Magnus8's Canna Cream - Magnus' Remedy to my first canna cream recipe

Magnus8;3236821 said:

HashGirl;3236727 said:

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Hi HashGirl,

Sorry I wasn't available to help earlier (don't know what time you originally posted) but I was busy with editing all day.

If the consistency is too thin, I would add more beeswax.

Usually, it is best to keep your beeswax between 4% - 8% of your total tally of ingredients, but desperate situations call for desperate measures. You will not destroy your formulation by adding more beeswax, let me say that up front and centre. You MAY make it a bit more waxy than you might like and it might have a more difficult time passing the skin barrier as a result. But that's all theory, you know. If the consistency is thin and creamy enough, then I'm sure you'll have no problem.

Also, let me say up front that you will not destroy your concoction by heating and cooling and repeating again. And again, for that matter. (You cannot reheat a LOTION, but there is no problem with reheating a CREAM -- which is what you are trying to make).

So, take the total amount of your concoction in grams if you can (grams are more accurate). If you cannot use grams, then use ounces, but like I said, they are just not as accurate. So. Take the total amount in weight (in grams if you can) and then determine exactly how much you put in already of your beeswax. If it is between 5% - 8%, then we're going to have to increase that number. If it hasn't yet reached 8%, then figure out how much more you would need to add to reach up to that amount. Then take your concoction, heat it up slowly, and add the remaining amount of beeswax to reach 8%.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REACHED 8% OF YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF INGREDIENTS IN WEIGHT, then we're going to up that amount in increments. This may take a day or so, so you're in for the long haul here. But better than than adding too much beeswax, thereby making it very hard to use.

So, if you've reached 8% already, then figure out the amount you would need to add another 4%, thereby bringing it up to a total ingredient weight of 12% of your total concoction. Melt this extra amount into your concoction. Let it cool. Check your consistency. If it is still very, very liquid, add another 4%. And so on.

At some point you will begin to reach a better consistency. Then it will be up to you whether to add another 4% or to cut the extra amount to add by 1/2 and add only an additional 2% to your concoction.

Like Cannafan said, let it cool to room temperature each time you use it.

You can cut your wait time between heatings and coolings by a lot if you take a small amount and set it in the freezer to cool ahead of the rest of it. Once it is cool coming out of the freezer, check its consistency and go from there. If the consistency is fine, then you're good to go. If it's still very liquid, then toss the whole recipe back into the crock pot and keep going.

I hope this helps you. A lot. I'm sorry this has happened. I'm not sure exactly what happened unless your measurements are off. Everything, and I mean all your ingredients, should be measured by weight when working with creams and lotions and NOT by volume. Volumetric measurements just don't work when you're working with creams and lotions. I think that might be your problem today.

Looking forward to hearing how you fare.

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