Can I use Calcium Alginate with Gellan Gum?
Works well together
Calcium Alginate and Gellan Gum are generally compatible and can be layered in the same routine. As always, introduce one new active at a time and watch how your skin responds.
Calcium AlginateOther
- ✓Forms a water-insoluble, porous hydrogel film on skin — used in wound dressings and sheet masks for its moisture-exchange properties
- ✓Provides a soothing, cooling sensation on contact due to the hydrophilic gel structure absorbing heat from the skin surface
- ✓Marine-derived polysaccharide with excellent biocompatibility
Gellan GumOther
- ✓Microbial exopolysaccharide that forms a clear, firm gel at very low concentrations — more efficient thickener than xanthan gum
- ✓Produces uniquely clear, brittle gels (low acyl form) or flexible gels (high acyl form), useful in different formula textures
- ✓Excellent ion-activated gelling: forms firm gels in the presence of calcium or magnesium ions
