Jadryga
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Here our average temp is about 24-30 degrees celsius and cocoa butter's still pretty hard, but chunkable. I use a butter knife like Carebear used to.
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... macadamia nut butter?
I was wondering since I can't quite get shea butter locally, whether I could get something like LipidThix from lotioncrafter.com, make macadamia/rice bran/some other locally available oil butter, then whip it
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Such a pity, the pushups are so much prettier than the twists...
at least, they don't scream deodorant to me. -
Love the soap! Bet it smells divine too.
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I have bought them from here:
http://www.allamericancontainers.com/dairy.htm
Their website stinks so you have to call them. Also, you have to buy a case but the prices are excellent. They price by the 1000 but sell by the case and the milk jugs are very light to ship. If anyone here is in Florida they have a few whse for pick up and you can really save. Customer service folks are really nice.
Wow, their website really does stink!
I like the little honey bear squeeges though.
EDIT:
Found these!
ebay site - $16.80 for a lot of 48, but they're even coated inside so they can stand up to small amounts of oils
A shop ostensibly, but when I clicked on individual items they led to ebay anyhoo
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Just throwing something into the wind here... if you can't include rice, how about rice powder?
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You can make whipped butters without water, but they are not the same as lotions or body creams, IME. The non-water products can only seal in moisture; they can't add any, since moisture comes from water (or similar). I use butters, and I use lotions/creams -- but for different purposes. I use butters on super-dry areas to soften rough skin, or to keep cuticles supple. Or I smooth it onto damp skin to help boost moisture. But my dry skin (esp. in winter) wants products containing WATER to get the job of moisturizing done. (Don't forget to hydrate from the inside too! Drink plenty of water.)
Honey and glycerin at decent percents make a product feel tacky/sticky.
That's the thing, I've read up about the water being the key moisturizing ingredient but I was wondering if I could somehow make it less tricky to preserve.
Honeyquat and hydrovance are not so sticky, I think, which made me wonder if that was somewhat feasible.
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My favorite product that I've come up with is my version of emulsified butter. I melt by butters and oils (or whatever) I think I add a touch of cornstarch, cyclo, etc. (I don't have my recipe in front of me). I also add in stearic and ewax. That way, it can be used on dry skin like a butter, but on wet skin it turns into a lotion. I do add some preservative, just in case, but I love to step out of the shower in the morning, take some of this stuff, and massage it into my legs. It doesn't soak in all the way like a lotion, but it's not as greasy as a body butter.
That's a great idea, actually. Coincidentally, I was actually thinking about formulating something like that to use for OCM, but a more liquid form of course
Don't know why I never thought about it for a body butter.
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Is it possible to completely do away with the water/water-based ingredients in a lotion and substitute with say, honey or honeyquat and glycerin or hydrovance? Hence maybe not totally eliminating the need for preservative, but creating something that might be a lot less prone to contamination?
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Wish I could, but I've never made bath bombs before
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...cocoa powder and coffee beans?
I've always wanted to get cocoa absolute and coffee eo, but well, they're so pricey! Was wondering if I could get creative :rolleyes2
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Cor... that would set me back significantly, assuming rates are the same here but X3.5 due to the exchange rate. *faint*
I think bases are the safest way to go for me until I scrounge enough extra to splurge on tests!
Until then, my kitchen shall remain my own personal fun factory.
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Hmmm... is it possible to have refined shea with all the goodies intact?
I love the idea of healing fractions and yadeeda, but I'm getting scared of the smelly stories. I had a small tin of pure shea butter from L'Occitane before... it smelt... like... well, not much, really. Not pleasant, but nothing like rotting fish either. I smelt some testers for the rest of their shea range though, and some just stank! Maybe it'd been out far too long.
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You're not, don't worry! I'm having a blast reading and researching everything on that site, though that's bad in a way, because now I want everything!
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I want to order some cyclo, but I saw on lotioncrafter.com that it can't be shipped USPS, though I can't remember if it can be sent through ground mail. On the bright side they've got something called cyclo-glyceride that's 9:1 cyclo to FCO that can be, so I'm probably going to get some of that
You could check their site, it's pretty comprehensive as to which silicones can and can't be sent through USPS.
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Haven't tried it, but I was thinking of ordering some, actually.
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Uniqueness.. but that's close enough!
I'm thinking of trying it, but I think I'll have to skip the vanilla for now. Do they add scent? If yes, I'll just include some vanilla powder to substitute and see. If not, I'll skip it altogether.
Anyone ever considered adding cocoa powder? I'm such a sucker for chocolate :embarasse
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Water, should be. Propylene glycol is water-soluble.
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Just a rave about the international user-friendliness of their site. They have some really beautiful lip gloss tubes and packaging as well as some really interesting ingredients. I love the fact that their prices are reasonable, their shopping cart calculates shipping for me internationally, and that their minimum order is $12.50 + a $5 handling fee!
Oh, I'm so in love.
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They do look very cool, that's a great combo. The holes add texture to me, actually, since they're only on the flowers!
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I like the berrywine, actually. You're right, not very masculine, but the shocking fuschia-pinkyness appeals to me!
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This is a site with an excellent explanation of all that you are asking
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/what_is_virgin_coconut_oil.htm
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They've got a section that's "About Our Ingredients" actually, and from what I see, they use melted chocolate, cocoa absolute, raspberry extract, coffee extract (which looks to me like coffee absolute), bitter almond extract, vanilla infused oil, lemon eo, sweet orange eo and peppermint eo.
I've never tried this place, but I found it a long time ago on a flavor oil search. They've got a section marked "Organic Flavors" and their organic oil-soluble flavors for chocolate look really interesting. Maybe you could take a look at that.
at least, they don't scream deodorant to me.
Trying so hard to narrow the list down now.
Can I whip...
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Oh hmm... is it possible to make a whippable butter using macadamia/beeswax rather than LipidThix?