Hi all. I have a lip balm formulation dilemma and I'm hoping you can help me because I'm trying not to take the easy way out. Has anyone experienced differences in your products due to different beeswax suppliers?
I have a lip balm recipe that is great. It's exactly how I want it. HOWEVER...
I was using beeswax from Amazon to create my lip balm, but want to support a "small" supplier.
I got some from WSP while I looked for a new supplier, but it created a harder texture, so I added more oil and it came out fine.
Then I found a beekeeper and bought a pound of their beeswax, excited to support a farmer...but I CAN NOT get my recipe to work. It's so hard with no glide, and gradually increasing the oils just makes it go from way too hard to too oily.
If it helps, my recipe (with Amazon beeswax) is 1.50 oz beeswax and 3.55 oz (liquid at room temp) oils
I considered adding cocoa butter, but I had issues with blooming in the past.
I want so badly to support a small local business, but I don't understand why there is such a huge difference between the beeswax I've been buying on Amazon and beeswax "from the source"...and honestly that's a bit concerning.
Any help you can give me would be great! Thanks!
I have a lip balm recipe that is great. It's exactly how I want it. HOWEVER...
I was using beeswax from Amazon to create my lip balm, but want to support a "small" supplier.
I got some from WSP while I looked for a new supplier, but it created a harder texture, so I added more oil and it came out fine.
Then I found a beekeeper and bought a pound of their beeswax, excited to support a farmer...but I CAN NOT get my recipe to work. It's so hard with no glide, and gradually increasing the oils just makes it go from way too hard to too oily.
If it helps, my recipe (with Amazon beeswax) is 1.50 oz beeswax and 3.55 oz (liquid at room temp) oils
I considered adding cocoa butter, but I had issues with blooming in the past.
I want so badly to support a small local business, but I don't understand why there is such a huge difference between the beeswax I've been buying on Amazon and beeswax "from the source"...and honestly that's a bit concerning.
Any help you can give me would be great! Thanks!