Congratulations! Can I ask what fragrance or essential oil you decided on?
I’ve made one with lavender and frankincense eo, and one with rose fo.
Congratulations! Can I ask what fragrance or essential oil you decided on?
Just a quick update because I’ve finally made a recipe I really like! It’s 50% magnesium hydroxide, 38% sunflower oil, 10% cetyl alcohol and 2% essential and/or fragrance oil. I still have moderately stinky days, but that happened with purchased deos too.
In case you're still looking for babassu.. have you tried dragonspice.de? Their European shipping is €12,80. Obviously that's a lot if you only want babassu, but they have a bunch of other products and I quite like them (I get my EO's and butters from them)I’ve read all the deo threads I could find... Haven’t been able to locate babassu oil that isn’t too spendy with the shipping (I’m in Sweden).
I have tried this recipe among several other recipes for deodorant, it worked great, I shared it only with my family as I found that the % from the supplier shouldn't exceed 30%. I also like Irishlass recipe of mixing babassu oil with the MgOH but I use it for myself, my teenagers didn't like the idea of applying it by hand.My current recipe is around 26% but I am going to increase the percentage this next go round. A while back, Earlene had posted her recipe in the de-funk de pits thread (which, if you're interested in making deodorant is THE best place to start reading). On a whim, I whipped up a small batch and found that the higher percentage gave slightly better results with no adverse skin effects. I copied her recipe below for you to use as a jumping off point.
49% babassu oil
42% MgOH
5% Rice Bran Wax
3% Cera Bellina Wax
1% FO
So... Is the recipe you quoted above a solid? I’m not fond of using my hand either...I have tried this recipe among several other recipes for deodorant, it worked great, I shared it only with my family as I found that the % from the supplier shouldn't exceed 30%. I also like Irishlass recipe of mixing babassu oil with the MgOH but I use it for myself, my teenagers didn't like the idea of applying it by hand.
yes, it's solid.So... Is the recipe you quoted above a solid? I’m not fond of using my hand either...
I use 41.7% Babassu, 30% Magnesium Hydroxide, Btms 25, Carnauba Wax, Illipe Butter, Cetyl Alcohol, Zinc Ricinoleate, Zinc Oxide, and Fragrance. It held up very well during my summer market without leaking fragrance. Sorry, I did not give up all my percentages but I have been working on my formula for almost 2 yrs. I personally use it un-fragranced and it works well.
I find the carnuba does not get sticky like beeswaxdoes the carnuba wax have a better glide / hardening than beeswax or do you use it for more of a vegan reason? I just got a beeswax derivative ewax that’s supposed to be smoother in formulations. I’m so excited to try magnesium hydroxide and bassabu that I got yesterday. I also didn’t realize bassabu is solid when cold lol
Thanks! That makes sense.I find the carnuba does not get sticky like beeswax
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