How to incorporate a hydrophilic ingredient in a balm

Logically and theoretically oil and water do not blend and if you want to blend them, you need a match maker such as a W/O or O/W emulsifier.

Most DIYers however do not want to go through the pain of emulsification and prefer making anhydrous products such as balms and butters. So far, so good. Anhydroud products are on the rise and extremely popular at the moment because:

• you don't need a preservative
• it's easier to make compared with an emulsion
• you don't use and transport water which is a precious resource

However, these DIYers decide to add hydrophilic ingredients such as aloe gel, honey, glycerin, panthenol etc to their balms and butter to add additional benefits to their products.

The problem is: oil and water do not blend without any match-maker. Even if you can not see what happens inside the butter or you do not run any stability test on the butter, it doesn't mean that your product remains intact, safe and effective.

To show you what happens when you add a hydrophilic ingredient in a balm or butter, we used a colourful hydroglyceric extract (beetroot extract) in a balm in 3 different methods:

• no match maker at all
• using Acticire from Gattefosse (probably soon to be availabe on our online shop)
• using our own neocare p3R

As expected, the one without a match maker didn't work where as the ones with the match maker worked perfectly.

Watch this video for the details.

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