Why Natural Skin Care Products Melt in The Hot Weather
One of my biggest challenges as a formulator of natural skin care products is controlling the effect of outside temperature. Our goal is to create the best natural, wholesome, nourishing skincare possible, so we formulate our products without synthetic stabilizers or waxes. Our creams and butters are are formulated to be a semi-soft solid at room temperature. When applied to our warm skin, they instantly melt, providing an emollient, nourishing and penetrating product. These delicate, natural products are sensitive to temperature changes.
Commercial products must have a long shelf-life and cannot melt so they contain phthalates to stabilize and maintain viscosity (thickness), Cocamide DEA, MEA to thicken, stabilize and emulsify, petroleum based oils and waxes to thicken and stabilize and other additives to ensure that their products maintain the same consistency through all temperature variations. Our natural organic products do not contain these or any other synthetic additives.
We have the same problem as companies who make and ship fine chocolates during summer months! During very warm weather, some products may soften or even melt during their travels or after their arrival while sitting outside on your warm porch or mailbox.
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What To Do About Melting
On sunny or warm days it is best to refrigerate BEFORE opening the jars. The quality and healing properties of our products are not affected by melting. |
What We Are Doing To Help
While we have no control over the temperature once your package leaves our shop, we do our best to protect our products from melting in transit.
While we have no control over the temperature once your package leaves our shop, we do our best to protect our products from melting in transit.
- We check every product before it is packed for shipping
- We use more protective packaging in the heat of summer
- We use US shipping boxes that allow more padding for insulation
- We add dry ice to add another layer of insulation
- As a result, most products shipped in warm weather arrive without melting. But please understand, there is no way that we can ship products to completely control for the high heat temperatures of summer, trucks, and mailboxes.
