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The Flashcard Building

Blocks Game – Surfactants Edition

Surfactants are one of the essential building blocks

for formulators. Think of them as

The Surfactant

Challenge

There are four types of surfactants:

Anionic, Non-Ionic,

Cationic, and Amphoteric

What You Need to Do:

1️ Click HERE

to download the PowerPoint

document

• This

  is the

  template for your flashcard.

• Do

  not modify the formatting!

  The flashcards must all remain visually

  consistent.

2️ Click HERE

to locate the surfactant assigned

to you

• You

  have been given

  one surfactant from the list in the "Flashcards_Allocation" spreadsheet

3️ Find and gather the necessary information

Use the following sources to fill in your flashcard:

🔍 Chemical Structure:

• Search

  for your surfactant in

  PubChem to find its chemical structure.

🖼

Image of the

Ingredient:

• Find

  a

  relevant picture on Google

  that represents the ingredient

  (molecular model, ingredient in use, etc.).

📖 Usage Information:

• Use Cosmetics Info, Ultrus Prospector, INCI Decoder, INCI Guide, SpecialChem Cosmetic ingredients, Paula's choice,  or any other accurate resource to gather information on all the topics in the flashcard table. For example:

• Function

  (e.g., foaming, emulsifying, cleansing, conditioning, etc.)

• Solubility

  (oil-soluble, water-soluble, amphiphilic)

• pH

  range

• Compatibility

  with other ingredients

• Common

  applications (cleansers, shampoos, serums, creams, etc.)

• Any

  safety or irritation concerns

📊

Additional

Information:

• Use ChatGPT, 
• Google (prompt: "name of the surfactant  in skincare"), 
• and other  sources to find the rest of the information in the table of the flashcard. For example:

• Formulation

  guidelines

• Recommended

  usage percentage

• HLB

  value (if applicable)

• Key

  formulation tips

4 Move the flashcard in the

right place in the slide deck; 

For example, SLS is an "Anionic surfactant" in the

“Sulfates” chapter.

5 Build the Excel repository of ingredients

•  Copy and Paste all the information collected in the Flashcard Builder Google form 

🚨 Important Rules

✅

Do NOT change the formatting

of the flashcards!

🔜 Next Steps

Once we complete surfactants

, we will continue

building flashcards for

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

• Submit below the Powerpoint document that was provided completed with your flashcard located in the right place in the slide deck.
• once you have copied and pasted your flashcard information in the Flashcard Builder Google form, your response will be verified directly in Google.