3 Questions

How could I improve

Ewan Kwoh: You don’t need to put many shea butters.

Jeong-hoon Make more to full one stick

William Pan: Make More

Michal Chen Add more essential oil

William C: Make more, if you sell it greater than market price to the custom, they probably will give you 五星差评.

How much would this be worth  irl ( American currency )

Jeong-hoon 4$

Ewang Kwoh $7

William Pan $3

William C: >5$( sell it a bit greater than market price)

Michal Chen 4$

what is good

Ewang Kwoh smell and smooth

Jeong-hoon smell and texture

William Pan Make more

William C: Smells like Shampoo. Personally, I like smell.

Feels like Vaseline lotion, smooth and slimy.

Michal Chen very smooth

 

How I would improve

I would improve by next time Adding the water in the beaker outside of the one I’m melting.

When I was cooking my lip balm, I added the water inside the beaker currently being melted which was a big problem. Instead, I should have added water outside of the beaker being boiled so I could better heat it up. Next time, I wouldn’t make the same error.

Chapstick ingredients

Active ingredients White Petrolatum 45% Skin Protectant-This medication is used as a moisturizer to treat or prevent dry, rough, scaly, itchy skin and minor skin irritations

Inactive ingredients

Arachidyl Propionate-Arachidyl Propionate is a “specialty wax” used in cosmetic and toiletry products to provide emollience, lubricity, gloss, and film-forming capabilities to the finished products.

Camphor-It can be used topically to relieve pain, irritation, and itching.

Carnauba Wax-Carnauba wax is used as a hardener for other waxes and to raise the melting points of wax mixtures.

Cetyl Alcohol-Cetyl alcohol helps prevent creams from separating into oil and liquid.

Fragrance-The flashpoint of candle fragrance oil is the temperature at which point it becomes combustible if exposed to a spark or flame.

Isopropyl Lanolate-Isopropyl Lanolate is a mixture of isopropyl esters of lanolin acids, which are derived from natural lanolin obtained from the wool of sheep.

Isopropyl Myristate-Isopropyl myristate is a moisturizer with polar characteristics used in cosmetics and topical medical preparations to ameliorate skin absorption.

Lanolin-It is used in lip balms such as the cult favorite Lanolips because of its highly emollient properties and ability to prevent water loss.

Light Mineral Oil-Mineral oil is a great additive in winter lotions, body butter, creams, and other cosmetics intended to protect the skin and lock in moisturize.

Octyldodecanol-Octyldodecanol helps reduce foaming in liquid formulas like makeup removers or foundations.

Oleyl Alcohol-Octyldodecanol helps to form emulsions and prevent an emulsion from separating into its oil and liquid components.

Paraffin-paraffin wax is used in beauty products because it has a melting point close to natural human body temperatures

Phenyl Trimethicone-Provides non-oily, emolliency and allows natural skin transpiration through a soft invisible film.

Red 6 Lake-colors used in the formulation of blushers, face powders, lipstick, and other makeup products

Titanium Dioxide-Pigment-grade titanium dioxide is used in some cosmetics to aid in hiding blemishes and brightening the skin.

White Wax-White wax is like yellow wax that has been breached by being rolled thinly and exposed to light and air, or bleached by chemical oxidants

Yellow 5 Lake-A synthetic coloring agent approved for use in foods, drugs, and cosmetics.