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@ngarayeva001 that doesn’t surprise me. I was using a high percentage of shea in my beard balm and I actually incorporated cocoa butter in order to split the original percentage of shea used. 

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@hanyo28 anything I make with carnauba I try and poor at no lower than 70C due to its high melting point.

@ngarayeva001 I’ve experienced bad crystallizing when using to much shea butter. It’s probably just part of the experience when working with butters. Temperatures and timing is so critical when working with them.

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@KingRoland78 I see, I had actually ran across that CreamMaker on the Making Cosmetics website awhile back. At the time I wasn’t interested because I felt like it was a basic pomade base foundation and that you just added your own little tweaks and scent to it. I should have read into what it was exactly. So you got some and like it so far?

Also, I have been battling that frothiness on the top level. But this past weekend I made sure to blend my water phase really well and have it at 170F when I added it to my oil phase. With doing that I actually didn’t have the frothiness when I poured. Unfortunately though it was on the dry side and doesn’t spread well when rubbing in hands.

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@gnomebeard how’s the recipe going?

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I been making my trials in 5.8 oz volume with using a stick blender and keep getting bubbles. I would think the stick blender could handle such a small volume?

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@gnomebeard same here, very light and yet clumpy.

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You may try cooling your product immediately after being poured. Maybe put in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours.

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@David that’s a good way to look at it, lol! Are you familiar with the CreamMaker noted above?

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@KingRoland78 I’m confused, in the ingredients list for Arcadian above it doesn’t list the CreamMaker does it?

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I use a small stick mixer and always have bubbles on top of my trials. Been trying to figure out to eliminate that from happening.

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Do you add your clay to the oil phase before combining the oil and water phases?

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@KingRoland78 I feel like I’m in the same boat. My trials keep ending up almost like cool whip..

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@natzam44 do you have your water at boiling point when adding?

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@natzam44 are you still working on your recipe?