• Formulating

  Granules in my cleansing balm

  Posted by jonathan02 on October 16, 2024 at 9:56 pm

  Good day to everyone, I am trying to formulate a cleansing balm. Here is my formulation:

  Ingredients

  
  

  CCT 38.80%

  Emulsifier (Glyceryl Stearate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Olivate (and) Inulin) 10.00%

  Shea Butter 7.00%

  Beeswax 4.00%

  Sunflower Oil 29.00%

  Vitamin E Oil 0.20%

  Cetearyl Alcohol 11.00%

  When I finished the batch, it looks and feels good. However, after 3 weeks it had granules and a feel of exfoliation and I don;t like that on my cleansing balm. Is it maybe because of the shea butter? Should I just omit it in my formulation?

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  • This discussion was modified 1 month ago by  jonathan02.

  chemicalmatt replied 2 weeks, 4 days ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  fareloz

  Member

  October 17, 2024 at 3:15 am

  Yes, shea butter is known to be notorious for getting grainy:
  https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYBeauty/comments/1cid9na/i_think_my_homemade_beard_wax_is_suffering_from/

  https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYBeauty/comments/ex7ziz/grainy_shea_butter/

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  chemicalmatt

  Member

  October 30, 2024 at 10:10 am

  No need to omit shea butter, just add a small amount of polyglyceryl fatty acid ester (PEFA) to this such as Polyglyceryl-6 oleate or Polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate. PEFA are added to food oils and butters for this same purpose. Food techs call it “kernelling” if I recall.

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