shutterbugg Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Ok am i looking up the wrong tree or is this what i want to add to the unsweetened flavors? http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/Product.aspx?Tab=3&CatalogID=4&GroupID=509&CatalogTitle=Fragrance%2c+Flavors+%26+Essential+Oils&CategoryID=431&CategoryName=Lip+Base+Sweetener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietgirl2004 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 That be it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 That's too funny I just placed an order there yesterday and was going to get some to try lava gloss, but that description had me wondering so I passed thinking I'll find it somewhere else (so I can order other goodies ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeB Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 This may sound like a dumb question, but that lip balm sweetener is just saccharin. Couldn't you just use Sweet n Low powder from the grocery store? Sweet n Low is saccharin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbugg Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 Thanks quietgirl... Dee thats a good question!! I heard there was some kind of liquid sweetener at the grocery store, but i cant see to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniejr Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I got mine at the grocery store. It is a liquid sweetener I found in the baking aisle next to the splenda and sweet n low. It works great in my lip balms! Lesli ~ if ya can't find any and want some...... let me know. I'll pick up a bottle for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth-VT Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The sweet-n-low powder won't dissolve, and your balms will be grainy. Any sweetener you add needs to be oil based or it simply won't blend. Sucralose seems to be the item of choice, but you can't buy it locally. It's hard to find and pricey. There was someone here a while back selling some...try a search for sucralose and you'll find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I'm bringing this thread up again... I have Sweet 10, a liquid sweetner from the grocery store, the ingredients are: Water, Sodium Saccarin N.F. 2.5%, Benzoic Acid and Methylparaben (as preservative). I would like to try making Lava Lip Gloss, since the whole idea of this gloss is to watch as you mix is it ok to use this additive? Wondering after I saw Beth's post saying the sweetner needs oil, will the oil from the gloss be enough or won't it still blend? TIA Side note: in WSP's ingredients for the original item in question it is simply saccarin (do you think there's most ingredients then that so it works?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeana Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Anything with a water base will not blend. Even honey doesn't blend. The recipes I have seen for lava lipgloss recommend using food coloring and that is water based so I guess this sweetner would just stay in the colored part of the gloss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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