Earlene wrote "Those of us who like the magnesium hydroxide and babassu combination don't find this so horrendous a problem as you seem to think. We are simply working out, though trial and error, combinations of ingredients to solve a minor problem with melt-ability of the product in hot weather. This is no big deal IMO".
Sure it's like a witches brew where you throw in a little bit of this and a little bit of that - I get it. I've formulated my share of products over the years and am familiar with the procedure. Just be aware that it is easy to go back and forth with ingredients, trying to balance hard with soft in a recipe and you end up with a whole long list of raw materials.
Then Earlene wrote "I have no desire to try some other recipe and start over. I am happy with what I have so far, so there is no need to start over from scratch again. I am grateful to TeresaT for doing the necessary footwork to get me to this point. And incidentally, I would suggest that if you read through her earlier posts, she has already addressed that first question you ask in the above post. If not to your satisfaction, then here's one reason I won't go that route. I already have use some of those recipes and hated them. This is much much better (for me.)"
Obviously the babassu that some of the forum members are using doesn't stay solid for them and (to them) it is a problem and so they are adding this and that trying to come up with something that works for them. If my question offended you so much you could have ignored it Earlene.