Top tips for formulating an intimate wash

Published: 25-Nov-2021
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Ecooking's Mike Hansen explains what goes into a successful feminine hygiene product

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Top tips for formulating an intimate wash

Once hidden away in the darker recesses of pharmacies, the feminine hygiene sector has become celebrated in recent years, with brands wising up to women's demands for mild, specially-formulated solutions for intimate cleansing and care.

But such products must not risk aggravating the mucous membranes or good bacteria of this sensitive area.

Here Mike Hansen, Lab Manager and Product Developer of Ecooking, which offers an award-winning Intimate Wash as part of its line-up, explains why Ecooking selected the ingredients it did for its successful hygiene formulation.

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