MsDammit Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hello everyone! I'm a newbie, just wanna say i find this forum extremely helpful. I have been playing around with different whipped shea butter recipes and have been finding them too greasy. I just made a batch using half ready made base and half shea butter and it turned out awesome-thick, creamy, and not at all greasy. My question refers to labeling-how do i list the INCI ingredients-can i list the shea butter first and then the ingredients of the base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniejr Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 What base are you talking about? What are the ingredients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I would say if you used 1/2 shea then yes you can list shea first because the first ingredient in the other 1/2 (the base) can't be more than the amount of shea you put in. Hope that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 ummm i'm not sure off hand whats in the base-but its a lotion base i got from essentialsbycatalina.com. I was thinking the same about putting the shea first, but just wanted to make sure someone else agreed with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherie Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Here's the ingredient list:Ingredient statement: Deionized water, aloe vera, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, silk protein, peg-100 myristate, Vitamin E, dimethicone, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, allantoin, panthenol, Vitamin A, Vitamin D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Welcome to the board! See those "paraben" ingredients? Those are preservatives designed to inhibit the growth of mold and bacteria in a product containing water, such as a lotion base. I'm wondering how additional ingredients added to the base might affect the preservative system? Especially at such a high rate as you're using. You might want to check into that first. I guess what I'm saying is that I am wondering if that lotion base was designed to handle extra additions besides maybe a little fragrance? I have not investigated this lotion base so I don't know much about it. Just going by the ingredients listing here. :-)Hope that's helpful! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 hmmmm...good point crafty, i think i'll email em and ask, lol. On another note, does anyone know where to get those cute little plastic milk jugs? I saw them once @wholesalesupplies but they dont have them anymore:undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Someone has milk jugs for sale in the classified section right now.HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 Drat! I can't seem to find them in the classifieds:undecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 ok, the base ingredients are:deionized waterceterayl alcohol & cetearth 10glyceryl monostearateisopropyl palaitatealoe veratriethanolaminetetrasodium EDTAmethyl parabenpropyl parabenreceived an email from CS@essentials and they said "We recommend no more than 7% because it has not been tested for longterm stability. In other words wether it will seperate or break down over time. As for the preservatives,that all depends on the Shea butter. If you are buying it from us then it is highly refined so this should not be an issue. If you are buying from another source we recommend you ask them if it requires preservatives." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Drat! I can't seem to find them in the classifieds:undecidedI know I saw them yesterday. Maybe they sold. Sorry to get you hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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