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  why is my conditioner bar so oily?

  Posted by soapworksdupe on February 29, 2024 at 10:23 pm

  Im trying to recreate a conditioner bar and when i touch it I can glide my finger across it and still “not feel it” when I felt my bar, my finger was shiny and the bar was “sweating” I think it has to do with how much extra coconut oil is in it but im not sure what to modify. I also want to take out dimethicone because at 2% it seems useless.

  my recipe:

  BTMS: 46%

  Cetyl alcohol: 16%

  (I dont want to change these two)

  coconut oil: 16%

  jojoba oil: 5%

  glycerin: 3%

  cocoa butter: 3%

  argan oil: 3%

  dimethicone: 2%

  hydrolyzed protein: 1%

  panthenol: 2%

  vitamin E: 1%

  optiphen plus: 1%

  My questions are:

  -How can get something less oily, and more balanced?

  and

  -What can I sub the dimethicone out for?

  thank you for reading

  • This discussion was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by  soapworksdupe.

  ketchito replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  ketchito

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  March 1, 2024 at 5:49 am

  Remove glycerin and reduce both hydrolyzed protein and panthenol to 0.1-0.01%.

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