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sandbarsoaps

Post subject: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:18 pm

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Hi all!

I made a solid lotion stick with beeswax, jojoba, coconut oil, and sweet almond oil. I added calendula and chamomile extracts & some almond fragrance oil.

My customer loves it except... it stings. Ow! I tried it too, and sure enough, it does. I'm assuming it's the extracts. Apparently it stops stinging after a few days. Any thoughts out there how I can make the stinging stop? :shock:

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:12 pm

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How much almond fragrance did you use?

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sandbarsoaps

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:27 pm

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The honest answer is... I don't know. I haven't made many of these. Never sold them. So I probably just added it by smell. I didn't sell this one, I just made a test batch and my customer wanted it, so I let her take it. :oops:

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:30 pm

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I would strongly suggest you get a scale. Some scents like almond can be very strong and are used at a lower %.

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magic_hands

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:28 pm

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i agree with soapbuddy - the fragrance is my first suspect. almond is a VERY strong one, too.

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sandbarsoaps

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:31 pm

Joined: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:31 pm
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Makes sense. Of course, I have a scale.... but since it was supposed to be for me, I didn't use it when I added the fragrance oil. Stupid, I know, but I just love the almond scent and wanted to smell the almond over the yellow beeswax. A total "D'OH!" moment for me.

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Beautyinabasket

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:24 am

Joined: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:05 am
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Does the sweet almond oil not smell almondy already? I have a customer who's a big fan of almond scent too, and while I have some almond scent (actually I have alot) I was thinking if the oil smells like almond, I may not have to add much FO/any to the lotion bar recipe I am going to try.

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ido

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:32 am

Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:30 pm
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I got sweet almond oil from Brambleberry and it doesn't smell like almond, actually doesn't have any smell at all, but I don't know if there is just almond oil and sweet almond oil.

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: The Great Stinging Solid Lotion Stick

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:39 am

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Regular almond oil will not have an almond like scent.

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