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11-18-2004, 01:50 PM #11
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first wait another day let it settle then if it is still too thick......
lower your oils and raise your water. Oils at 10% and Water at 77%.
You would have to reheat and I see you have used a preservative so I would try again.
Keep good notes on your test batches One thing I have learned the hard way KEEP NOTES!!!!!! LOL!!!!
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11-19-2004, 02:41 AM #12Active Nappturality Member
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I do like the concoction I made! It just melts into my skin & hair. The last one I made didn't "rub" well-if you know what I mean. Maybe it was the oils I used.
REGEEI LOVE my NAPPZ :) !!
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11-19-2004, 04:53 PM #13Active Nappturality Member
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I used beeswax as an emulsifier in my homemade cream, and the oil and water separated anyway....Is there anything that I can do to help them stay together...or do I need to use a different emulsifier?....I followed the instructions to the tee......or I thought I did....Should I have kept stirring until the mixture was completely cool (my arm was tired...lol)?
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11-21-2004, 01:00 AM #14Senior Napp
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i can't believe i fell on this post just now!! i'm getting ready to make my first cream recipe ever tomorrow and i was browsing for some extra ideas (i want to make a moisturizing cream that i could use on my twists), this is more than helpful... thank you so much Jorjeni
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Originally posted by mendosa@Nov 21 2004, 01:00 AM
i can't believe i fell on this post just now!! i'm getting ready to make my first cream recipe ever tomorrow and i was browsing for some extra ideas (i want to make a moisturizing cream that i could use on my twists), this is more than helpful... thank you so much Jorjeni
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11-21-2004, 02:29 PM #16
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Originally posted by Beautifulnappi@Nov 19 2004, 04:53 PM
I used beeswax as an emulsifier in my homemade cream, and the oil and water separated anyway....Is there anything that I can do to help them stay together...or do I need to use a different emulsifier?....I followed the instructions to the tee......or I thought I did....Should I have kept stirring until the mixture was completely cool (my arm was tired...lol)?
Now I have never made a lotion or cream using beeswax I have been avoiding( don't ask LOL) it So I can't give you any precentages of how much beeswax to use or how much borax. Most of my recipes that I have don't have the presentages but are in oz. and I have not taken the time to convert it cause I havent used any of those recipes yet. The closest est. of borax to use that I can see is about 1/8-1/4 teaspoon per 2- 4 oz of product
I have used veg. leicthin as a emulsifier and I have had mixed results with it. Once it mixed and did not seperate and the next time with the same recipe it seperated ?????? I personally don't care. I would rather use something natural then to use E-Wax cause of the possiblity of it being treated with detergents.
As for the stiring. I usually let it cool a little then start stirin for no more than 5 mins. then I let it cool and set on it's own.
HTH
Jennifer
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11-21-2004, 07:58 PM #17Active Nappturality Member
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Thanks Jorjeni, I actually read somewhere else that borax was necessary to make beeswax an emulsifier, AFTER the fact of course....lol
I will have to try that Veg. Lecithin....
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11-24-2004, 07:02 PM #18Freshman Napp
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If I wanted to add glycerin to my lotion, should it be part of the oil phase or the water phase??
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11-25-2004, 02:49 AM #19Active Nappturality Member
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Water.
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11-30-2004, 02:54 PM #20Gacela20 Guest
Great thread! Bumping.
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