Hello all! Been reading through these forums for a long long time now! First time that I'm posting! ![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Can someone look over my body lotion/cream formula and let me know why my lotion (very thick lotion, feels sort of like a cream) gets lumpy when the temperature dips? Very very tiny lumps (see photo). Feel like maybe they are shea butter bits that have solidified in the cold (even when temp drops below 25-26 deg C, it happens). When I rub the lotion into the skin, the lumps disappear and it smoothens very well.
I suspect something might be wrong with my technique rather than the formula?
I mix the xanthan gum and glycerin together and leave them to sit for 20-30 mins. I heat the distilled water and the oil phase separately to around 75 deg C each and then mix them in. I add the glycerin xanthan gum mixture after mixing the 2 phases together. Thereafter I use a stick blender and then again stick blend every 30-45 mins (I'm from India. Gets quite warm here and takes forever for the mixture to cool down). When the mixture cools down to below 30 deg C, I mix in Vit E, oat protein, the preservative and the essential oils.
Am I doing something wrong with my technique? Or do i need more Emulsifier? Or should I heat and hold (even though I've read sooo many posts about how that's not necessary)? Any other thoughts? Much appreciated. Thanks guys!![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: 😊](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
59.94% Distilled Water
3.00% Glycerin
0.20% Xanthan gum
12.00% Shea Butter
10.00% Fractionated Coconut Oil
2.00% Olive Squalane
3.00% Sweet Almond Oil
7.00% Olivem 1000
1.00% Vit E
1.00% Geogard
0.75% Orange Essential Oil
0.10% Clove Essential Oil
0.01% Cinnamon Essential Oil
![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Can someone look over my body lotion/cream formula and let me know why my lotion (very thick lotion, feels sort of like a cream) gets lumpy when the temperature dips? Very very tiny lumps (see photo). Feel like maybe they are shea butter bits that have solidified in the cold (even when temp drops below 25-26 deg C, it happens). When I rub the lotion into the skin, the lumps disappear and it smoothens very well.
![20230622_163421.jpg 20230622_163421.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/soapmakingforum/data/attach/70/70055-20230622-163421.jpg)
I suspect something might be wrong with my technique rather than the formula?
I mix the xanthan gum and glycerin together and leave them to sit for 20-30 mins. I heat the distilled water and the oil phase separately to around 75 deg C each and then mix them in. I add the glycerin xanthan gum mixture after mixing the 2 phases together. Thereafter I use a stick blender and then again stick blend every 30-45 mins (I'm from India. Gets quite warm here and takes forever for the mixture to cool down). When the mixture cools down to below 30 deg C, I mix in Vit E, oat protein, the preservative and the essential oils.
Am I doing something wrong with my technique? Or do i need more Emulsifier? Or should I heat and hold (even though I've read sooo many posts about how that's not necessary)? Any other thoughts? Much appreciated. Thanks guys!
![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: 😊](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
59.94% Distilled Water
3.00% Glycerin
0.20% Xanthan gum
12.00% Shea Butter
10.00% Fractionated Coconut Oil
2.00% Olive Squalane
3.00% Sweet Almond Oil
7.00% Olivem 1000
1.00% Vit E
1.00% Geogard
0.75% Orange Essential Oil
0.10% Clove Essential Oil
0.01% Cinnamon Essential Oil