ladysj Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 (edited) I made this today. I replaced the stearic with cetyl alcohol used rose water & geranium essential oil since it's suppose to promote cell health and encourage recycling of dead cells & generate new cells. It's a beautiful cream I substituted Safflower for the Jojoba because I don't have any. It absorbs pretty quickly once completely absorbed my hand feels very silky smooth. It feels a little sticky/tacky until it's absorbed. I was wondering if there was something I could substitute part of to make it not feel so sticky/tacky until it's all absorbed. It only takes a couple of mins for it to completely absorb I guess that's reasonable ya think :laugh2:The back of my hand feels wonderful .It's not greasy feeling or anything maybe I was just wanting immediate absorption. What in your opinion makes a good face cream? How quickly it absorbs etc? Please any input is greatly appreciated.Ingredients: 14 oz. distilled water4 oz. vegetable oil or oil blend of your choice - I love Jojoba1.5 oz. emulsifying wax1.2 oz. stearic acid.8 oz citric acid.2 oz Germaben II.1 oz. fragrance Oil or essential Oil2 drops FDC dye of you choice Edited September 28, 2010 by ladysj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3bees~1flower Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 %'s are way more helpful when figuring out a recipe. it's sort of like reading greek when not in %'s. lol! do you have the %'s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Water 64.22%Oils 18.35%E-Wax 6.88%Cetyl Alcohol 5.5%Citric Acid 3.67%FO 0.46%Preservative 0.92% Edited September 29, 2010 by ladysj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3bees~1flower Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 that seems like A LOT of citric...i don't use citric, so if i were doing this recipe i would drop that as i don't see the point. the only thing i could think of that would be causing tackiness would be the type of ewax you are using, they are not all created equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thanks for the help I used e-wax nf if I drop the citric what would I replace it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3bees~1flower Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 you could replace with another goodie...cyclomethicone, dimethicone..or maybe a favorite extract or two, glycerin...whatever you want, really...or you could just add that % to your water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Thank you again. I do like adding cyclo so I'll replace it with that. The cream is really quite nice & leaves the skin feeling very soft. I'll give it out to testers & see what they say. Again thanks so much. Edited September 29, 2010 by ladysj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3bees~1flower Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 anytime! have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mychellec Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I second dropping the citric - though then we have a lot of cyclomethicone if you're going to replace it with that! I would suggest 2% cyclo and adding the rest to the water phase, or add another goodie like glycerin or extracts. For better absorption you could use BTMS-50 in place of the e-wax (it lends a drier feel to creams), and/or maybe replace a portion of that citric with IPM (ispropyl myristrate - or something similar to that spelling) in addition to the cyclo. It aids in absorbability. Sounds like a nice recipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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