Balm drying with ‘grease’ spots

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AmsterdamSoaper

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Hello everyone,

I am in the midst of formulating a new balm, somehow it is drying with ‘oily/greasy’ stains. You could already see them forming when it was still liquid in the container, as it dries it did not go away.

Rough Ratio’s:
25%Shea butter
33% coconut oil

27% soft oils which include
Grapeseed
Rosehip
Buckthorn
Vitamine e

15% beeswax

I have never experienced this but have seen it sometimes on images online.

Now that I am rechecking my recipe, before in another recipe I have used 20% beeswax. Could it that I used too little?

Curious to hear if anyone else has experienced this.
 
Have only had this issue one time. The droplets reabsorbed into the balm. To determine if more beeswax would help take one small portion and remelt. Weigh balm and added beeswax so there is record of what was changed. Could be excess essential oils. When I find my recipe and pics will edit this post. Good luck.
Edited with pics and recipe
The recipe that “wept” did not contain any beeswax It had two butters (tucuma and mango). Plum oil, vitamin E, stearic acid, benzoin resin, cardamom EO, and was infused with alkanet bark. Original recipe from HumbleBeeandme Sugar Plum Body Butter. See pics. It dried down and the top remained a bit mottled. Otherwise still very very nice. Kept for my own use. Colors are different due to lighting.
Hopefully this helps.
 

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