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  • Help!! Please!!

    Posted by Gigigirl on April 3, 2018 at 10:15 am

    how do you a thick whipped moisture cream
    using the following ingredients 
    Shea Butter
     water
     aloe Vera
     coconut oil
     cocoa butter
     olive oil
     castor oil
     ewax 
    beeswax
     stearic acid, 

    i have struggled as the end product always comes tacky/ sticky and difficult to spread, I suspect the beeswax @3%of 100g or the stearic acid @6%but it needed to achieve a very thick consistency  or it could I don’t whipped the product enough 
    please help!!!

    em88 replied 6 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
  • 4 Replies
  • tanelise

    Member
    April 3, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    @gigigirl, have you tried eliminating the beeswax all together? 6% Stearic seems high. Might wanna post your formula %’s so you can get more relevant advice.

  • Gigigirl

    Member
    April 3, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    @tanelise I haven’t thought about removing the beeswax 
    heres what I have tried

    Shea Butter-11%
     water-34
     aloe Vera-15
    glycerin -3
     coconut oil-4
     cocoa butter-6
     olive oil-4
     castor oil-5
     ewax-8
    beeswax-3
     stearic acid-6

  • chemnc

    Member
    April 3, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    I would eliminate the beeswax.

  • em88

    Member
    April 4, 2018 at 7:34 am

    What about adding gelling agent? Xanthan gum should do the trick. probably 0.3-0.5%. 

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