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Lip Balm has bitter taste
I am trying to replicate L’Occitane shea butter lip balm
OCTYLDODECANOL -
C10-18 TRIGLYCERIDES - BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER- HYDROGENATED
CASTOR OIL- EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX- HYDROGENATED
COCO-GLYCERIDES - CERA ALBA/BEESWAX - C18-36 ACID GLYCOL ESTER - C18-36 ACID
TRIGLYCERIDE - SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL- SUCROSE TETRASTEARATE
TRIACETATE - TOCOPHERYL ACETATE - PARFUM/FRAGRANCE - BENZYL BENZOATE -
ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONEI
skipped some esters and substituted OCTYLDODECANOL to shea butter and jojoba
oil.INCI
%
BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER
50.00%
SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS
20.00%
PEG-40 HCO
8.00%
EUPHORBIA CERIFERA
10.00%
CERA ALBA
12.00%
TOCOPHEROL
0.20%
Despite all substitutions, the texture is very similar. The problem:
bitter taste. The only bitter ingredient in this list is PEG-40 HCO. I know
that there should be around 20% of waxes to keep it solid. HCO is 4th
ingredient, which makes me think that they definitely used more than 5%. Their
products isn’t bitter though. Any ideas what I did wrong? Maybe there is some
special type of HCO that can be used in lip balms?Also, I does anyone see preservatives in their formula? I thought they are required for a lip balm.
Thank you in advance!
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