Very well, thank you. Trying to catch up with some stuff and never seem to do it.
Lol Krista did you see my recent post? Thanks to IrishLass i discovered that yes there are two kinds of babassu oil. I actually didnt mind the harder ine for travelling but it really is difficult to apply. When i travel with the softer one it becomes more like a cream and i used a small canning jar so it doesnt leak and i apply with my fingers.
I was really confused when everyone said it was soft at room temperature and mine never was.
I order big batches of the 76 degree one because i ended up using it in my soap now too. Hope this clarifies your confusion.
Hi Krista you need to look for the 76 degree melting point one. Having said that my first purchase of babassu ever was from New Directions and it was the super hard one. Looking at New Directions just now i see that they do not say what their babassu oil melting point is. My second purchase was from Saffire Blue and this was the softer babassu oil. I think i will contact New Directions and see why they sell such a hard oil. If these sellers dont look familiar just an FYI i am from canada.Thanks Gaisy! I looked back a few pages but didn't see that. So I over looked it or didn't read it correctly. I'm happy to know it's not one of my suppliers since I like and trust them both. Since I'm a moron and didn't see the post, do you remember what the melting point of both are? Then I'll know which one to look for. Thanks again!
Hi Theresa nice to hear from you. I see you suffer from IBS and so do i. I dont want to step into any medical areas but mygirlfriend is a dietitian and she suggested i try the low FODMAP diet as did my family physician. It has alleviated a great deal of my symptoms. Not saying it will help you, but at least it is something you can do some research on and/or give it a try.Hi everyone. I just popped in to look at some old photos from challenges in 2016 so I can figure out what my soaps are and saw I had a few messages. I'm so thrilled that this thread is alive and well. It warms my heart that the babassu oil is so successful for so many people. IrishLass's discovery of the magnesium hydroxide was the real breakthrough, I think. I've been using it since I started this thread and I'm still pleasantly surprised at how well it works. I've also noticed that my diet has a huge amount of influence on how stinky I am. If I eat meat, I tend to stink. If I stay with a mostly veggie diet, it's not as bad. It also helps my IBS, so I tend to be vegetarian more than carnivore these days.
Boy did my pits make my eyes water today. I didn't even have to lift my arms high to catch a whiff. Can you say said:This has me dying laughing!!. I can so relate, when I was a teen, my uncle was driving me to my horse show and said "whew! Girl you need to start wearing detergent, you could get a maggot!" Mortified teen me thought to myself ,"but I DID wear it...." Lol
Get one from Windy Point, when you spend $125 before taxes, shipping is free, Her babassu is wonderful but priceyHi Krista you need to look for the 76 degree melting point one. Having said that my first purchase of babassu ever was from New Directions and it was the super hard one. Looking at New Directions just now i see that they do not say what their babassu oil melting point is. My second purchase was from Saffire Blue and this was the softer babassu oil. I think i will contact New Directions and see why they sell such a hard oil. If these sellers dont look familiar just an FYI i am from canada.
Hi DeeAnna i am interested to know how you applied your babassu/mag deo because it sounds like you have the hard stuff like Krista and i had our first time. Trying to apply that stuff almost put me over the edgeThe babassu I have is from Majestic Mountain Sage. It's a number of years old, but the shelf life on this stuff must be really long -- it still smells fine. It's always been a firm solid, even in the warmest days of summer. Interesting to learn there is a softer version.
My first rock solid oil came in a plastic container with a screw top and they were big hard chunks. My second order of the softer oil came in a big shampoo like bottle but it wasnt liquid it was a soft solid. As i didnt want to keep warming it up to get it out i cut it out of the bottle and put it in an easier to access container. That was my experience.I was looking at babassu on amazon and the pictures show a liquid oil, does it come like that too? I was hoping to find it and the mag at the same place to save shipping.
Hi DeeAnna i am interested to know how you applied your babassu/mag deo because it sounds like you have the hard stuff like Krista and i had our first time. Trying to apply that stuff almost put me over the edge
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