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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

LEGO pieces

that you will use whenever

you create formulations. These

flashcards will serve as your
reference guide
to help you make the best ingredient choices and avoid
formulation mistakes
.

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

You might have to register to the site to access the information, you choose if you want to use your student email (and lose your account at the end of your studies) or a personal (professional) email that you can use after you graduate.

📊

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!

✅

Keep the structure

identical across all flashcards for uniformity.

✅

Use reliable sources

(PubChem, INCI Decoder, INCI Guide, supplier

websites, etc.). Feel free to change the first column if you find information in other webpages than the ones mentioned)

✅

Be precise – double-check your information to ensure accuracy.

✅

Keep it simple and clear

– the flashcards must be easy to reference

later.

🔜 Next Steps

Once we complete surfactants

, we will continue

building flashcards for

other ingredient categories. Your flashcard
library
will grow and become your ultimate formulation cheat sheet!

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.

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