cmgrimmace
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Almond oil is heavy and greasy. There are much lighter carrier oils.
Preservative % is good. That’s assuming you’ve washed and sterilized thoroughly. I know what you’re thinking, you don’t want your product to get mold. If everything is washed thoroughly, optiphen is good at 0.5%. Don’t let the fear of “enough preservative” paralyze you.I’d add some propylene glycol too. Unless someone disagrees.
This recipe seems heavy to me for a leave in conditioner.
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60% shea butter, with that much shea butter, it will always be greasy. I use shea butter in a skin moisturizer and use 5% shea. Total oils end up around 10%. I absolutely agree with Cafe33. Once you discover how to mix oil and water, it opens up a whole new world.
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Came across this, I was having the same problem. Shea butter and mango butter will get “gritty” if not cooled uniformly. Pour it at about 160F, keep lid off, stick it in the fridge for a couple hours, you should be good. I use 30% shea butter and 12% mango butter in mine. Since I started cooling in the fridge, no issues.