sheabutterbabe233
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Hi Friends!! I was hoping to posst in this thread and tell you all about the new formula I tried for a rich whipped body butter, however, my formulation failed sigh.
I think I flew far too close to the sun with this one. I bought a few specialty ingredients that I was very excited to use in emulsified body butter. I have spent the past week researching each ingredient and figuring out how to use it in my formulation. Today was the big day, I went to make the body butter and my emulsion broke! It was really quite sad, all my work went down the drain, and my excitement got the best of me and I made a bigger trial batch than what I normally make so I could share with my friends and family. Anyway, I say all this to say, if someone could please weigh in on why they think my emulsion broke. I am posting my formula here and really hoping someone can help because I was so excited about these ingredients. I didn't include the cool-down phase because I didn't even make it there loool.
My speculation is that the issue is in the heated oil phase, I kinda threw everything in there because I made a previous successful emulsified bb and I found it a little thin, so I wanted it to be firmer and also wanted it to leave a little bit of shine on the skin. Whenever I make emulsified bb though, I find they dry down too much, I want something in between an anhydrous body butter and a lotion, something like Bath and Body Works' whipped body butter. Conversely, a formula that's like the body shop's body butter, but more rich. If anyone knows of a formula like that can you please point me in the right direction? My final grievance is that I tested a bit of my sad, broken emulsion, and I found that it went on my skin as if I put real oatmeal on my skin, which I didn't like at all, when I rubbed my skin it started to ball up like I was playing with my food. Any tips on that? Thank you all!!
I think I flew far too close to the sun with this one. I bought a few specialty ingredients that I was very excited to use in emulsified body butter. I have spent the past week researching each ingredient and figuring out how to use it in my formulation. Today was the big day, I went to make the body butter and my emulsion broke! It was really quite sad, all my work went down the drain, and my excitement got the best of me and I made a bigger trial batch than what I normally make so I could share with my friends and family. Anyway, I say all this to say, if someone could please weigh in on why they think my emulsion broke. I am posting my formula here and really hoping someone can help because I was so excited about these ingredients. I didn't include the cool-down phase because I didn't even make it there loool.
My speculation is that the issue is in the heated oil phase, I kinda threw everything in there because I made a previous successful emulsified bb and I found it a little thin, so I wanted it to be firmer and also wanted it to leave a little bit of shine on the skin. Whenever I make emulsified bb though, I find they dry down too much, I want something in between an anhydrous body butter and a lotion, something like Bath and Body Works' whipped body butter. Conversely, a formula that's like the body shop's body butter, but more rich. If anyone knows of a formula like that can you please point me in the right direction? My final grievance is that I tested a bit of my sad, broken emulsion, and I found that it went on my skin as if I put real oatmeal on my skin, which I didn't like at all, when I rubbed my skin it started to ball up like I was playing with my food. Any tips on that? Thank you all!!
Heated Water Phase | |
Distilled H2O | 7.5g |
Aloe Vera Extract | 7.5g |
Carob Liquid Extract | 2.5g |
Caffeine Liquid Extract | 2.5g |
Heated Oil Phase | |
BTMS 50 | 3.55g |
Ritamulse | 3.55g |
Colloidal Oatmeal | 1.25g |
Cetyl Alcohol | 1g |
Stearic Acid | 1g |
Cacay Oil | 3.5g |
Apricot Kernel Oil | 1.25g |
Squalene | 1.25g |
Mango Butter | 3g |
Shea Butter | 3g |
Cocoa Butter | 3.25g |