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01-07-2010, 05:31 PM #1OG PANK Panther
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Do water and shea butter mix?
I'm thinking of trying a new recipe, but I'm not sure if I can mix water with shea butter? I've gotten water in my shealoe mixes before and it was not a good look. (Green & moldy)
I recently bought this lotion for my daughter and it is so creamy and lush. I have been tempted to use it on my hair. I notice the first ingredient is water, so I'm wondering how this is possible for this to keep and not get all green and moldy.
Ingredients: Purified Water; organic herbal extracts of Chamomile, Calendula (Marigold), and Comfrey; Vegetable Glycerine; Shea Butter; Coconut Butter; Soy Extract; Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A); Ascorbyl Palmitate (Vitamin C); Tocopherol (Vitamin E); Phenoxytol (Green Tea); Grapefruit Seed Extract (preservative)
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01-07-2010, 08:21 PM #2Nappturality Newbie
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01-07-2010, 08:24 PM #3
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I melt my raw shea butter down with boiled purified water and mix it with with extra virgin olive oil to make moisturizer for my hair and skin.
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01-07-2010, 09:13 PM #4Nappturality Newbie
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01-07-2010, 09:14 PM #5Active Nappturality Member
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it doesn't get all green and moldy because they use a preservative. grapefruit seed extract. phenoytol is just green tea extract. if you mix water and oil, you need to use a preservative otherwise it will grow mold pretty soon if not used up.
i don't see an emulsifier either...maybe they forgot to put it in the ingredients list? there is a water soluble shea butter, but there are other things that are not water soluble in the ingredients list, so I dont know how they didn't use an emulsifier
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01-08-2010, 05:02 PM #6OG PANK Panther
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Water and oil/fat do not easily bind together so an emulsifier is used to bind these to create a cream/lotion.
Here is a good explanation[SIZE=2]Akua
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