E-Wax & Cetyl Alcohol

[ladysj]

I have a recipe that calls for 5 ounces of e-wax. I don't like the feel of just pure e-wax I can swap out half of it with cetyl alcohol?

[mychellec]

Your e-wax should be 25% of your oil phase (i.e. 20% oil phase, 5% e-wax). Then I use cetyl at half the amount of e-wax (i.e. 5% e-wax and 2.5% cetyl). If you have the necessary amount of e-wax for emulsification, then you can omit or sub out the rest of it. HTH!