If you use BTMS-50, my guess is that you should use the amount shown in the recipe, though the body butter may come out a bit thicker. Melt the oils, butters, and waxes over a double boiler (or in the microwave, if you prefer). It melts at 50C (122F), which is slightly higher than cetyl alcohol ( 49.3C [120.7F]) and lower than stearic acid ( 69.3C [156.7F] ). These were simple preparations of my own invention, which were just oil-and-water emulsions, using liquid lecithin as the emulsifier. It is very, very, firm. Now spray your stick blender and utensils (spoons, knives, soup ladle, rubber scrapers) and set them on the work surface. Don't use with: Cetearyl alcohol is safe to use with most other ingredients, but it can be comedogenic when used in . Emulsifying wax can form extremely stable w/o or o/w emulsions. If you'd like to make a simple product with what you have at hand, it's worth considering. Partially fill a saucepan with water (about 1/4 the way full). 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. Someday I will have that kind of money! Ingredient Function: Emulsion stabilizer and opacifier. Don't forget to weigh the pan of water-phase ingredients before heating (make a note of the weight), and to heat and hold a few ounces of distilled water in a separate pan. 4% cetyl alcohol is also a pretty decent amount. How Much Cetyl Alcohol To Use In Body Butter? (for SE use 6%) 6.3g Cetyl Alcohol; Cool Down. Add the citric acid. And now, without further adothe results! i would like to know what is the difference between cetyl alcohol and cetearyl alcohol, or which one is better. So I think the rule would be that while milks may be used in bar soaps--even replacing all water with milk--they should not be used in either lotions or liquid soaps. Hi! (I'd be scared to increase it more than I already did.) Question: Do I need Germall Plus in my whipped butter mix? I dont recommend using a true wax as an alternative for cetyl alcohol. Spray your gloves and rub your hands together. It is often suggested that if you make this substitution, you will need to use double the amount. When you do your ratios youre using oil to cetyl. 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. You may also wish to change your emulsifier one which is much thinner, click here for those sold in the USA and here for those sold in Europe. For the soft oils, use about half fast-absorbing and half slow-absorbing oils. Allow the butter (s) to fully melt (about 3-5 minutes). Instructions. Thanks so much for this post. Add the jojoba oil. Products to Use in. Spray your gloves again. Wow!! . Some of these products were very good. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. You should definitely get some, cause where were using it, nothing else compares. 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. 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. Although acceptable at 0.5 to 10%, it is typically used at <1.5% in facial emulsionshigher percentages can feel too hydrating, as if you are almost sweating. Cetearyl Alcohol: any fatty alcohol will work (e.g. Marie have you tried cetyl alcohol in body/shave soap? 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. I felt that the recipe did not glide smoothly into the skin rather, I had to rub it a couple of times until it fully absorbed. Click here to learn how! I cant wait to dig in! 3-5% Co-Emulsifier. Yay! I am thinking about remaking it and using only 1% cetyl alcohol. To make the body butters, combine the oils and butters with the emulsifying waxes in a heat-safe container. I weighed the ingredients into individual glass dishes, placed each dish in a hot water bath to melt everything through, and swirled to combine . Pour into pre-sterilized containers and allow to come to room temp before capping. It is not necessary to hold the oils at 165 F. for 20 minutes. Phase B - caprylic/capric triglyceride, shea butter, coco-caprylate caprate, tocopheryl acetate, dicaprylyl ether, lecithin, glyceryl stearate se, isoamyl cocoate, myrstyl myristate, cetyl alcohol. Talk about your epic brain fart. 0 - 6% . This one is also super solidno finger denting happening here, and running a finger over the surface doesnt cause any melting. Aneesa. For the thickener , I used stearic acid. Very inspiring! Ive been using it mixed with BTMS 50 in lotion. Hi Marie! Use a preservative, unless you plan to keep the product refrigerated and use it up within one week. Since I cant get any suspension bases here. It is so cool! Store at below 77. I can scrape up some small, flakey shavings with a finger nail. Beeswax - 2%. If I replace the beeswax with cetyl alcohol will I still have that protective layer or should I used both beeswax and cetyl alcohol together? Blend. The feel is slightly lighter than the methyl glucose sesquistearate so I am thinking I will try this emulsifier for face creams as well. Hi! Question: Can you use milk in your body butter recipe? Once all the water is in there, stick blend with your disinfected stick blender. Many thanks. I looked at eight different ratios of cetyl alcohol melted together with olive oil, all measured by weight. At first I wasn't sure I liked it, but now I think it's an improvement. The cetyl alcohol amount was decreased because of the increased amount of BTMS-25. 8-23% Oils and Butters. Combine and heat Phase B ingredients to 176F and remove from heat. It is a much creamier, heavier thickener. Massage things need to be ultra-slippy, so cetyl alcohol was an obvious choice here! Now that you know those basics, we are ready to move on to more basics. Yes to both; Im actually experimenting with the second one right now It is helping reduce the skid that can come with lots of beeswax, and is creating a faster absorbing product! I tend to use cetyl alcohol when I do choose to use a fatty alcohol with it. Love your blog and love your YouTube Channel. Make your own body butter with beeswax. No tack, fantastic slip. it's a nice touch, but not critical. Cetostearyl Alcohol; CAS# 036653-82-4; Cetyl Alcohol; Stearyl Alcohol. What a great idea! 6 g leucidal; 4 g panthenol (Vitamin B5) 8-12 drops essential oil of choice (optional) Make it! So now let's plug that into the recipe: OILS PHASE 3% Castor Oil 4% Cocoa Butter 3% Kokum Butter 2% Shea oil (or butter) 3% BTMS 1.5% Cetyl alcohol. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Make it Up: The Essential Guide to DIY Makeup and Skin Care is now available at booksellers all over the world! It feels silky, powdery and cut the greasy feeling completely!! Reply Youll have to do those experiments yourselfits already snowing here, so I cant offer much help! Please post any observations here that youve had regarding this matter, if any..b/c im just so curious if that entire lb of c.a.s worth of lotions etc were just crap b/c they were crap, as vs. that specific variety being some waxy form of c.a.? I use cetyl alcohol. This is a wonderful information. I have a question , do we have to measure the PH level when we making a body butter? Then there are also some very spendy additives that I have not yet experimented with, such as hyaluronic acid and squalane. The cetyl alcohol amount was decreased because of the increased amount of BTMS-25. So, Olivem1000 tends to set up faster than e-wax and polawax, especially if you arent using a high shear mixer like an immersion blender. 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. It's worth mentioning, though, that some people think lard is a very good product in skincare since it is very similar to human sebum. I find oils thickened with cetyl alcohol feel like viscous oils, while oils thickened with stearic acid feel like butters. 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. 0.5-1% Vitamin E. 29%59.5% Carrier oil. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on December 21, 2017: Thank You!!! It can crystallize and/or settle out in thinner anhydrous products. This experiment came to my mind when I designed and made cetyl alcohol thickened oilgel to milk scrub yesterday. And I believe the ceytl alcohol is the reason for my love of this lotion too! Blend together until incorporated, then add in the sugar and mix until evenly distributed. i certainly could very well be delusional, & maybe it was the Ecotin in Danicas lotion, but i am convinced theres more to it! Prepare a water bath: add 3cm/1" of water to a wide pan. Gracias Marie!! Have fun! Still very solid; I cant dent it with a finger pad. For example, Polyquaternium-10 is sometimes suggested, but it also acts as a thickening agent--so I don't know what might happen if you subbed that. Anywho I ordered some cetyl alcohol and made your Lemon Chiffon Body and Hand Lotion. Stearyl = C18 (C18H38O) Cetearyl = A blend of both. Place bowl on top of saucepan with simmering water. Ive found wax in lotions (especially lighter ones) tends to create a tacky end product thats rather disappointing. I follow you on YouTube and IG. Details will be found on the suppliers MSDS data sheet. You could increase the water phase by adding aloe vera or a hydrosol, or just by adding more distilled water. Add Isopropyl Myristate and mix until incorporated. Definitely, and maybe Try it and see! Add the cocoa butter. If 1:1 is WAY too much, then start experimenting with thinning it out. Gently stir the oils and waxes to combine. Muchlove, suki, Thanks for the update, Suki! Emollient. Please note that nothing on this site has been designed or tested for large scale manufacturing or re-sale, and attempting to sell anything made from recipes on this website is a bit foolish and at your own risk. The slip is good (especially if youre used to working with waxthere actually is slip, not skid!). In a recipe, we use other things like silicones, butters, liquid emulsifiers.. When considering ratios, do we take all these other oil phase liquids into consideration? The only such ingredient I can think of offhand is urea, which requires a slightly acid environment for maximum effectiveness. Some people use it and cetyl alcohol interchangeably. From here on out, you stick blend the mixture every ten or fifteen minutes while it cools. love your recipes and your ideas, your book and also your dog, she is sooo sweet! The herbal teas would be a great addition too, but I am uneasy about making these for sale because of the preservatives issue. Im glad you found it helpful! If you were going to use the Cheat Sheet to put together a recipe, your recipe might look like this: It is very important to use a preservative in oil-and-water emulsions like lotions and body butters. Here's what the additives I've chosen do: Recommended Usage Rate: 1% - 30% to add body and viscosity to cremes & lotions. Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, cetyl alcohol should last at least two years. 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. I didnt realize cetyl alcohol was derived from coconuts. BTMS is a pretty good thickener in its own right. Cetearyl Alcohol/Ceteareth-20. Theres great slip as I massage a bit into my arm, but it does seem like the slip is reducing in comparison to 1:2interesting. Cetyl alcohol is pretty unassuming. 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. It massages into the skin beautifully; it stays soft and pliable as I mash it around, never liquefying around the edges. It is soft, but doesnt liquefy on contact with the skin. Cetearyl alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol that companies use to make various cosmetic products. Im one of those rare people who cant enjoy all the coconut goodness. It's been hard to find any product that contained these. I also have never noticed a "draggy" feeling. 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. I use 5% beeswax in my emulsifying sugar scrubs and I dont like the waxy feel on my skin after using it. I can scrape up larger flakes (almost curls) with my finger nail. i know the INCI says cetyl alcohol only, but im pretty sure i had a similar problem, & this was my experience: so, the 1st lb i bought was,for sure the c.a. 1:4 is 1 gram cetyl alcohol, 4 grams olive oil. soft butters work best but you can also use any vegetable butter (Shea Butter . It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. These additions changed the texture quite a bit, making it much "lighter." Remove from heat and let cool a bit, then add in jojoba, babassu and buriti oils and mix. Ive been using cetyl alcohol but didnt realize just how awesome this product is. I can tell I applied something to my skin in that it feels softer and smoother, but there isnt a hint of tack or oiliness; just silky dry smoothness. This website participates in the Formula Botanica, Baraka Shea Butter, TKB Trading, and Amazon affiliate programs; as an Amazon Associate, Humblebee & Me earns from qualifying purchases. You may also need to cut the BTMS amount in half. I just added 3 percent to my lotion bar recipe and I have to say it is amazing!! 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. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on June 24, 2017: Lisa, I think substituting aloe vera, floral teas, and hydrosols (I'd love to use rosewater) is wonderful! How do you think this compares with Cera Bellina wax for slip and gel? Test it and see , hi marie! Despite having alcohol in the name, cetyl alcohol is not drying or irritating to the skin as it is not that kind of alcohol. In a different heat-resistant beaker, add the distilled water. I dont work with dangerous or toxic ingredients! The most commonly used emulsifier is BTMS, which can be either BTMS-50 or BTMS-25. It has the creaminess of a beeswax balm, but none of the tack or slow absorption. I forget what moisturizer it is. Using an immersion (stick) blender, create a vortex and add the Xanthan gum. Woo! After that, take them out and leave them at ambient temperature. 50g Fractionated Coconut Oil; 37.5g Brazil Nut Oil; 2.5g Vitamin E Oil; 2.5g Essential Oils (Optional Fragrance) . Once melted into concoctions it gives a beautiful, silky finish. One of the biggest issues with trying to use a wax like beeswax instead of cetyl alcohol is that it only does one of the things cetyl alcohol doesthe thickeningand then does the opposite in terms of slip and glide. This one is still solid, but were starting to get some give. Combine cocoa butter, mango butter, cetyl alcohol (or additional mango butter) , avocado oil and emulsifying wax in the bowl of a stand mixer or other heatproof bowl. Its lonely not having all the ingredients the cool kids are using. Running my finger over the surface quickly starts to melt the mixture and results in some lovely, silky slip. Thanks, Sharon! Measure out shea butter using a digital kitchen scale into medium sized bowl. After Water Phase ingredients have been held for the appropriate temp/time, weigh the pan and add enough of the distilled water that you heated and held separately to bring it back up to its original weight. If you are like me, this will make you a nervous wreck. There could possibly be a need to adjust the pH of a body butter or other skin-care product, if you decided to include a pH-sensitive ingredient. 4. Process. We hope this is useful! Weigh mango and cupuacu butters in a heat-resistant glass measuring cup, along with cetyl alcohol, macadamia nut oil, and tapioca starch. mango will give you a drier texture and won't be as greasy. I also use ewax and stearic acid. (Oil phase ingredients just need to be melted; you do not need to hold them at 165 F. for 20 minutes, as you do the water phase ingredients.). interesting!.i've not ever made my butters with water. I usually do stearic or cetyl at half the e-wax percentage, or equal to it if I want a thicker cream. 35-40 degrees Celsius add the preservative. Medium-absorbing oils don't need to be balanced. How to Make It. The appearance is distinctly crystal like in the dish, and even when I scoop it out (before it starts to melt, at least). If its way too little, then head in the opposite direction. Seriously, I feel spoiled. Awwww yeah. Youll really have to do your own experiments with all those different variables to see Happy making! Daniel Liden. These are products that will make lotions and body butters thicker. Add the stearic acid. 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. One reason my recipe includes cetyl alcohol is because it is usually considered better to use BTMS-50, rather than BTMS-25, since BTMS-50 is more stable. If I chose BTMS 50, do I omit Cetyl alcohol? INCI. I have given it some more thought and I am pretty sure its the Ectoin (supposed to be anti aging. Or use one-third each of fast-absorbing, medium-absorbing, and slow-absorbing oils. I must have been tired when I sent that message to you a while ago. I think the extra SL and glycerin were a good idea too. Organic cocoa butter 9.0%; Organic sweet almond oil 45.0%; Phase C. Preservative 1.0%; Procedure: Heat Phase A and B separately in a water bath. The slip and absorption speed are starting to be a lot more olive oil-like rather than cetyl alcohol like, meaning the mixture is starting to absorb faster with less of a silky/powdery finish. Taken for granted until that point where it gets taken away. 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. Now that we've covered the basics, I will now reveal my very own recipe. 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. How to use. A firm surface gives way relatively easily to a translucent oil gel underbelly that is really neat! (You touched the scale before it was sprayed.) Rock solidI cant dent this with a finger at all. Thank you! Cetyl Alcohol is a thickener. As an emollient, cetyl alcohol has the ability to soften and smooth flakiness on the skin, which helps to reduce rough, dry skin. Pffft, thats not an ingredient list! Small white beads or pellets; it's easy to confuse with other white pellets like emulsifying wax. They dont seem to melt, they just vanish, leaving a powdery, silky dry patch of skin behind. 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. Lovely post. Im glad you find these useful . Cetyl alcohol is. Its also slightly translucent. Are they interchangeable in a recipe such as lotion? 6 grams Germall Plus (This is 0.2%. I use both in my lotion. Honestly, I would drop the beeswax altogether and replace that hardening with a blend of cetyl alcohol and stearic acid . .btms-50 in one recipe and I Cetearyl Olivate Sorbitan Olivate as emulsifier in . 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