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  Anhydrous lip mask smelling metallic - how to get rid of the smell?

  Posted by rk1 on September 9, 2020 at 12:02 am

  Hello -  I’m creating a hydrating (anhydrous) lip mask, but after a few weeks, it smells metallic. Could it be I have added too much mica? Or is it the rosehip oil? Or both? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

  Here is the formula.

  (Phase A)

  14.00 Phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/Stearyl/Behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate

  10.00 Polyglycerol-3 Beeswax

  10.00 Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil/Vegetable Oil (Hydrogenated)/Lavandula Angustifolia Extract

  10.00 Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil

  10.00 Squalene

  6.10 Diisostearyl Malate

  6.00 Garcinia Indica Seed Butter

  6.00 Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene/Caprylic Capric Triglyceride

  5.00 Aleurites Moluccana Seed Oil

  5.00 Microcrystalline wax

  3.00 Isosorbide Dicaprylate

  2.00 Polyglyceryl-10 Pentaisostearate

  2.00 Cocos Nucifera Oil/Gardenia Taitensis Flower Extract

  (Phase B )

  2.50 Mica (Mica/Titanium Dioxide/Iron Oxide)

  (Phase C)

  3.00 Rosa Canina Seed Oil

  2.00 Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil

  1.00 Caprylic Capric Triglyceride/Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract

  1.00 Dehydroacetic Acid/Benzyl Alcohol

  1.00 Tocopherol

  0.40 Pelargonium Graveolens Oil

  belassi replied 4 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

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  Sponge

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  September 9, 2020 at 5:49 am

  I don’t think there’s any way of us knowing - you’d need to smell each raw ingredient. 

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  rk1

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  September 9, 2020 at 1:06 pm

  @Sponge I would never recommend smelling raw ingredients to anyone. That is very dangerous.

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  belassi

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  September 9, 2020 at 6:11 pm

  Possibly the preservative.

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