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KtGirl
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:33 pm 
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I'm not sure if its something I added or didn't add, but my lotion initially feels watery then gets very waxy. PLEASE HELP

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:41 pm 
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What was your recipe? Do you have an accurate scale? How big of a batch?

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:17 pm 
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The original balm was:
1oz Cocoabutter
1oz Shea butter
1oz coconut oil
2.5oz beeswax
2oz hemp oil
1oz avocado oil
1.5oz jojoba oil
.5oz emu oil

I used 1.5 oz of that w/
.2oz hemp oil
.2oz stearic acid
.4oz BTMS
5.6oz wtr
.1oz germaben II
.3oz IPM

But even w/ a more standard recipe, I always seem to have that watery/waxy feel.

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It looks like you have too much BTMS. The most I would use is 5%. For the little batch above, you have 1.7 oz. of oils/butters. 5% of BTMS would be 0.08 oz. I also find that using stearic can make lotions draggy/waxy. Try it without it.

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