Can I easily add honey to this without any difficulty? Hopefully you can help me with this! I read through the comments and read about someone who doesnt like the coconut oil but my skin actually cant handle it. So I am on a quest to find something natural to moisturize and heal my skin with the goal being to at least make it feel better if not actually heal it. Im finding it too greasy. Olive oil - 35%. Is that even possible? Ive been meaning to write this post for ages, Im so glad youre finding it useful Its easy to forget how much chemistry is involved in all these DIY projects, and while Im hardly keen to get out my periodic table again (ugh lol), remembering a few basic principles can really help. What a great article!! Coconut oil is an emollient, which means it has a moisturizing effect when applied directly to the skin. I am wanting to make a psoriasis cream from a rollerball recipe, 6 tbsp grapeseed oil equivalent to ? in shea butter. If youre making a lip gloss, youll want one that absorbs slowly so it will sit on your lips and look shiny. can I use olive oil or coconut oil instead of jojoba oil to make a lip scrub? It is a white, odorless semi-solid. Yes, you can definitely blend carrier oils . The butter is perfect. Both oils are in at least one of these charts? And GOD bless you for sharing your knowledge with us. Obviously shea butter is not a good sub. Shea butter will not provide the same smooth, thick/hard final product as cocoa butter will. Some are drying oils, some leave your skin feeling extra soft and not at all greasy. How do I know how much wax should I add? Shelf life: About 2 years, though this oil needs to be stored in a dark environment and in the refrigerator once opened. So, Id recommend making an emulsified product that includes a more interesting butter than hydrogenated soy oil (perhaps mango butter), and including some aloe vera juice in the water phase . Usage rate. Thanks again for this well done article! So, when youre trading ingredients, your first consideration should be if the replacement ingredient is the same consistency as the original at room temperature. When it comes to beeswax/borax emulsions (aka old fashioned cold creams) they are always going to be much heavier than lotions made with more modern emulsifiers. Marie on April 3, 2016 at 8:14 pm Hi Edita! I am making a salve for eczema and it calls for neem oil. Borage oil contains about 18% to 26% GLA. I thought it might be nice to offer clients over xmas. I do not like heaviness in oils. Hmm. It would not be a good substitution oil. Happy making! Not sure if they would blend well. Lip Balms: beeswax, cocoa butter, castor oil, avocado oil, coconut oil *some essential oils*. Hey Janie! So, heres where Im at. is there any scientific explanation? (aka goopy/ slidy messy on my mat or clothes..). Hello, hope you are enjoying Australia.. my parents just returned!!! Hi marie, I love your blog this is helpful in students of pharmacy. Im only a teen, by the way! If the borage seed oil helped reduce redness, the smell would be worth it. Even our oldest surfactant, Turkey Red Oil, is made by reacting sulfuric acid and castor oil. Sweet almond oil 3.5% Which oils are dry oils, and do most dry oils moisturize well? Thanks a bunch! I continued adding arrowroot but that ended up making it feel flour-y plus still greasy. Hmmm you could try thickening the coconut oil with a bit of beeswax, since youre probably using the coconut oil for all its fantastic anti this & that benefits , I have no problems with glycerin in toothpasteits a humectant, and it tastes sweet, which is always a bonus for anything that goes into your mouth . As to your question please dont do that if you want to make lip balm You will end up with a liquid (coconut oil melts at 24C and when combined with another liquid oil the final product is liquid unless your house is about 5C), with gritty bits of cocoa powder sunk to the bottom, and a blob of honey floating on top (honey is water soluble and will not easily emulsify with oils, especially without a thickened to stabilize the emulsion). Reading your post is like a 2 in one healing balm for me. Products that claim to treat conditions like eczema are considered drugs, and arent something you can DIY and sell. Borage tea is best made out of fresh leaves and flowers. For example, things like Germall Liquid Plus, according to my limited research is not vegan and I have a hard time finding a vegan preservative. Please PLEASE make another informative article on essential oils, extracts, and all. Now Foods, Borage Oil, 1.000mg, 120 Softgels, Lab-Tested, Soy Free, Gluten Free, Non-GMO : Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care this is so helpful for me. Babassu! Recipes that I find online usually call for coconut oil. Heres how to walk yourself through that. Soap is always going to be basic, and studies have shown repeated and ongoing exposure to high pH cleansers is not good for our acid mantle (https://simpleskincarescience.com/ph-acid-mantle/). thanks for that.. just one question D: .. when makin body butter, do you think i coul substitute shea butter with coconut oil? It is important to check the nutrients and this may help to decide which carrier oil can work best and if you may want to use an alternative. Id say shea butter is a bit stickier as well, but other than that Ive successfully used one for the other quite a lot recently. The general guideline is polawax at 25% of your oil phase, regardless of what oils or butters you use. It then occurred to me that I bought Orange EO as part of my EOs Starter Kit to myself. Just noticed that the natural is very dark in colour, what is the difference really? In full sun, they will grow to 2 to 3 feet tall and up to 24 inches wide. Coconut oil - 44%. In some cases, yesI wouldnt use water in recipes with high essential oil concentrations, especially if those EOs are irritating (something like tiger balm would be an example of that). Any recommendations for the almond oil substitute would be appreciated! by Marie | Jun 23, 2013 | Articles, Essential Reading, Featured Posts, Quick Guides | 326 comments. What is a substitute for savory leaves? In my attempts I made them with Camellia Seed, Jojoba oil. Borage is a hardy annual edible that is known for its beauty. I appreciate the clarification here. Or do you have any suggestions? So very helpful!! Borage is an Edible Crop. Thank you Lily for taking the time to respond o my query. , Hello, i am making bath bombs and the recipe calls for sweet almond oil and I was wondering if I could use coconut oil instead. What is a good replacement as a carrier for Emu Oil? Thank you so much. Its partly due to mites, fungal and bacterial. Also i had sent in a recipe request How long does it usually take to get to that list? Thanks for reading, Nicole! If you and your skin dont like it that is totally ok and normal I recommend checking out this section of my website. Im so enjoying this blog of yours! . Now I realize I will probably have to alter the amounts of my other ingredients when I make this swap in certain recipes like my stretch mark salve. a natural horse remedy i see uses the below and they are medium absorbtion, horses however down wear clothes! Thank you for the very informative post with all the proper substitutions! I need to avoid these for a relative with a tree nut allergy. Thanks for reading, Christina! My other suggestion would be to check out the list of advanced search results on psoriasis at NDA. Im glad you found it useful Be sure to check out my guide to essential oil substitutions as well! Even though the grapeseed oil is considered fast absorbing, it felt too greasy-feeling for my liking. You need around cup fresh borage leaves or flowers and one cup of hot, boiling water. Im from Malaysia and a newbie to having my own home-made lip-balm (my skin is sensitive to most of in-store products). I enjoyed this article so much! GRR! I am realizing not all cosmetic beeswax is the same. Thanks, Sarah! I am new to all this and still learning. I am highly allergic to tree nuts and have been asking about substituting coconut oil and not a one person gave me a good answer.your break down of liquid, soft, and brittle oils was PERFECT! (one of the recommendations is to use Grapefruit oil right before exercise.. thank you so much! If i will be melting the coconut oil, is it okay to substitute with olive oil? I do have an article on essential oils! I am VERY allergic to coconut and its derivatives which makes it impossible to buy most skincare products in the stores, and also very tricky to make my own. These two things are pretty closely tied, so Im grouping them together. Im assuming theres some sort of emulsification profile for various oils somewhere out there in internet land. A small 2014 study looked at the effectiveness of coconut oil for treating eczema in patients between the ages of 1 and 13. Supplementation of nursing mothers with borage seed oil increases the breastmilk content of gamma-linolenic acid and dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid, but not arachidonic acid. Honestly, that recipe sounds bad. I want to make a concoction for excema on my cousins feet. Hey Dawn! Hopefully something in there is helpful. If you have anything to add (Im sure Ive forgotten something) or have any questions about something I forgot to cover, feel free to comment below!Save. Im using a hinged wooden loaf mold that makes 12 1 thick bars that are 3.5wide x 2 high. I found some recipes for it online and they were just shredded, dried coconut run through a blender, like peanut butter. One of the main reasons to grow borage in your garden is as an edible crop. What substitute would you recommend? Or should I just use less grapeseed oil perhaps half the amount? cold pressed Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil (Sweet Almond). When you replace an oil in a soap recipe, you want to choose an oil that is as similar as the original oil as possible. GLA is also found in borage oil and black currant oil. It seems like everything is derived from coconut. FYI, most people who have nut allergies are not allergic to coconuts as they are not botanically nuts Coconut is not a botanical nut; it is classified as a fruit, even though the Food and Drug Administration recognizes coconut as a tree nut. But the time from applying to drying is annoying. LOVE your post. And if not, do you where I can purchase it in the us? You do you. However, there is limited research to support its effectiveness . are also problematic for you. I tend to think coconut oil is really over-hyped in the DIY world. If you want to, seek out information from qualified educators like the Tisserand Institute . Borage plant parts including the leaf, flower, and seed can contain PAs. Thankyou Marie. Perhaps it would be best if you looked at technology from a time when coconuts were not ubiquitous? They make lovely gifts! Ive made many of your recipes with much success. If you have any other questions/entries youd like to see, feel free to pass the ideas along , Hi Im making this recipe for acne and scars. You cannot incorporate honey as it is water soluble; youll have great difficulty as itll refuse to blend in. Borage ( Borago officinalis ), also known as starflower, bee bush, bee bread, and bugloss, is a medicinal herb with edible leaves and flowers. Wow, I have read hundreds of blogs but I havent NEVER posted or commented on one. If not, do I have to mix the Orange EO with a CO, apply that like a serum, and THEN use my face lotion as normal? Can you give any ideas on how to make it a firm Chapstick consistancy? I LOVE the smell of it and want to know more about the speed of absorption. Any tips on what would be the best ingredients to make this cream/lotion? But ALL the easy, waterless, recipes have it!!!!! The nut oils are just as widely varied as any other kind of oil, so you will have to make a one-by-one call on each based on their texture, melting point, absorbency speed, etc.as outlined above . I dont know if I am making a good decision removing olive and sweet almond oil, or whether I should keep them in the mix along with all the others. DO you know which carrier oils would be the thickest consistency? I love the recipes just not that specific ingredient lol, You can also look it up in the encyclopedia for other ideas . Sweet almond oil is a liquid oil with an average absorption speed, so any other liquid oil with an average absorption speed will work. Could I use shea butter instead of mango butter? That was a relief to know that I can use shea butter in place of coconut oil. Any insight would be much appreciated by my itchy skin! Or should I stick to my original blend ? Thank you for all the information. This is because shea butter is soft and sticky at room temperature, whereas cocoa butter is smooth and brittle, like a bar of dark chocolate. It is primarily comprised of linoleic and -linolenic acid. well suited for use on dry, mature and sun damaged skin. 2.) Im looking for a good substitute for jojoba oil. Your list is very useful in this regard, but I have one remaining qualification for the replacement: how fast will be it become rancid? I am very fair and acne prone. I make lip balms and face creams using a blend of sweet almond, extra virgin olive, and coconut oil, along with beeswax and cocoa butter. GLA is an essential fatty acid that's important for maintaining a joint's cell structure and function. But the absobstion speed is sooooo slow. Thanks, Hi Dana! To create gluten-free versions of foods that usually contain gluten is typically a pretty involved process requiring a complete re-formulation from the ground up, taking into account the lack of gluten from the get-go. Is there something else that can be substituted for this?? Im thrilled to hear it, Susan Enjoy all all your new DIY concoctions! I believe carrier oils should be used in line with the purpose or what one is trying to achieve. There is zero guarantee Ill ever make anything suggested to me. It can be lovely, but its certainly not an everything to everyone ingredient as its frequency of use might have you think! Any suggestions for a substitute for beeswax in lipbalm? It may help with weight loss maintenance. What do you think about this combination. If you have a lotion recipe or deodorant one especially, please post it! Hmmm. With cocoa butter being a brittle oil, im worried that it may have some of the same properties as the wax and cause the salve to be too hardbut since its a butter, the melting point is closer to the coconut oil! In body butters recipes call for shea, cocoa and mango butter.. What can I use in place of mango butter? Mango butter is closer to shea butter in that its quite thick and has a higher melting point, so Id save that for other projects Thanks for reading! I would not use neem oil in anything that wasnt to repel insects, basically (or designed to take advantage of any of neem oils other benefitsit is said to be good for problematic skin conditions as well). So informative and easy to read and understand. Is there a substitution for Olus Oil? From my quick googling it sounds like colza oil is more or less canola oil I have used canola oil in soap with good results, but I know some people have reported quick DOS-ing with it. First off, LOVE this article. This is a type of oil that is suitable for high heated cooking but has a lower smoking point than avocado oil. Hello, I have been trying all your DIY projects and I love them! What category do they come under in terms of absorption, and can I use them as substitutes for say, almond oil, if you think its still a good idea to keep it in the mix? Its a very prevalent ingredientso much so that simple substitutions really arent going to cut it. Youve got carrot oil and carrot seed oil (essential oils) which dont actually contain any Vitamin A. The strongest evidence for EPO use is for treating eczema. Hi! That is to say, old-fashioned soap and beeswax/borax emulsions. Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate also appears to be synthetic. Is it ok to substitute apricot oil for the coconut? Thank you. 1 tablespoon Fullers Earth I love your site and videos. You really do have a gift:). I have a couple of questions that I hope you could answer. Making a salve harder does help with preventing over-application, so more wax may help . But the coconut oil makes me break out like CRAZY! What does it feel like to you and do you want that feeling in your end product? Borage seed oil is POSSIBLY SAFE when taken by mouth or applied to the skin appropriately.. Borage seed oil is LIKELY UNSAFE when products containing a dangerous chemicals called pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are taken by mouth. cold pressed Cucurbita pepo L.(Pumpkin Seed) I began researching all kinds of vitamin-c infused serums, trying to find one that was a decent price but all the while meeting its expectations. Hi Deborah! The most important purpose after being the base of every formulation is consistency. I mix castor, sweet almond, jojoba, rosehip seed and grapeseed oils with essential oils. Ive never worked with illipe butter, but from what Ive read it is one of very few acceptable swaps with cocoa butter . Hi Bella! Please note that nothing on this site has been designed or tested for large scale manufacturing or re-sale, and attempting to sell anything made from recipes on this website is a bit foolish and at your own risk. I managed to make a scaled down batch of naked salve and found out that the amount of cocoa butter that I substituted in does make it softer. Use it in your soap recipe at up to 33%. It can make an effective substitution for cocoa butter, as they both have a somewhat brittle texture. Starflower oil, also referred to as borage oil or borage seed oil, is derived from the seeds of the borage plant . What do I need more or less of? cold pressed Camelina sativa (Camelina), Speed of absorption is also very important. Like BBQ sauce or something. Read up on em and see what sounds good , Thanks Marie! It's lightweight, and non-greasy, but . Sick of the chemicals all around me and wanna go natural. I have a question. I understand that you just use argan oil as a face moisturizer. Ill try one of these. Does your formula contain at least 10% wax. I got your book and Im wondering a sub for the coconut oil in the vegan lipstick, any suggestions? Please post it!!!!!!!!!!!!!... 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