Now move the other saucepan to the scale and weigh out the oils without letting the containers touch the pan or disinfected work surface. Optiphen: can only be substituted with another broad-spectrum . listing of the absorption rates of several oils, 12 ounces sunflower oil (Since sunflower oil is slow absorbing, you might want to use half sunflower oil and half of a "dry" slow-absorbing oil, such as hazelnut oil. If you don't correct for water lost through evaporation, additives, fragrance, and the preservative will be present in the finished product in percentages that may be too high. Once the oils are melted, you can remove them from heat. When my daughter became a beekeeper, a beekeeper friend gave her his own special salve with propolis, and she loves that too. If you want to evaluate how such a substitution will likely work out, see how these substitutions plug in to the "Lotion and Body Butter Cheat Sheet.". Then, combine the water and glycerin in a separate heat-safe container. The last time a I made a batch of this body butter, I added two more ounces of glycerin, 4 ounces of Aloe Vera, and 1 1/2 more ounces of SL--which added 7 1/2 ounces of liquid to the water phase. A fatty alcohol we use as a thickener in lotions, salves, body butters, and more. This way you avoid damaging the more delicate liquid oils. What a difference! Once fully melted, heat for 20 . Cetearyl Alcohol/Ceteareth-20. Glycerin is the most commonly used humectant, but some others are Honeyquat and sodium lactate. Here is a listing of the absorption rates of several oils. As a rule, shoot for your e-wax being 25% of your oil phase. Heat Phase A to 176F and hold while Phase B is heating. Perhaps I should do this experiment with different % in lotions. For the soft oils, use about half fast-absorbing and half slow-absorbing oils. In something like a body butter bar Ill often reduce the wax in a formulation and replace the lost thickening power with cetyl alcohol to give the end product better slip and skin feel. Any input before I set up this experiment. It melts at 50C (122F), which is slightly higher than cetyl alcohol ( 49.3C [120.7F]) and lower than stearic acid ( 69.3C [156.7F] ). Stick blend every 10-15 minutes until mixture becomes emulsified and below 100 F. Add Cool Down Phase ingredients and stick blend well to incorporate. Spray your gloves again. Just bought some finally, last week. (I don't know if this really comes out cheaper or not.). I think the extra SL and glycerin were a good idea too. The alcohols people typically worry about in skin care products are volatile liquid alcohols likeethanol or isopropyl alcohol. Store at below 77. It can crystallize and/or settle out in thinner anhydrous products. See the emulsified sugar scrub formula calculator to adjust amounts. Ensure the ceteryl alcohol is fully dissolved into your oil stage (use agitation if required) in order to minimise the risk of graininess in your final formulation. Remove the container from the heat. The oil that has the highest percentage of GLA is borage oil. Thought maybe the container, although that is washed out. Hi Marie, How odd indeed. Place the butter (s) in the glass bowl. This website participates in the Formula Botanica, Baraka Shea Butter, TKB Trading, and Amazon affiliate programs; as an Amazon Associate, Humblebee & Me earns from qualifying purchases. Everything that touches your ingredients (and finished body butter) needs to be germ-free. If you were going to use the Cheat Sheet to put together a recipe, your recipe might look like this: It is very important to use a preservative in oil-and-water emulsions like lotions and body butters. Mix thoroughly to ensure the cool down ingredients are fully incorporated into your body cream. it's a nice touch, but not critical. Spray your gloves again. Since this has water, any contamination will run rampant so be sure to use GMP and wear polypropylene gloves. For the thickener , I used stearic acid. Test it and see , hi marie! In order to answer that question youd need to know a lot more about what was in the soup! Have a great day! Let's, us understand the function and of each ingredient in the formulation. Happy making . Anyway, the skinny on this is that BTMS-50 is better because: 1. cocoa butter is also drier, a harder butter it is not too greasy. What a difference! Add the shea butter. Thank you Sharon! The thickener (cetyl alcohol) is about 1.3% instead of 3%. Youll have to do those experiments yourselfits already snowing here, so I cant offer much help! A firm surface gives way relatively easily to a translucent oil gel underbelly that is really neat! I love these posts! When I began making soap, I developed recipes with highly emollient propertiestriple-butter soaps with a high superfatwith my own kids' needs in mind. None of the other ingredients I suggest as additions to my body butter recipe are far outside the neutral pH range. . According to Susan, who has worked with it as a standalone, it sounds like they should work pretty well as alternatives , I really liked this ..the visuals were great ! When you do your ratios youre using oil to cetyl. Youll need lightweight thickening/hardening with lots of slip. Also would balms/salves benefit from using this as part of the beeswax? Ive been wanting to create a solid perfume, but dislike the waxy and oily feel beeswax always leaves behind. Seriously, I feel spoiled. Will it acumulate on your skin? Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on December 10, 2017: What a great collection of valuable information! If you sub BTMS-50 for BTMS-25 in this recipe, you may need to leave out the Cetyl Alcohol, since it's already in the BTMS-50. Whip using a handheld mixer or stand mixer until smooth and airy. A lightweight body lotion with moisturizing shea butter and vitamins c & e that soothes and hydrates skin. 35-40 degrees Celsius add the preservative. It would be nice to feel silky but still have that beeswax protection. Im afraid Ive never worked with it as a standalone ingredient so Im not really sure; Im only familiar with it as an ingredient in emulsifying waxes. Hi Marie, Haircare Skincare Formulas. Very inspiring! Steareth-20 (or 21) This is a Polyethoxylated Alcohol, which is a fatty alcohol derived from natural oils and fats and is known by it's INCI name, Steareth-20; This is a simple and effective emulsifyer; These specific ones are from a Canadian kitchen supply shop, so unless you live in Toronto thats not much help, but glass prep cups are widely available and super useful! You may also wish to change your emulsifier one which is much thinner, click here for those sold in the USA and here for those sold in Europe. Mix the water and glycerin in the other pan. If you are new to making lotions and body butters, your first question will be, "What exactly are these ingredients Emmajane speaks of?". The mixture will start out thin but will be quite thick once it's cooled to 100 F. Now weigh out your fragrance and Liquid Germall Plus in disinfected containers, add them to the mixture, and stick blend the heck out of it. Thank you for such a great explanation. Now spray your stick blender and utensils (spoons, knives, soup ladle, rubber scrapers) and set them on the work surface. Stearyl = C18 (C18H38O) Cetearyl = A blend of both. Thank you so much for your reply! Melt the oils, cetyl alcohol, and BTMS-50 in one pan. I had made it before but without the CA. GMP is something you do because you want to make a quality product you can be proud of--proud to gift, and proud to offer for sale. i know i should bug the beauty brains about this & i promise i will if theres any there there. If you want a glide lotion for your body or face, you'll want to use cetyl alcohol. Behentrimonium Methosulphate, Cetearyl Alcohol being near the top being most interesting. Definitely, and maybe Try it and see! Label, date, and cap your products when cooled to room temperature. Then, for the sake of science, I tried one. Add the stearic acid. She's tried many, many products over the years, suggested by friends who were fellow sufferers of dry skin. If you would like to make substitutions for the soft oils in this recipe, to customize it for your own needs or other special purposes, here is information on a wide variety of oils. These were simple preparations of my own invention, which were just oil-and-water emulsions, using liquid lecithin as the emulsifier. What is the INCI of your CA? Thanks, Belinda! The only other thing I changed from your recipe was leave out the silk and put some Ectoin into it. Use a preservative, unless you plan to keep the product refrigerated and use it up within one week. Then there are also some very spendy additives that I have not yet experimented with, such as hyaluronic acid and squalane. This experiment came to my mind when I designed and made cetyl alcohol thickened oilgel to milk scrub yesterday. The reason for the choice of soft oils and additives is given below--hopefully with enough additional information to allow you to customize your product in your own way. After making the Snowy Dawn Luminizer, I realized thats what I wanted the solid perfume to feel like upon application. Maybe the wax part in those beads? Consistency is key- in life, as it is in DIY natural deodorant. 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. Before we dive into the experiment, lets talk procedure. Yay! Start by heating your butter to approximately 120 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. It smells softly of coconuts and has slip for daaaaaays. Leave the lids off the jars until they have cooled to room temperature, so you don't get condensation on the inside of the jar. The second part of your question is like asking which is better, butter or oilits all a big it depends! Once these ingredients for your whipped body butter recipe have melted, remove from heat. 6% for a lotion or lighter cream. Hi! Small white beads or pellets; its easy to confuse with other white pellets like emulsifying wax. Add the cetyl alcohol. I sure hope it is not the useless kind Suki mentions!!! I use 5% beeswax in my emulsifying sugar scrubs and I dont like the waxy feel on my skin after using it. Stearic acid isnt a great alternative for cetyl alcoholyou can learn more about it here. In the list at the end of this article, I have given the absorption rates of most of the oils listed. 4% cetyl alcohol is also a pretty decent amount. These include a wide array of toiletries, including hand creams, shampoos, and body washes. Could I have heated the CA too much? (My guess would be that it also absorbs more quickly than cocoa butter.) Compare their appearance, texture and skin feel after another 24-48 hours. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. FYI, I want to slow get away from Emulsifying Wax and move over to Olivem 1000. Cetyl alcohol is a lubricant and thickening agent used in a variety of products. This one will drive you nuts, since it has a regular plethora of ingredients, so you may want to try the simple recipe above, or a simple recipe of your own before going all-in. Nothe entire base would have to be re-developed to use cetyl alcohol and I suspect it would negatively impact the application and adhesion as it would create a thinner, slicker final product. I love reading these! I use myrica fruit wax and when its in the process of cooling, it crystalizes a bit. . How to Make It. Paired with silky coconut oil and conditioning BTMS-50 this massage butter is utterly divine. Woo! These additions changed the texture quite a bit, making it much "lighter." My GMP makes me a nervous wreck as it is--but I really must try this in the future. I have a question , do we have to measure the PH level when we making a body butter? I would guess that the shelf-life is 6-12 months. Thanks Marie my mentor ! Only D-Panthenol is converted to Vitamin B5 and not the L-Panthenol. I agree with Belinda these experiments really help us understand the products we are using better. Perhaps for some of it, but not all; its quite thin and powdery, and we want our lipsticks to be at least a little bit thick and creamy so the colour applies well and stays put. Get out your two saucepans and spray those with IPA and wipe with paper towels. It is probably a pretty humdrum recipe. The CA I bought is called Cetyl Alcohol Wax Beads. I will continue to tweak the recipe till I get the desired consistency. Off to choose the next scenteither Egyptian musk or Amber & Sandalwood . Combine in a large glass bowl. After holding the water phase ingredients at 165 F. for 20 minutes, put your gloves back on a spray them with IPA. Add the broccoli seed oil. Thanks so much for this Marie! Heat both pans to 165 F, and hold at that temperature for 20 minutes. Theres great slip as I massage a bit into my arm, but it does seem like the slip is reducing in comparison to 1:2interesting. Give it a cursory glance and it looks like white dustteensy little moderately glossy blobs and specks of nothing all too exciting. If you needed to give a bit of body to an otherwise liquid oil serum or massage oil, this could be the way to do it. I must have been tired when I sent that message to you a while ago. But you should pay particular attention to the melting point of the butters you wish to use as the base of your body butter. Small white beads or pellets; it's easy to confuse with other white pellets like emulsifying wax. I just found som CA that bought months ago and forgot about it so Ill be using it in my lotion tomorrow. Hi.. One of Swiftcraftymonkey's blogs talks using this combination of ingredients to kind of re-create BTMS-50. First try and Im loving the results. #2. 5. Cetyl alcohol = thickener. It is often suggested that if you make this substitution, you will need to use double the amount. Cetyl Alcohol. If there's a drop of water in it, you need a preservative. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on December 21, 2017: Thank You!!! Cetearyl alcohol is most commonly made from vegetable oils, usually coconut, palm, corn or soy. I use cetyl alcohol. Want to help support Humblebee & Me? Please read the Substitutions list in the post. cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol etc.) 0.5-1% Vitamin E. 29%59.5% Carrier oil. I hope this clarifies our question about thickeners. Heat either in a double boiler, or at 30% powder in the microwave, until completely melted. The slip is divine; I can massage a nugget of it into my skin for upwards of thirty seconds and it just keeps moving in the loveliest, silky manner, leaving a smooth, non-greasy finish. Method: In a heat-resistant beaker, add ingredients from phase A. As an emollient, cetyl alcohol has the ability to soften and smooth flakiness on the skin, which helps to reduce rough, dry skin. So now let's plug that into the recipe: OILS PHASE 3% Castor Oil 4% Cocoa Butter 3% Kokum Butter 2% Shea oil (or butter) 3% BTMS 1.5% Cetyl alcohol. Thanks, Sharon! CA also has such a low melting point (49C) that it seems unlikely you wouldnt have melted it properly, otherwise your e-wax likely wouldnt have melted either. Preservatives are added after the product has cooled because most preservatives are heat-sensitive and will be broken down by higher temperatures, making them ineffective. 2. Carbomer is added slowly to water and mixed at 2500 rpms. that Marie extols the virtues of in her awesome c.a. Very neat! You could increase the water phase by adding aloe vera or a hydrosol, or just by adding more distilled water. Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, cetyl alcohol should last at least two years. Its also slightly translucent. Weigh the water phase to find out how much water was lost to evaporation and use the water from the saucepan of plain distilled water (which you also heated and held) to replace water lost through evaporation. (The only other difference is there is a small amount of moisturizer in BTMS-50--I forget what it is.) Cetearyl alcohol makes for a heavier, fluffier end product, so keep that in mind. Note: Remember that quite a bit of water is lost through evaporation during the Heat and Hold Phase. The percentage of use is slightly higher than MGS so 3.5 to 4% will do) Cetyl Alcohol - 0.8 Cetyl Palmitate - 0.7 Shea Butter - 6 Babassu Oil - 8 The reason for the increased emulsifier is that I used BTMS-25 instead of BTMS-50. 2% Fragrance oil. But yes, you can use cetearyl alcohol with BTMS-25 or BTMS-50. Ive been using cetyl alcohol in my lotions and now I better understand why I like it. Cetyl alcohol thickens and adds body to out concoctions as well as improving slip. Its lonely not having all the ingredients the cool kids are using. While there are other quaternary cationic polymers (I think several), I have no experience with how they perform. Faithful to Nature Shea Body Butter. Cetyl alcohol is a saturated fatty alcohol derived from coconuts, with a melting point of 49C (120F), which still doesnt sound all that exciting, frankly. I can scrape up some small, flakey shavings with a finger nail. 4.87 from 46 votes. (I think it's good to spray the whole stick blender, including the cord, with IPA. Cetearyl alcohol comes as white pellets, much like emulsifying wax and other fatty alcohols and acids, so make sure you're keeping your lids and labels straight! Running my finger over the surface quickly starts to melt the mixture and results in some lovely, silky slip. Click here to learn how! Weigh out ad mix together the first 5 ingredients: the oil (but not essential oils), butters, and waxes. "Fatty alcohols are often found in cleansing lotions and moisturizers as thickeners and emulsifiers," says . You will also need to heat and hold a saucepan of plain distilled water. Talk about your epic brain fart. With all body butter and lotion recipes, the tweaking possibilities are endless! mango will give you a drier texture and won't be as greasy. Despite having alcohol in the name, cetyl alcohol is not drying or irritating to the skin as it is not that kind of alcohol. Thanks guys! Cetyl alcohol also helps stabilize emulsions, but it is not an emulsifier on its own. Finally I wanna try it. Cetyl alcohol is a hybrid of alcohols and fatty acids or oils and . If cetyl alcohol is functioning as the main thickener in an anhydrous product, keep in mind that it will also be contributing to the silky finish of the product as well as the firmness. Cool down and at approx. Can Cetyl Alcohol be used to thicken Hair Oils? Good luck & happy making! Its a strong thickener without the weight and tack of waxes. Ceterayl alcohol and Cetyl alcohol are often used as co-emulsifiers. Is there something similar to cetyl alcohol thats derived from something other than coconut? Cetyl alcohol offers thickening, but more than that, it also improves the slip and glide of lotions. OOooh, SO COOL! 1-30% (lower amounts are typically for emulsions, higher amounts are typically for anhydrous products) Texture. Since I cant get any suspension bases here. Its a pretty groovy (and inexpensive, which is nice) ingredient . This website participates in the Formula Botanica, Baraka Shea Butter, TKB Trading, and Amazon affiliate programs; as an Amazon Associate, Humblebee & Me earns from qualifying purchases. A great gift idea but please keep some for yourself! Partially fill a saucepan with water (about 1/4 the way full). to oil ratio-comparison..the 2nd lb i purchased was on amazon & it said C.A. BTMS-25 is 25% BTMS and 75% Cetearyl Alcohol. In 2005, CIR considered available new data and reaffirmed its original safety conclusion. The most commonly used emulsifier is BTMS, which can be either BTMS-50 or BTMS-25. I added a bag of cetyl alcohol to my DIY cupboard sometime last summer, and ever since then Ive been dabbling with it; adding a little bit to this lotion or that bar, just for a bit of fun. It should just be cetyl alcohol. Others with lesser amounts are evening primrose, black currant seed, and hempseed. Have you ever tried having both stearic acid and cetyl alcohol in an anhydrous product? 4. This is the most important step to prevent bacterial contamination of your batch. The cetyl alcohol amount was decreased because of the increased amount of BTMS-25. Name of Recipe: Total Batch Volume: Ounces: Pounds: Milliliters: Grams: Ounces: Pounds: Milliliters: Grams: Ingredient: Amount: % Ingredient: Happy to help I definitely learn a lot when I do these, too! And now, without further adothe results! Now looking at your results, I might be one step closer now to figuring out mkaing my own shampoo and conditioner! From here on out, you stick blend the mixture every ten or fifteen minutes while it cools. And am thinking of doing my own with melt and pour soap. (I'd be scared to increase it more than I already did.) Cetyl alcohol is so much more than just a thickening ingredient! Replaces the above 2 products. Cetearyl alcohol is a chemical found in cosmetic products. Pour into a tub-style container. Sharon Vile (author) from Odessa, MO on June 24, 2017: Lisa, I think substituting aloe vera, floral teas, and hydrosols (I'd love to use rosewater) is wonderful! Im new to the skin care world and I have an Etsy shop. I also have never noticed a "draggy" feeling. Panthenol also works with DMAE in the production of acetylcholine which firms and tones the skin.Both D-Panthenol and DL-Panthenol are equally effective for moisturization, improvement of hair structure and adding luster and sheen to the hair. 8 g cetyl alcohol; 4 drops Vitamin E oil; Cool Phase Ingredients. Thanks, Marie! Instructions. Typically any sort of tiny dot or lump in a concoction is a solid butter going grainy, BUT there are no solid butters in that lotion AND Ive never had that happen in a lotionjust 100% anhydrous products. BTMS is a pretty good thickener in its own right. 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. Tsk, tsk! Ps.. do you know of a written guideline for how much to added for different items? If you use BTMS-50, my guess is that you should use the amount shown in the recipe, though the body butter may come out a bit thicker. I was using cetyl alcohol at 3% so swapped in mango butter at 5% and reduced the water. Ive been using cetyl alcohol but didnt realize just how awesome this product is. I prefer cetyl for glide, but regularly use stearic for a little more thickness and the lovely white color. I see cetearyl alcohol sometimes available. Muchlove, suki, Thanks for the update, Suki! The first number is always cetyl alcohol, the second is always olive oil. Works well with: Most other emulsifiers. So I included cetyl alcohol to give the body butter the level of stability you would get with BTMS-50. The first number is always cetyl alcohol, the second is always olive oil. What you basically have to do is fill a spray bottle with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and, after donning your polypropylene gloves, spray and wipe down all your work surfaces with the IPA and wipe with clean paper towels. Ingredients. Slight acidity is generally viewed as beneficial in skin-care products. Its MUCH lighter and slippier than cera bellina, but also not as stable/uniform for creating gels; that crystalline texture means you get a sort of applesauce-y consistency that leaves pockets of liquid oil and harder bits. interesting!.i've not ever made my butters with water. They dont seem to melt, they just vanish, leaving a powdery, silky dry patch of skin behind. Frankincense EO- 0.5%. Some people use it and cetyl alcohol interchangeably. Bring the water to simmer (low-medium heat). At first I thought I wouldnt be able to dent it with my finger, but then my thumb popped through the harder surface layer and I was able to smear the mixture around a bit. Thank you for sharing!! At 14% it offers beautiful body and silkiness to lotions and conditioners, and I love it as a thickener in cosmetics where we can have thickening without the drag or tack of wax. So the racemic D, L-Panthenol has only half of the physiological activity of D-Panthenol in skincare.Studies have shown D-Panthenol promotes stimulation of epithelization, granulation, mitigation of itching and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Since few of us can afford to do that, we use a preservative and use GMP with great care. Candelilla and carnauba waxes could work in some situations as theyre thinner/glassier/glossier waxes. Cetostearyl Alcohol; CAS# 036653-82-4; Cetyl Alcohol; Stearyl Alcohol. I put a tiny amount of beeswax in my pure body butters just to bring the melting point up and because I like the protective layer it leaves on your body that seals the moisture in. i know the INCI says cetyl alcohol only, but im pretty sure i had a similar problem, & this was my experience: so, the 1st lb i bought was,for sure the c.a. Drop the BTMS 50 and your lotion wont emulsify! This one is definitely translucent, and has a bit of a crystallized appearance to it, which is neat. The water you add should also be heated and held at 165 F. for 20 minutes, so you'll need to put a separate pan of water on the stove, and heat and hold it, along with the Water Phase pan. That clump is surprisingly soft when I pick it up given how firm the mixture was in the dish on its own. Lotions aside, after this experiment and the project thatll be out on the 29th of this month, Im really excited about the 100% oil based applications of cetyl alcohol. Thank you! It's a white, waxy mixture of cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol, both fatty alcohols. Even with a preservative and careful preparation, this stuff still has a shelf life. I also use ewax and stearic acid. I dont work with dangerous or toxic ingredients! It's a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Place bowl on top of saucepan with simmering water. Process. Anywho I ordered some cetyl alcohol and made your Lemon Chiffon Body and Hand Lotion. If you take a look at some of the formulas Ive shared using Olivem1000 you can start to get a second hand idea of how it performs Happy making! D-L Panthenol, aka Pro-Vitamin B5, is a stable lit racemic mixture of D-Panthenol and L-Panthenol. Here's a general formula for creating lotion: 70-80% Distilled Water. Place the cup into the water and let the ingredients melt (15-20 min) Its fantastic. Click here for more on using Incroquat BTMS-50 with hair care products as a conditioner. Thanks, Aisha! These include cetyl, stearyl, and cetearyl alcohol, which are derived from fats. Still very solid; I cant dent it with a finger pad. I tried 10 different ways to naturally color lotion. Do you believe it can be a substitute to beeswax on a deodorant recipe? I weighed the ingredients into individual glass dishes, placed each dish in a hot water bath to melt everything through, and swirled to combine . Thanks so much for this post. Add the berry wax. Hi Marie, I use stearic acid at 8% already, so how much should I increase it to to drop the beeswax and incorporate cetyl alcohol? Cetyl alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol having the chemical formula CH 3 (CH 2) 15 OH while cetearyl . Or use one-third each of fast-absorbing, medium-absorbing, and slow-absorbing oils. The slip and absorption speed are starting to be a lot more olive oil-like rather than cetyl alcohol like, meaning the mixture is starting to absorb faster with less of a silky/powdery finish. I also have never worked with Ectoin (or even heard of it), so thats another variable I cant really comment on. Once all the water is in there, stick blend with your disinfected stick blender. The inclusion of a moisturizer is good. Now you're all set to weigh out ingredients. Thank you for another great post! But have been using Ectoin several times in lotions already and never anything happened. A fatty alcohol we use as a thickener in lotions, salves, body butters, and more. Im in the Caribbean so it gets pretty hot. For nearly 30 years, a Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) expert scientific panel has stated that cetyl alcohol is safe for use as cosmetic ingredients. Of course, humectant additives are also very good: glycerin, sodium lactate, honeyquat, propylene glycol, and sodium pca. Put in the fridge or freezer to cool down and start hardening. I tried it, an although I liked the texture the skin feel felt waxy. 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