I Compared 6 Emulsifiers, Here’s What Happened 

Yes , please make a video about soaping because it’s so annoying

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I need to try the ritamulse one but I find it hard to buy on my country 😢 I tried the BTMS-50 but it made my skin itchy and red.

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4 of these are non-PEG 😉 That said; the concern usually brought up in regard PEGs is the potential contamination with 1,4-dioxane. 1,4-dioxane is NOT an ingredient in PEGs. Think of it a bit like M. bovis (a bacterial species of the M. tuberculosis complex); this is not an ingredient in milk, it's a potential contaminant, and steps are taken to reduce that contaminant, which is why we generally do not worry about contracting tuberculosis from milk anymore. 1,4-dioxane a well-known potential contaminant, and the industry works hard to reduce that contamination as much as possible. This is true for a lot of ingredients, and is one reason why the grade of an ingredient is important. For example, the allowable concentrations for mercury and lead in iron oxides is much lower in cosmetic grade iron oxides than in industrial grade. There's more information here (www.cosmeticsinfo.org/ingredients/14-dioxane/) that includes discussion on concentration and dosage-something a lot of websites don't discuss, which is crazy when dose is critically important when determining whether or not an ingredient is unsafe. The European Commission Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety concluded "1,4-dioxane amounts in cosmetic products are considered safe for consumers at trace levels of ≤10 ppm". The Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate sold by Lotion Crafter is declared to comply with this-and on top of that, you wouldn't be applying that ingredient directly to the skin, so anything you'd actually encounter would be even less concentrated. In short, I am not worried about PEGs :)

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I just used the soft and silky wax last night for the first time and so far I have not experienced any soaping. I did, however use ver little, as my original formula is already thick without it. I am curious if the amount used and the other ingredients amount make a big difference.

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Which one is "that"? This video tests six different emulsifiers.

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I use Wholesale Supplies Plus Traditional eWax

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It's impossible to say without having your entire formulation, but I'd try less fatty thickeners and/or less butters. That rubbery feeling you're mentioning can be caused by using more butters than liquid emollients. Good luck!

See the inci

The INCI for Polawax is Emulsifying Wax NF; I didn't test it because the original formulation used Emulsifying Wax NF :)

@@HumblebeeAndMe Just to clarify - in your video on Emulsifying wax NF a year ago, you mention Polawax as a different emusifier than Emulsifying wax NF??

@@shirleyedwards1490 It's a bit of an odd situation... all Polawax is Emulsifying Wax NF, but not all Emulsifying Wax NF is Polawax. We know Polawax meets the Emulsifying Wax NF monograph, but the manufacturer doesn't share the INCI. In my experience using them, the performance is nearly identical.

@@HumblebeeAndMe Thank you so much. All makes sense now

Were you using Marie's recipe?

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Unfortunately, beeswax is one of the most frequently adulterated ingredients on the market, often cut with other much cheaper and easier to obtain waxes; sometimes "beeswax" doesn't even contain any genuine beeswax at all when analyzed. This explains why beeswax can seem incredibly variable in its behavior, not behaving as beeswax should with respect to melting point and other aspects, when otherwise it would be virtually the same every time. Def make sure you're buying your beeswax only from very reputable vendors who stand behind the purity of their products. Hopefully you've already been able to come up with a good body butter formulation for your SO since you posted this a while ago.

This sounds like a great elimination experiment... just with disappointing results :( To continue the experiment, I'd try other cationic ingredients like behentrimonium chloride, some polyquats, and cationic guar gum. Hopefully you can find something conditioning that works for you 🤞🏻

@@HumblebeeAndMe thank you for your response, I will stick with it :)

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The INCI for Polawax is Emulsifying Wax NF; I didn't test it because the original formulation used Emulsifying Wax NF :)

@@HumblebeeAndMe Ooooh OK. I understand. It's a complete emulsifier.

I didn't because it isn't :) Here's the relevant section of the script: "Today we’ll be testing 2 natural emulsifying waxes: Ritamulse SCG and Olivem 1000; 2 cationic ones: BTMS-25 and BTMS-50 (I’ve pre-ground both of these so they melt faster)..."