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Pomade Hardening
Hi,
I found this oil based pomade formula on this forum a while back and I thought I would give it a shot. I made some minor changes but nothing serious.Every time I make my formula and leave it to solidify, it turns rock hard and I can’t get any out of the container. Could this be because I don’t mix while it cools? That I have to melt my ingredients in a specific order?
Formula
Coconut Oil _____28___%BeesWax _____17___%Shea Butter _____17___%Almond Oil _____13__%Soy Wax _____13__%Lanolin Oil _____5__%Jojoba Oil _____5__%Vitamin C ____1__%Essential Oils ____1__%Thanks,
Nathaniel -
6 Replies
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no you are using alot of hard waxes and oils. there isnt enough liquid oils for it to have a semi- solid texture. it have nothing to do with the order in which you add the ingredients, I would reduce the beeswax and/ or soy wax ( maybe try lowering by 5%) and increasing the amount of almond oil. play around with reducing the waxs until you get it to the texture you want.
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vitamin C??? Should be vitamin E?
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@Belassi
Sorry made a mistake when typing. It is vitamin E -
@komirra
Thanks for the suggestion, I will definetly try that. What about the hold? Won’t reducing the wax also reduce the hold? -
yes it will. but if you cant even get the product out of the container it will be completely unusable. you could also try reducing/ replacing the shea butter with more liquid oil. that may be a better choice. shea butter isnt adding a ton of hold, it more of a texture benefit. so instead of reducing the wax you could reduce the shea butter by 5% until you get the right consistecy.
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@komirra
Thank you for your suggestions. I will try reducing the shea butter.
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