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Shea butter to Softisan 378 ratio
My Shea butter based balm becomes grainy in summer. To prevent this from happening, I am considering Softisan 378. Let’s say, the formulation contains 100g of Shea butter. How much Softisan 378 would I need to offer oxidative stability to Shea butter. Thanks in advance 🙂
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17 Replies
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If your balm becomes grainy, it has nothing to do with oxidation. Softisan 378 doesn’t protect anything from oxidation, anyway.Store your balm at a cooler place or rework its composition. To prevent it from oxidising, add an antioxidant. -
@Pharma
Let me rephrase my question/problem. What can I do to prevent shea butter from going grainy when the finished product softens and solidifies in summer? I have reformulated the recipe with different amounts of shea butter and even at the lowest quantity, it gets grainy. -
Not possible. “Softens and solidifies in summer.” Stop it doing that and you’ll be OK.
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Reformulate so it doesn’t get too soft, make a cream instead of a balm, or buy an A/C
.Allegedly, mango butter instead of shea butter helps too because mango butter is said to not ‘grain’. -
@Belassi
Thank you. It makes sense. I will reduce shea butter and increase the wax and see how it turns out.Please check this link https://www.formulatorsampleshop.com/Softisan-378-p/fssb30044.htm
It says “prevents graininess with butters”. What’s your take on that?
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@Pharma
It remains soft and creamy at home
. The moment I take it on a trip in summer, things stop being rosy. I tried mango butter and it went grainy as well. I will reformate and prevent it from melting. -
Or cool it fast once you come back from your trip in the sun. It requires slow cooling for grains to form and simply placing your tube/pot in the freezer might do the trick for your personal pleasure (not so much for customers, should you sell your balm).
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Although softisan is a nice material it alone won’t stop a balm from getting grainy. It’s much more complex than adding just one ingredient. You probably have too much of shea butter. And it has nothing to do with summer.
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@ngarayeva001 I use 6.5g shea, 5.6g castor wax, 10.6g almond oil, 2.9g zinc oxide and 2.9g of arrowroot. The total weight is 28.5g. Should I reduce Shea butter to half or quarter of what I use at present?
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In this case, it’s zinc oxide clustering, not even shea butter. What is the purpose of this product?
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@ngarayeva001, I tried it without the zinc oxide and it still went grainy. The purpose of this product is to ease diaper rash.
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In that case use about 25% aloe vera.
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In this case, cut shea butter to 15% max and add 5% of softisan. There’s no advised ratio but it might be a good starting point.
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@Belassi, anything else as a substitute besides aloe vera? The product has to remain vegan and free of coconut and its derivatives.
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@ngarayeva001, 15% of the whole recipe should be shea butter right?
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aloe vera is vegan
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Belassi said:aloe vera is vegan
Not necessarily Mexican aloe… that one might come with gusano de acíbar :smiley: !
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