Beef Tallow, Shea butter, Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Honey, Coconut oil, Rosehip oil, Argan oil, Jojoba oil, Colloidal Oatmeal, Vitamin E

those are the ingredients and i wanna use a natural preservative

I'm trying to mix essential oils with polysorbate 20 and distilled water. However, after a couple of days my spraybottles stop working. I've tried ~10+ different spray bottles all rated for handeling spraying essential oils. My formula is distilled water 90%, 1:1 Polysorbate 20 and essential oils. I've also tried increasing the amount of polysorbate 20 in order to achieve a clear mixture that is not milky. However, the results remain the same - the bottle stops working or works poorly after a couple of days although the mixture stays clear with no obvious sign of separation. Is there a specific plastic I need the bottle to be made of? Is there something I'm missing with the blend? I'm trying to emulsify essential oils in water - something that does not seem hard to achieve looking at other people online? I'd be very grateful for any help. Thank you!

I'm planning to combine a dispenser with a spoolie.

I was thinking either using a pump bottle (but the tube might obstruct the spoolie), dropper (the dropper might obstruct, maybe puting the spoolie to the side might work?), or a press cap top/fliptop bottle.

I'm also concerned about adding a stopper to any of these in order to minimize the amount of product it goes to the spoolie once the cap is opened, so it might interfere with the type of bottle as well. (ex. any tubes in the way)

Basically similar to those lipgloss tubes with a stopper, but with a spoolie and an extra dispenser at the top.

Would this be possible, and how could I go about this if so?

I have already created the serum, it's somewhat thick and gel-like. Not sure if this is the right subreddit to post on, I'd appreciate any advice on where to post as well.

I make a diy body cream that I love the texture of but sometimes it changes color. I make a version that doesn't change color and noticed that it could be because of fragrance oil. Could there be other reasons for the discoloration and how can I stop it from happening? I usually see a pale tan/beige color or a pink-ish/beige color.

Here's the recipe:

Water Phase 142g Distilled Water 4g Glycerine

Oil Phase 15g Babassu Oil 15g Sweet Almond Oil 10g Mango Butter 10g Emulsifying Wax NF 4g Cetyl Alcohol

Cool Down 2g Germall Plus (Preservative) 2g Vitamin E Oil (Antioxidant) 2g Essential/Fragrance Oil (Optional)

I make a version without essential ouls or fragrance oils that doesn't change but a version with fragrance oil that I made for a friend has a eucalyptus spearmint bbw tye oil that didn't change

I'm trying to mix essential oils with water and I have tried Polysorbate 20, Glycerin/Glycerol and witch hazel etc. However, the recurring problem is that the spray bottles stop working after a couple of days. I've tried multiple different spray bottles from different vendors so I assume it is something wrong with my mixture. Any ideas of what can cause this?

I've tried various ingredients at this point, mainly using ChatGPT to give me recipes. Can anyone help me make a blush with my current ingredients? So far anytime I make powder it just makes me look powdery without much pink (even if the powder itself is all the way red). And for cream it doesn't rub in, just balls up on the surface or separates the powder out....

Arrowroot powder

Beetroot powder

Kaolin powder

Corn Starch

Potassium Sorbate

Glycerol

Coconut oil

Olive oil

Avocado oil

Beeswax

We all know it's trendy to fear monger about seed oils in food these days. But are people out there scared of it in skincare!? It seems absurd to me that people would think whatever negative effects of ingesting seed oils would carry over to topical application. However, people be crazy these days. Is this a thing?

Today for the first time I made body butter and lip balm. But it went bad.

For the whipped body butter I used 2 spoon of shea butter 1 spoon of coconut oil

Maybe because I'm living in a sunny are , it didn't come out as fluffy but I freezed it and whipped it again. The thing is I don't have electric mixer so I tried it with my rotary whisk.

Here our coconut oil is liquid not solid type.

The beetroot powder I made didn't mix well in my lipbalm, I used the same formula of whipped body butter. But I didn't whip it.

Can you tell me what made it went wrong?

Let's say I have 50ml water. How much hydrolyzed Keratin powder should I mix with it to apply on hair as basic Keratin treatment?

I want to apply this solution to my hair for Keratin conditioning & leave it on till it dries out in room temperature & maybe a tap water rinse after that...will it work?

I’m currently saving up for an overhead mixer and other equipment. What alternative can I use for something that requires low shear mixing to break up solid droplets?

Hi! I'm in the LA area (Burbank) and it's been a while since I did any DIY skincare/beauty making and I have some stuff I'd like to get rid of as I declutter. I'll have to do a more in-depth inventory, but I have things like a cosmetics-only coffee grinder, mask, pitchers, small bowls, thin spatulas, waxes/powders/fatty alcohols, micas and colorants, and some packaging.

I'd love to give them to someone who would use them instead of just dropping them off at Goodwill and hoping they're appreciated. If anyone in the area is interested, let me know and I can provide a more detailed list!

Hi, i need help with this.

What's the simplest way to make squalane, olive oil, water mix for beard conditioning? I plan to use very little oil like 5% and all of the rest water( distilled) i have no issue with using preservatives as long as they are safe, and easy to get in Europe, thanks.

I've tried making a foaming sugar scrub but have gotten feedback it's a bit too sticky. Does anyone have any insight on how I can fix that? I want a thick scrub that's easy to spread and lathers. This is the formula I was using...

• Distilled Water 10%
• SCI 6%
• Cocamidopropyl Betaine 6%
• Glycerin 5%
• Shea Butter 3%
• Stearic Acid 2%
• Emulsifying Wax 3 %
• Sunflower Oil 4%
• Sweet Almond Oil 1%
• Preservative (Germall Plus) 0.5%
• Fragrance Oil 2%
• Sugar 57.5%

Thank you!

I'm making whipped shea butter and I don't want to create another formula for face cream, is it okay if I use whipped Body butter on my face ?

I’m purchasing mango butter for the first time (whipped butter and lip oil) and found some from this supplier I have seen often recommended/reputable for EOs selling some at a good price. It lists it as “ultra refined” and I’m realizing now that most *formulas I look at don’t mention if the mango butter needs to be unrefined or not, not can I figure out on google if it would even make much difference. Has anybody tried both? Thoughts, advice?

https://www.newdirectionsaromatics.ca/products/butters/mango-ultra-refined-butter.html

I’ve been making myself beard wax and my wife body cream for a fair while now, both of which work really well and the wife uses the body cream daily, over the cream she’s previously bought from shops before, and really likes it.

She was running out of hair oil, so I thought I’d give it a go - did some research on what ingredients I have were good for hair and came up with the following:

• Sweet almond oil - 25%
• Safflower oil - 25%
• Jojoba oil - 25%
• Coconut oil - 12.5%
• Babassu oil - 12.5%

It’s been working great and she has mentioned that her hair feels healthier, but it’s all of a sudden gone mouldy and I’m not sure why. It’s stored the same as the other stuff I’ve made and I’ve used all those ingredients before.

This sub doesn’t let me attach an image, and I’m not sure if I can link to one? I’ll post a link in the comments and the mods can remove if not allowed.

Does anyone happen to know why it would go like this?

Made a cbd balm with a 50/50 mix of cbd oil and shea butter, but it feels too oily to the touch. Will adding more shea butter help or is shea butter naturally oily/greasy feeling too?

Best DIY dry shampoo? I've tried cornstarch & cocoa powder but I'm not a fan of the smell of cocoa.

I've heard good things about arrowroot powder. I've also read you can add activated charcoal to darken the color. Is activated charcoal okay for the scalp though?

I have dark brown hair for reference. Trying to find something safe that will work with the color of my hair!

Hi everyone,

I was in the US a couple of months and tried a product for my bald head that was amazing. It removed all shine, moisturized, and had SPF 50. I'm back in the EU now, and I'm struggling to find something that I like.

It's possible to import it, but it's way too expensive for me. So, I'm trying to recreate it (without the SPF).

The ingredients are:

• Organic brown rice
• Vitamin E Oil
• Jojoba Oil
• Demineralized water

I've tried preparing it in numerous ways, but for some reason I can't get the consistency right:

1. Mixing organic brown rice flour and the wet ingredients to create a paste (too grainy, no anti-shine effect)
2. Combining ingredients on the stove (okay texture, no anti-shine effect)

The texture I'm after is thick and wax-like. Once applied to the head, it's rubbed to cover the dome. And it's instantly anti-shine.

Any tips or recommendations on how I should proceed with the formula? Am I missing anything obvious?

I'm going to make diy body butter with shea butter and coconut oil , but I can't trust any seller here right now because last I got was dupe. Now im going to buy shea butter from this seller hoping it will be a genuine product. The problem is if I should buy 250 gram or 500 gram because I'm not only going to make body butter but also lip balm and deodorant.

Hi everyone, I’m trying to dupe my favorite hair leave-in product. In my first attempts it got separated until I learned how to adjust the pH. However, I recently noticed that the second ingredient in the original is isopropyl myristate, which I didn’t use. Does it help with stability? Because I want to reduce my use of acidifiers

I plan to make a pH 5 - 5.5 toner to combat the effects of my hard water and have placed an order from Lotioncrafters but am wondering if a chelating agent will be needed due to the presence of botanical extracts?

The planned formula (exact percentages to be determined) is:

Distilled water

Glycerine

Green tea extract

Snow mushroom Complex

Licorice extract

Allantoin

Panthenol

(Preservative will be liquid Germall Plus or Germaben II depending on what works best for my sensitive skin.)

Here is where my questions start. I plan to bring this formula down to pH 5 - 5.5 as a last step and am unsure whether to use lactic acid or citric acid.

Finally whether I need a chelator? In that case I wonder whether I should use citric acid as a dual chelator and pH adjuster OR lactic acid for pH and Disodium EDTA as a chelator?

Perhaps a chelator is not necessary at all? Is there a certain % of botanical extracts under which one isn’t necessary? Thank you for your assistance.

This is a bit of a strange situation. About 10 years ago I was having a horrible time with my skin which reacted to everything I tried and had issues with seb derm. I eventually saw a dermatologist who sold me her in-house glycerine mist which quite miraculously healed my skin. It turned out that glycerine was what my skin can been dying for all along. However the derm stopped practicing so I had the mist recreated for me by an overseas company at quite a high cost. For the first time in my life I was able to add actives, vitamin C, increasingly strong retinoids and AHAs to my routine and honestly couldn’t believe it, it felt like a miracle. As long as my first step was the glycerine mist my skin could take just about anything.

Recently I decided to experiment with commercially available, high glycerine hydrating toners/mists products to save money. I looked for simple products with short ingredient lists that, on paper, really shouldn’t cause any harm. To my horror, my skin started to itch and flare up after ten years of perfection! I returned to my custom mist as the first step and my skin settled right back down again. It’s actually crazy, I just don’t get it but I guess I shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth!

I love my custom mist and realize now that it’s literally essential for my skin. It’s relatively simple and something I think I could make myself instead of shelling out so much money for but I need a little help.

Honestly, it’s the only product I am interested in lmaking myself but I’m terrible at math (dyscalculia) so would be immensely grateful for help turning this recipe into something workable. I’m not too sure how to turn these percentages into weights and what order to do things in. I know for a fact the 10% glycerine is right but have approximated some of the other percentages from Lotioncrafters etc.

Your help would be immensely appreciated!

Distilled water Glycerin 10% Vegemoist 3-7% Panthenol-D 3% Allantoin .5% Licorice 2-5% Leucidal SF 2-4% (Lactobacillis Ferment) AMTicide Coconut Lactobacillus 2-4% Potassium Sorbate .3% PH 5.5 (lactic acid drops)

i want to create a shampoo and conditioner that is made up of basically all powder ingredients and only 1 or 2 liquid ingredients (hence why i call it a dough). can someone have a look at the ingredients have listed and let me know how i could improve it thanks. (i am very new and unfamiliar with cosmetics so please keep that in mind) :)

shampoo:

Sodium benzonate

Xantham gum/ HEC

SLSA

Coco betaine

Canatonic guar gum

sodium pca

Citric acid

Mica (for colour)

butter milk powder

CONDITIONER

butter milk powder

sodium pca

Cannatonic guar gum

Hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC)

Bentonite clay

Citric acid

Xanthan gum

Mica

I'll be making body butter, I'm just confused to use a glass jar. I wanna try those glass jar with metal clip on top. But it's kinda expensive here. Right now I don't have any container to store my body butter.

I often find myself looking at labels of products with ingredients ive never heard of and think, "How did they find these specific ingredients for this purpose?".

Do they just use Google, and search "Good conditioning ingredients" for their product? Most likely not, but that's what I mean. How do you guys know which ones to use, there's literally tens of thousands of ingredients. I'm working on a sort of conditioner/hair serum right now, but I've been wondering this forever! I always end up just googling/watching videos but my formulas come out basic and it's much harder to find ingredients that match the criteria I'm looking for, and then figuring out how to combine them in a way to get the ideal final product :/

Would greatly appreciate any help as always!

I am trying to formulate a cream that hydrates, moisturizes, is anti-aging and brightens dark spots. Besides the good oils emulsifier, and emollients I want to add Hyaluronic Acid, an active called Fission Active Bright, from from Lotioncrafters, (INCI: water, hydrolyzed oat protein, Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, alpha-arbutin), and another containing natural AHAs, from Formulator Sample Shop called FFS Fruit mix (INCI: Water Water, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract). Should I consider/worry about how all these acids would interact with each other? Are there guidelines I could follow? Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Could not find anything like this when I searched, new to sub, hope this is not repetitive or not allowed.

I’ve started making my own lip oils (for my own use) and everything is going pretty well, learning little by little. While perfecting the formula I have been packaging my trials in inexpensive lip gloss tubes I found on either Temu or Shein ( somewhere like that, you get the idea) I genuinely have been having trouble finding small packs with the doe foots I like (for reference I wanted something that matched the NYX Fat Oil applicator) anywhere else, (I don’t need bulk supplier amounts) but so far the quality is hit and miss. One cracked, the others have squeaky lids, found one that I haven’t filled but feels solid, but is now out of stock, etc. I know I could keep trying but I don’t want to waste product just to find that the tube will break and spill it all over, or arrive and the lid fits annoyingly.

Can anyone recommend a place to buy a tube with this type of wand that they have used that works well? (If they are from sites like Temu or Shein, that’s not a problem but I’d want to know which specific listing to pick.) *Must ship to Canada