Its lonely not having all the ingredients the cool kids are using. I find oils thickened with cetyl alcohol feel like viscous oils, while oils thickened with stearic acid feel like butters. thanks. Its quite similar than Skinchakras sample in terms of look and action + far more easy to make and customize (used squeeze bottle). The use of emulsifying wax will do just that - bind your oils and water together on a molecular level with the end result becoming lotion or cream. I will probably do this for lotions and body butters made for gifts and personal use. Set each jar on the scale and spoon the body butter into it, weighing out however many ounces of body butter you think is right for each jar. Name of Recipe: Total Batch Volume: Ounces: Pounds: Milliliters: Grams: Ounces: Pounds: Milliliters: Grams: Ingredient: Amount: % Ingredient: Add rosehip seed oil and mix until incorporated. I dont recommend using a true wax as an alternative for cetyl alcohol. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on August 01, 2020: There is no need to be concerned about the pH of body butters or lotions, as they are comprised primarily of water and oils/butters. Once mixture has cooled to 40 C, add in your vitamin e oil, and mango fragrance oil and mix well. The other daughter has dry skin with occasional flare-ups of eczema. Re the BTMS-50, I would say to calculate how much Cetyl Alcohol is in that (BTMS-25 has none) and reduce the Cetyl Alcohol by that amount. Is there something similar to cetyl alcohol thats derived from something other than coconut? (Spray your gloves again.) Illuminating Body Butter Bar. I will continue to tweak the recipe till I get the desired consistency. I have a question , do we have to measure the PH level when we making a body butter? It smells softly of coconuts and has slip for daaaaaays. The oil that has the highest percentage of GLA is borage oil. Put in the fridge or freezer to cool down and start hardening. You might want to do this three or four times, resting your stick blender in between, so it doesn't overheat. interesting!.i've not ever made my butters with water. Taken altogether, these amounts of cetyl alcohol and BTMS-25 would make an overly thick body butter (in that you'd have a hard time stick-blending it), but it is softened by the addition of sodium lactate. Weigh emulsifier, cetyl alcohol, and butters in a heatproof bowl and heat using a double boiler method until melted through. How Much Cetyl Alcohol To Use In Body Butter? These shavings disappear into my skin when I massage them in, but in a rather odd way. Weight the liquid oil/oils and add to the melted emulsifier/butters mix and stir well. Cetyl alcohol offers thickening, but more than that, it also improves the slip and glide of lotions. Add the broccoli seed oil. I did a search of the swiftcraftymonkey blog, on using milk in lotions, and could find no recipes using milk. I love this experiment. With all body butter and lotion recipes, the tweaking possibilities are endless! 3-6% Emulsifier. If you have problems with the stability of this emulsifier, you can try using 5-7% Olivem 1000 with 1%-4% cetearyl alcohol or cetyl alcohol, and 0.2-0.5% xanthan gum to form a stable emulsion. i know i should bug the beauty brains about this & i promise i will if theres any there there. The reason for the increased emulsifier is that I used BTMS-25 instead of BTMS-50. Your experiment with the cetyl alcohol/oil ratios was brilliant and gave me an idea of what to expect. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. I will do as you suggested. I used 2% in an anhydrous body butter. It is most commonly found in shampoos and conditioners, since it can make hair feel smooth and soft. Linda Crampton from British Columbia, Canada on June 21, 2017: You've shared a wealth of information in this article! In one of my earlier blogs, I showed you how to make a whipped body butter from a combination of oils and butter. Now I want it in alll the things! So,this is a call out to all peeps who mayve worked w/those cetyl alcohol wax beads that Danica bought? Before you start, please make sure that all of your equipment and workspace are sterilized using alcohol. Ensure the ceteryl alcohol is fully dissolved into your oil stage (use agitation if required) in order to minimise the risk of graininess in your final formulation. Time to update myself. Faux waxes (waxes that are actually hydrogenated vegetable oilscheck the INCI!) The cord will flop around all over the place and touch your disinfected stovetop, and who knows what else.). It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Love your blog and love your YouTube Channel. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on May 19, 2018: To be honest, BTMS-50 is usually preferred over BTMS-25. Emollient. Print Instructions Pin for later. Is it the Cetyl Alcohol or the amount that Im using? Add the cocoa butter. While there are other quaternary cationic polymers (I think several), I have no experience with how they perform. Bring the water to simmer (low-medium heat). Poured this into a regular sized lip balm tube. Cetyl Alcohol must never be used near the eyes, inner nose, and ears, or on any other . So that's the reason for that--if that makes sense. Whip using a handheld mixer or stand mixer until smooth and airy. The slip is good (especially if youre used to working with waxthere actually is slip, not skid!). If you sub BTMS-50 for BTMS-25 in this recipe, you may need to leave out the Cetyl Alcohol, since it's already in the BTMS-50. Yay! emulsifying, thickening properties of cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. Cetearyl Alcohol/Ceteareth-20. Spray each jar and lid with IPA and wipe with paper towels. Very cool! Lovely recipe.been long enough on my To Do List. beeswax helps make a good barrier cream . DL-Panthenol is nice, but should not change the texture. Phase B - caprylic/capric triglyceride, shea butter, coco-caprylate caprate, tocopheryl acetate, dicaprylyl ether, lecithin, glyceryl stearate se, isoamyl cocoate, myrstyl myristate, cetyl alcohol. It really helps seeing the visuals and hearing how it feels and performs on the skin at different levels. What a difference! Cut hard oils with your disinfected knife. Special Price R79.99 (6) +-Add to Basket . When used in formulations over the course of three to four weeks, it has the potential to improve the appearance of the skin, including dryness, roughness, scaling, pruritus and erythema. And, as tends to happen when I introduce a new ingredient to my recipes, Ive been getting a lot of questions about alternatives. If youre making a lotion or conditioner and its used at 4% or less, cetearyl alcohol is probably your best alternative. Cetyl alcohol is. Label, date, and cap your products when cooled to room temperature. When you're ready to cap the jars, spray your gloves with IPA again, and use a paper towel sprayed with IPA to clean up the jar rims and threads. This is the first one where I can get a bit of surface melt from running my finger across the surface of it, though, which is neat. I am thinking about remaking it and using only 1% cetyl alcohol. I will keep an ear out for any relevant information . The herbal teas would be a great addition too, but I am uneasy about making these for sale because of the preservatives issue. Soothing Creamy Facial Cleanser. They dont seem to melt, they just vanish, leaving a powdery, silky dry patch of skin behind. Combine in a large glass bowl. . If you'd like to make a simple product with what you have at hand, it's worth considering. Using homemade soap, which is much less harsh than commercial "detergent bars," helped somewhat. Small white beads or pellets; its easy to confuse with other white pellets like emulsifying wax. Turn the stove-top to medium heat, placing the double boiler on top of the heat. Believe it or not, this simplifies things, since you don't have to wonder which ingredient is added to what, and when. If there's a drop of water in it, you need a preservative. In a different heat-resistant beaker, add the distilled water. Works well with: Most other emulsifiers. Thank you Sharon! Rock solidI cant dent this with a finger at all. Based on your cetyl alcohol vs beeswax comments, can I eliminate beeswax from my deodorant recipe and incorporate cetyl alcohol in its place? Reduce your butter. 8-23% Oils and Butters. If I chose BTMS 50, do I omit Cetyl alcohol? Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. Here again, if I remember right, lactic acid is commonly used for this in cosmetic preparations. This is also when you add the preservative. I weighed the ingredients into individual glass dishes, placed each dish in a hot water bath to melt everything through, and swirled to combine . by Marie | May 11, 2017 | Quick Guides, The Basics | 92 comments. Awwww yeah. I really love these quick guide posts . Marie have you tried cetyl alcohol in body/shave soap? Woo! 4. This content is accurate and true to the best of the authors knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. 2. I also added one ounce of meadowfoam oil. It's a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. It vanishes into the skin but never really melts. Can you add a bit of cetyl alcohol to a salve (only waxes and oils)? How to Use Cetearyl Alcohol in Cosmetics Presenting as white to off-white flakes, this oil soluble ingredient usage rates depend on the product. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on July 03, 2019: I would say you could omit the Honeyquat. Pour into a tub-style container. The emulsifier (BTMS-25) is about 8.8%, rather than 7%. Whole Elise. Combine and heat Phase B ingredients to 176F and remove from heat. 6 grams Germall Plus (This is 0.2%. Maybe the wax part in those beads? If you are like me, this will make you a nervous wreck. This cleanser is very generally a lotion with added surfactants; using cetearyl alcohol as one of the emollients helps add body and richness while keeping costs down. Hi.. Test it and see , hi marie! They told me they would no longer be selling shampoo and conditioners, so got my hands on the ingredients, and when I saw the ingredients, I went to ask them for more specifics regarding each ingredient and I mean come on. Ill include it in lotions with smaller oil phases to give them body without added weight, and in anhydrous products to make them silkier. When my daughter became a beekeeper, a beekeeper friend gave her his own special salve with propolis, and she loves that too. Looking forward to playing with it. Gracias Marie!! Thanks, Marie! Cool down and at approx. Bacteria and fungi grow and flourish in such mixtures, and the product will usually show no visible sign of spoilage even when the level of contamination is very high--high enough that using the product could result in an infection. It hardens with the strength of a wax, but offers incredible slip and a wonderful, almost silicone-like finish that is beyond luxurious and impossible to achieve with waxes. Have fun! Spray your gloves again. 2% Essential Oil. If your containers were from a good source they should be clean when you get them, so I doubt that is it. The appearance is distinctly crystal like in the dish, and even when I scoop it out (before it starts to melt, at least). I can scrape up larger flakes (almost curls) with my finger nail. Could I have heated the CA too much? Have a great day! Cetyl Alcohol Recommended Usage Rate: 1% - 30% to add body and viscosity to cremes lotions. Thank you for sharing!! i would like to know what is the difference between cetyl alcohol and cetearyl alcohol, or which one is better. (Weighing accurately is important if you are selling.). double boiler (pot to melt wax) hand blender. Cetearyl alcohol is a chemical found in cosmetic products. Hey! I love how you took time to do this..it is a very good lesson . Do you believe it can be a substitute to beeswax on a deodorant recipe? Thank you so much for your reply! If cetyl alcohol is functioning as the main thickener in an anhydrous product, keep in mind that it will also be contributing to the silky finish of the product as well as the firmness. A DIY emulsified body butter, inspired by The Body Shop's iconic range. That has never happened. When all of phase B is melted stop heating and add the water phase to the oil phase under stirring. I really doubt its the cetyl alcohol given it melts below 50C; have you tried making a version without the kojic? 1:4 is 1 gram cetyl alcohol, 4 grams olive oil. Whip it to the desired volume and appearance and put it in the fridge. . Beeswax - 2%. Can Cetyl Alcohol be used to thicken Hair Oils? A creamy body butter bar I made for the last-year holiday season was to die for! It probably doesn't, but it helps to realize that every alteration in a basic recipe will affect the end texture of the final product. Percentage can be converted to grams easily if you make 100 grams of product. Perhaps for some of it, but not all; its quite thin and powdery, and we want our lipsticks to be at least a little bit thick and creamy so the colour applies well and stays put. The last time a I made a batch of this body butter, I added two more ounces of glycerin, 4 ounces of Aloe Vera, and 1 1/2 more ounces of SL--which added 7 1/2 ounces of liquid to the water phase. Even with a preservative and careful preparation, this stuff still has a shelf life. Slight acidity is generally viewed as beneficial in skin-care products. Still very silky, no tack or stickiness of any kind. 0.5-1% Vitamin E. 29%59.5% Carrier oil. Here's a general formula for creating lotion: 70-80% Distilled Water. Im new to the skin care world and I have an Etsy shop. Unfortunately this is an impossible question to answersomething akin to how much salt should I add to a soup to make it taste good? I did an experiment with cetyl alcohol tonight. (The only other difference is there is a small amount of moisturizer in BTMS-50--I forget what it is.) Hi Marie! And am thinking of doing my own with melt and pour soap. Mix the water and glycerin in the other pan. If you were using urea in a skin-care product--and urea is actually quite a good addition, IMHO--it might be good to test the pH of the product and perhaps include an additive to reduce it. I wonder how cetyl alcohol and stearic acid feel or work differently on skin? It is very, very, firm. And if its yes, what is the perfect PH level for a body butter? Gently stir the oils and waxes to combine. I must have been tired when I sent that message to you a while ago. Want to help support Humblebee & Me? I have not been able to find any information on the pH of various commonly used fats and oils, but I do know that they are only slightly acidic, and that the acidity of different fats and oils varies slightly, but within a narrow range. Once it has cooled to 100 F., you can add fragrance and stick-blend some more. One of them is almost symptom-free during the summer, but when winter sets in, her legs, in particular, are so itchy that she often scratches them raw. I cant eat it or apply it topically. Can this be used as a substitute for beeswax in lipstick making? When you are customizing a lotion or body butter, keep in mind that high amounts of slow-absorbing oils will make your product feel greasy. I dont work with dangerous or toxic ingredients! . Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. The end result is a hard balm that glides so beautifully on the skin, leaving behind a dry powder finish with zero oily/waxy feel. Details will be found on the suppliers MSDS data sheet. Also would balms/salves benefit from using this as part of the beeswax? Marie, Thicken and stabilise your formula by adding 0.3% xanthan gum (and/or 0.3% carbomer), together with 2% or more cetearyl alcohol . To substitute other oils in the above recipe, simply make sure that the total amount of soft oils is the same. THANKS. If you can get 100200g thatll last you quite a while. Scrape sides of bowl using a spatula. Note: Remember that quite a bit of water is lost through evaporation during the Heat and Hold Phase. Ensure the ceteryl alcohol is fully dissolved into your oil stage (use agitation if required) in order to minimise the risk of graininess in your final formulation. Cetyl Alcohol. Method: In a heat-resistant beaker, add the BTMS50. That clump is surprisingly soft when I pick it up given how firm the mixture was in the dish on its own. After holding the water phase ingredients at 165 F. for 20 minutes, put your gloves back on a spray them with IPA. Anyways, Im rambling. i certainly could very well be delusional, & maybe it was the Ecotin in Danicas lotion, but i am convinced theres more to it! listing of the absorption rates of several oils, 12 ounces sunflower oil (Since sunflower oil is slow absorbing, you might want to use half sunflower oil and half of a "dry" slow-absorbing oil, such as hazelnut oil. Typically any sort of tiny dot or lump in a concoction is a solid butter going grainy, BUT there are no solid butters in that lotion AND Ive never had that happen in a lotionjust 100% anhydrous products. Hmmmmmm. So I've.= basically used BTMS-25 to re-create BTMS-50. Place the butter (s) in the glass bowl. Now you're all set to weigh out ingredients. Once fully melted, heat for 20 . As a rule, shoot for your e-wax being 25% of your oil phase. Add the cacao butter. Everything that touches your ingredients (and finished body butter) needs to be germ-free. Below, we go over common ingredients and what properties they add. Add the stearic acid. 1% Preservative. 8 g cetyl alcohol; 4 drops Vitamin E oil; Cool Phase Ingredients. I also have never noticed a "draggy" feeling. Thank you, Marie! A great gift idea but please keep some for yourself! Cetyl Alcohol is a thickener. I forget what moisturizer it is. There is probably a lot of goop on the outsides. Perhaps try this recipe? Add the citric acid. BTMS-25 is 25% BTMS and 75% Cetearyl Alcohol. Moisture Cream; Moisture Lotion; Body Butter; Cleanser; Face Mask; Skin Peels The inclusion of a moisturizer is good. If you add some colorant (such as maybe a little pink mica) at this point, you will be fairly confident that everything is mixed in evenly, because you'll be able to see that the mica is evenly mixed. This recipe also includes quite a few somewhat expensive ingredients, so it is really intended for people who plan on selling their product and can hence buy ingredients in bulk. It is so cool! (I'd be scared to increase it more than I already did.) The reason for the choice of soft oils and additives is given below--hopefully with enough additional information to allow you to customize your product in your own way. Click here to learn how! Cetearyl alcohol is most commonly made from vegetable oils, usually coconut, palm, corn or soy. Very inspiring! It may be tempting to skip this step, but I strongly encourage you to do this . Glycerin is the most commonly used humectant, but some others are Honeyquat and sodium lactate. We hope this is useful! Do you think that the stearic acid gave this butter a more waxy feel, rather than the silky feel that I was aiming at? Process. Thanks, Sharon! Now remove the pans from heat and slowly add the water and glycerin to the pan of melted oils, stirring continually. Ive been wanting to create a solid perfume, but dislike the waxy and oily feel beeswax always leaves behind. Yup, many times Heres one. Its a strong thickener without the weight and tack of waxes. The feel is slightly lighter than the methyl glucose sesquistearate so I am thinking I will try this emulsifier for face creams as well. Add the stearic acid. How odd indeed. Make your own body butter with beeswax. But you should pay particular attention to the melting point of the butters you wish to use as the base of your body butter. The water you add should also be heated and held at 165 F. for 20 minutes, so you'll need to put a separate pan of water on the stove, and heat and hold it, along with the Water Phase pan. You could use lard or tallow, but what people usually use in lotions and body butters is mango butter, cocoa butter, or shea butter. Emulsifiers are products that allow oil and water to mix into a stable emulsion. 6. Cooled it too slow, too fast, should have cooled it faster I wonder if you or any of your followers know of a supplier that carries some that isnt made from palm oil. Then, combine the water and glycerin in a separate heat-safe container. The e-wax (or Polawax) is an emulsifier which keeps the oil and water in formulations from separating, while Cetyl Alcohol thickens your formulation. How do you accomplish this? Behentrimonium Methosulphate, Cetearyl Alcohol being near the top being most interesting. It's a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Instructions. Type of ingredient: Emulsifier Main benefits: Stabilizes products, prevents separation, and thickens. These additions changed the texture quite a bit, making it much "lighter." 0 - 6% . It's been hard to find any product that contained these. During my down time, I am reformating my products and replace harsh Ingredients with better ones. Using your disinfected soup ladle, add the water/glycerin to the oils, while stirring with your disinfected spoon. So, this is all very odd. Once the oils are melted, you can remove them from heat. BTMS is a pretty good thickener in its own right. It is soft, but doesnt liquefy on contact with the skin. Some of these products were very good. When I massage these into my skin they do pretty much the same as in 3:1; the flakes sort of vanish into my skin when Ive worked them out into small enough bits. Weigh out ad mix together the first 5 ingredients: the oil (but not essential oils), butters, and waxes. I used cetyl at 4% and olivem 1000 at 5% last night. Your experiments help so much, we might be thinking I wonder what a bit more would do to this but when you do a precise 3:1 to 1:6, we have all the stats ready done for us. But have been using Ectoin several times in lotions already and never anything happened. The most commonly used emulsifier is BTMS, which can be either BTMS-50 or BTMS-25. What is the INCI of your CA? Sterilization: Please ensure all equipment, containers, and utensils have been disinfected with 91% IPA before you begin. I dont really care about these things too much, so I use it in handcream, hahaha, but am always curious). I had made it before but without the CA. (If I remember right, it works best at a pH of around 5.) But you might try increasing the liquids in the water phase a little. What would you suggest to replace Honeyquat? It is a much creamier, heavier thickener. Coconut Massage Butter. Lovely post. And cheap! Ceterayl alcohol and Cetyl alcohol are often used as co-emulsifiers. Muchlove, suki, Thanks for the update, Suki! Or use one-third each of fast-absorbing, medium-absorbing, and slow-absorbing oils. I love your content. I am assuming that you replaced the cetyl alcohol with an equal amount of stearic acid. Your email address will not be published. Spray your gloves again. Cetearyl Alcohol use is one of the things coming under the spotlight thanks to the 'Palm Free' movement. I just purchased my first bag of cetyl alcohol. Each part is a single gram, so 3:1 is 3 grams cetyl alcohol, 1 gram olive oil. Panthenol also works with DMAE in the production of acetylcholine which firms and tones the skin.Both D-Panthenol and DL-Panthenol are equally effective for moisturization, improvement of hair structure and adding luster and sheen to the hair. Recommended Usage Level. You will need to weigh the water phase both before and after heating and holding, and add enough distilled water to compensate for the water lost through evaporation. Thank you very much! It will firm up over the next 24 hours. Aneesa. I hope this clarifies our question about thickeners. Include it in your heated oil phase; it needs to be melted into products. One of Swiftcraftymonkey's blogs talks using this combination of ingredients to kind of re-create BTMS-50. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on December 21, 2017: Thank You!!! It can crystallize and/or settle out in thinner anhydrous products. I tried to cover everything I've learned. Cetyl alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol having the chemical formula CH 3 (CH 2) 15 OH while cetearyl . Use at 5% - 10% in your "water in oil" or "oil . Please look up any ingredients you have questions about in the. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. I see cetearyl alcohol sometimes available. 2. Your teaching approach with your science interest makes what you share so worthwhile and helpful. 5. If your recipe is heavy on slow-absorbing oils, it will feel greasy. At first I thought I wouldnt be able to dent it with my finger, but then my thumb popped through the harder surface layer and I was able to smear the mixture around a bit. Im hoping for a lotion like consistency but its choppy. shea is going to give you a rich, thick butter, that is quite greasy. Cetyl alcohol thickens and adds body to out concoctions as well as improving slip. What I've done in this recipe is substitute the cheaper BTMS-25, while also adding Cetyl Alcohol and moisturizers. Its a total game changer! 2% Fragrance oil. Youll need lightweight thickening/hardening with lots of slip. Im afraid Ive never worked with it as a standalone ingredient so Im not really sure; Im only familiar with it as an ingredient in emulsifying waxes. Or you could choose still fancier oils like perilla oil, rosehip seed oil, black cumin seed oil, and tamanu oil, which are available from online suppliers such as Brambleberry, Lotioncrafter, and New Directions Aromatics. After making the Snowy Dawn Luminizer, I realized thats what I wanted the solid perfume to feel like upon application. Nothe entire base would have to be re-developed to use cetyl alcohol and I suspect it would negatively impact the application and adhesion as it would create a thinner, slicker final product. Lotions aside, after this experiment and the project thatll be out on the 29th of this month, Im really excited about the 100% oil based applications of cetyl alcohol. Place bowl on top of saucepan with simmering water. So, why do we use cetyl alcohol? In 2005, CIR considered available new data and reaffirmed its original safety conclusion. If you were using a recipe that did not divide the ingredients into separate phases, you would have to look up a bunch of them online before you began, to find out whether they were water-soluble, oil-soluble, or heat sensitive. I have given it some more thought and I am pretty sure its the Ectoin (supposed to be anti aging. What you basically have to do is fill a spray bottle with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and, after donning your polypropylene gloves, spray and wipe down all your work surfaces with the IPA and wipe with clean paper towels. Add Isopropyl Myristate and mix until incorporated. Remove the container from the heat. I tried it, an although I liked the texture the skin feel felt waxy. If you want to be sure that you are not selling germ-laden body-care products, or giving them away to your loved ones, it is important to prepare them in an antiseptic environment. Many thanks. Products to Use in. Recommended Usage Level. Thanks guys! Add the cetyl alcohol. Odd! I did not have the DL panthenol on me so I omitted this. The cetyl alcohol amount was decreased because of the increased amount of BTMS-25. Running a finger over the top of it doesnt cause any noticeable meltit feels dry and almost powdery. As an emollient, cetyl alcohol has the ability to soften and smooth flakiness on the skin, which helps to reduce rough, dry skin. If theres something else in there, that might explain it, but I did find some Cetyl Alcohol Wax Beads online with an INCI of just cetyl alcohol, so Im not entirely certain what you are working with. Daniel Liden. As far as absorption goes, I've always found my product satisfactory. I sure hope it is not the useless kind Suki mentions!!! Drop the BTMS 50 and your lotion wont emulsify! Thank you! cocoa butter is also drier, a harder butter it is not too greasy. For the soft oils, use about half fast-absorbing and half slow-absorbing oils. I have both BTMS 50 and 25 on my hands. I love the skin feel of the two blended! 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