formulation colour evidence
Dark raw material. More than one finished colour outcome.
Vehicle, opacity, pigments, AHE level, process and use state shape the finished expression.
Raw-material referenceRaw AHEThe starting material is dark brown. It does not determine the finished formula colour on its own.
Original guide-formula colour ladderBB cream · 0.25–4.0%Same complete base and pigment system across the photographed level ladder. Colour evidence only; not blemish-efficacy evidence.
Original guide-formula colour ladderDay cream · 0.1–1.5%The photographed range belongs to this emulsion and its defined level ladder.
Original formula and use-state comparisonCleansing gel → foamVehicle and use state visibly change the material expression in this documented cleanser route.
Original finished-formula swatchShampooThis pale translucent result is specific to the photographed shampoo formula, level and process.
What this proves: a dark ingredient does not force one dark finished-product aesthetic. What it does not prove: a universal shade prediction. Confirm colour in the matched batch under fixed lighting.
Reference libraryOpen formulation parameters and mapped format breadth02
For the R&D team turning an idea into its own base
Keep the material and process choices visible.
Six parameters connect the creative direction to the complete base while ingredient specification, guide experience and finished-product responsibilities remain separate.
Current ingredient specification
Request current version
Use the controlled specification applicable to the project and supplied material.
Formulation vehicle
Define the complete system
Vehicle, water phase, rheology and other materials can change dispersion and appearance.
Addition and process
Confirm for the format
Review order of addition, temperature history, shear and homogenisation for the complete formula.
Colour and texture
Evaluate in the exact base
AHE load, base colour, opacity, particle distribution and packaging visibility shape the final expression.
Low-viscosity formats
Plan physical stability
Assess settling, redispersion, use instructions and packaging in the target system.
Finished product
Validate independently
Confirm stability, microbiology, safety, packaging, performance and claims.
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Mapped formulation breadth
One Alpine material can lead to very different product experiences.
Use this index when the selected Studio route needs an adjacent format reference.
Area
Documented format
Inspiration status
Use
Skin care
Day cream sensitive
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Complexion
BB cream / skin tint
Complete guide formula + photographed 0.25–4.0% ladder
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Complexion
Face powder / compact
Complete 1% guide formula
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Cleansing
Cleansing gel
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Cleansing
Purifying foam cleanser
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Masks
Wash-off / peel-off concepts
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Colour
Compact foundation
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Oral care
Toothpaste
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Oral care
Mouthwash
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Hair care
Shampoo / conditioner
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
Scalp care
Scalp mask
Mapped concept seed
Open the concept seed; request the current route; validate the complete product
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Controlled handover from concept to validation
Four gates keep a precedent from becoming an unsupported promise.
Define, select, introduce and validate—then carry the finished brief into the responsible project review.
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Define
Set format, target market, sensory direction and evidence question.
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Select
Choose the closest published precedent within its actual context.
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Introduce
Add AHE according to the formula-specific phase and process.
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Validate
Test the complete product, packaging and intended market communication.
For the formulator ready to turn one direction into a prototype
Choose the idea that fits. Bring the exact unresolved question. Build a formula of your own.