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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, 10 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  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.

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  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

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  chemnc

  Member

  April 3, 2018 at 7:43 pm

  I would eliminate the beeswax.

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  em88

  Pharmacist

  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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