Guest guest Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 I have a recipe for stick deodorant which is solid fats (cocoa butter and coconut oil), castor oil, and beeswax. It also calls for grapefruit-seed extract; I assume this is a preservative. Does it really need preserving? Does the beeswax have some water content? Or the cocoa butter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 > > I have a recipe for stick deodorant which is solid fats (cocoa butter > and coconut oil), castor oil, and beeswax. It also calls for > grapefruit-seed extract; I assume this is a preservative. Does it > really need preserving? Does the beeswax have some water content? Or > the cocoa butter? > The oils do not need perservative, perhaps some ROE but I wouldn't use that either. The oils you are using are stable oils and the ROE would just be extra. Jane adobesoapworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 >I have a recipe for stick deodorant which is solid fats (cocoa butter > and coconut oil), castor oil, and beeswax. It also calls for > grapefruit-seed extract; I assume this is a preservative. Does it > really need preserving? Does the beeswax have some water content? Or > the cocoa butter? I do not think that either the beeswax or the cocoa butter have a water content. Maybe it is being used as an antibacterial agent. Sandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 > > I have a recipe for stick deodorant which is solid fats (cocoa butter > and coconut oil), castor oil, and beeswax. It also calls for > grapefruit-seed extract; I assume this is a preservative. Does it > really need preserving? Does the beeswax have some water content? Or > the cocoa butter? > Hi Adam, everyone, One company I know states that grapefruit seed extract is a " broad spectrum anti-microbial compound. Environmentally safe, low toxic. Bactericide, fungicide, anti-viral and antiparasitic. " Another company states that grapefruit seed extract is an antioxidant - this is what I thought it was too - to help stop fats and oils from oxidising / becoming rancid. For a stick deodorant, in contact at least once a day with armpits populated with all kinds of physiological [normal] microbial life-forms, I'd be inclined to use the grapefruit seed extract! I'd want to help keep the stick from becoming a little breeding ground for all those buglies. The extract is in quite a few 'natural' body care products in Australia, and to my knowledge, causes very few problems. Have fun with that one Adam... hope it works well... I don't think I've ever seen a wax/fat based stick deodorant. Margi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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