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What is wrong with this handcrafted balm?
This formula seems to be missing some key ingredients…what are they?
Organic ingredients of Plaintain, Hempseed, Wheatgerm, Borage, Rosehip, Evening Primrose, Black Seed, Neem, Flaxseed, Seabuckthorn, Tamanu, Chickweed Botanical Oils, Aloe Vera, Babassu, Argan, Cocoa, Kokum Botanical Butters, Chrysanthellum, Colloidal Oatmeal, Salicylic Acid, MSM, Vit B3, B6, C, D3, Licorice, Grapeseed, ZInc, Honey, Feverfew, Green Tea, Burdock Root, White Clay, Aloe Vera, AHA Fruit Acid, Olive Squalane Botanical Extracts, Tea Tree, German Chamomile, Helichrysum, Lavender, Cade, Celery Seed, Juniper Berry, Manuka, Niaouli, Patchouli, ROsalina, Karanj Seed, Kunzea
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7 Replies
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Lack of preservatives??
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Is this a trick question????? Answer: everything, including critical thinking.
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Apparently…it is reliant on a synergistic effect between carrier and essential oils. This will determine the fate of this “waterless” balm…
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This looks like a list of every possible ingredient they could find ????.
I don’t think there is any right with this list.
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My guess is they are missing a wax because I don’t see how all of those oils are going to form a semi-solid product, and most balms I’ve seen are quite solid because of wax (usually beeswax). It should also have a hard butter in there like cocoa butter to add to the hardness.
IN SUMMARY:
It just looks a tragic WASTE of ingredients, as written, to MY eyes, but I could be wrong (and often am).
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t see the word “water” in the formula. I mean, wouldnt you need a special type of emulsifier to incorporate water soluble ingredients into an anhydrous balm?
And if there WAS water in the balm, they should’ve added a solubilizer to the INCI to accommodate the Essential oils.
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As far as I know, a balm does NOT have water in it, it is ANhydrous = NO water in it. There is probably an omission or error in the list of ingredients.
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