Clay Mask Paper

Amount of Each Ingredient and Cost for Clay Mask Recipe

Procedure:

1.                  Crush the altoid with the mortar and pestle.

2.                  Measure 5 grams of Fullers Earth Clay in a weigh boat using an electronic scale.

3.                  Pour the 5 grams of Fullers Earth Clay into the mortar with the altoid.

4.                  Measure 1 gram of white sand in a weigh boat using an electronic scale.

5.                  Pour the white sand into the mortar.

6.                  Measure 3 grams of Aloe Vera using a pipet.

7.                  Pour Aloe Vera into the mortar.

8.                  Measure 6.5 grams of distilled water using a pipet.

9.                  Add 0.049 grams of glycerin using a dropper.

10.              Pour distilled water into the mortar.

11.              Stir ingredients using pestle until mixed well.

Justification

            In the recipe, white sand was chosen because it helped the mixture dry faster. Altoids were chosen to add a scent to the mixture. Because the mask is under the nose of customers, the pleasant minty scent helps the customers have a more pleasant experience with the mask so they may want to come back. Along with scent, being smooth and soothing on the face made Aloe Vera a perfect option for the mask. Aloe Vera is a natural anti-inflammatory so it protected against any rashes from the mask. Distilled water was used because it was the only way to make the mixture not solid. The glycerin helped the mixture to leave fewer residues. In our trial recipe that did not have glycerin, the mask left a residue but when we used the exact same recipe and added glycerin, all the problems with residues went away. Finally Fuller’s earth clay was chosen because its green color was visually appealing and was it smooth. Kaolin clay and green clay were not chosen because they left residues and were not as sufficient as Fuller’s clay. Tea extract was not chosen because it smelled bad. Flax seed was not used because it was clumpy. Honey was not used because Aloe Vera was a better option in terms of anti-inflammatory and soothing. The mask did not need two products that did the same job. The other ingredients were not tried by this group but were tried by other groups and had a negative reaction; therefore they were not used. While using these ingredients, the mask was able to fall under all the constraints. The mask was under $0.02, the consistency was smooth, it absorbed into the skin, it left no residue, it cleaned the pores because in the pictures that were taken, the skin and pores were cleaner after the mask was used, and it contained less than 6 ingredients.

Cost Analysis

·         Initial analysis of the six ingredients showed that each gram of mask would cost $0.015 based on a retail purchase of ingredients. Buying in bulk made the amount of money for each gram of mask lower. The cost was changed to $0.009 per gram

·         A Pareto analysis showed the three most important ingredients are Aloe Vera, Fuller’s earth clay and distilled water. Instead of trying to find bulk for all the ingredients the effort was put more on these three items. Here are the results:

o   Aloe Vera is the most expensive item. It can be bought at www.bulkapothecary.com for $13.65 for 8lbs. That would be enough for 1,209.58 batches at a price of $0.0113 per batch.

o   Fuller’s earth clay can be purchased in bulk for less than it can in a smaller package. At www.cineshoppe.com it can be purchased for $75 for 50 lbs. That would be enough for 4535.92 batches at a price of $0.0165 per batch.

o   Distilled water was tested in another experiment that did not involve bulk prices. In the findings, it was revealed that distilled water could be made with a distiller or buy buying gallons of it. That was tested and it was found that the recipe needed to be made 270,220.037 times to break even with the machine when there were 4503.667 containers used.