Carol M Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I do like the "feel" of the BBW body cream, and was wondering if anyone was familiar with some of these ingredients. The cream contains stearic acid, but then also contains glyceryl stearate SE and glyceryl stearate. When I looked these up, the information indicates that it is a blend of glycerin and stearic and is used as an emulsifier. Wonder what would be the difference in using this, and ewax and glyercin? The cream also contains papain and bromelain. These are plant enzyme compounds commonly used as meat tenderizers. Wonder what the benefit is in adding them to cream? Anyone here ever heard of any of these ingredients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol M Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Okay, it looks like the papain and bromelain are added as mild exfoliating agents (on the order of alpha hydroxy acids). Still curious about how using the glyceryl stearates is different from ewax and glycerin, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 It's the mineral oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol M Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 I don't know what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Stearic acid is used in lotions and creams to give them body and thickness. You know how you can squeeze a nice thick lotion into your hand and it kind of mounds up? Makes a soft little peak? That's stearic doing its job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I'm sorry I didn't mean to just write mineral oil and dash - I fell asleep lolMore than likely the "feeling" that you love from the BBW lotion is mineral oil. I personally don't like to use anything with mineral oil in it, but many many companies still use it because it is cheap.Every BBW lotion I've ever seen on the shelf has mineral oil in it - along with dimethecone (sp?) - those two ingredients can make lotions feel like heaven. It's just a matter if you like to use them or not - some people are allergic and have reactions to mineral oil, so when I was formulating my products I chose to keep it out of my line completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol M Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 AJ, the cream does contain stearic, as well as the glyceryl stearates, and that's what was curious to me. There is no mention of ewax or glycerin, though, so this must be a substitute for those things. I did find some info about it on the Dish after I posted this, and looks like it is available at the Herbarie. When I get time, I'm gonna go to that site and do some more reading.Jenny, the cream does contain mineral oil; you're right, everything they make has it, it seems. I've never used mineral oil because of the negative things I've read about it, but if that is what makes the cream so nice, maybe that's why they use it (in addition to the cheapness). I love dimethicone; I put that in cream all the time and it really does make a wonderful difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I'm sorry I didn't mean to just write mineral oil and dash - I fell asleep lolain't pregnancy grand - you can fall asleep mid-keystroke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Good Lord, ain't that the truth! Today I came home from the doctor, put a tv dinner in the oven and fell asleep. Almost burnt the house down LOL*sorry for the hijack* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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