Types of Castor oil, their uses, and where to buy castor oil.

Castor oil is one of the most popular  and widely  used oils we offer. It is used in all kinds of applications from soap to skin and hair care. 

We are one of the top sellers of castor oil and varieties of castor oil online. We offer a wide variety of castor oil and derivatives. 

CASTOR OIL #1 

Castor oil, also known as a #1 grade Castor oil for products like soap making and general use- 

Castor oil is a widely used renewable, bio-degradable and eco-friendly product. It is useful in a wide range of D-I-Y applications including: Soap and lotion making, blending of lotions, salves, creams, shampoos, and more. It is  Vegetable Based, has no animal derived products, and there is No Animal Testing on our Castor Oil. It is GLuten free, and contains no Wheat, no Peanuts, no dairy, egg, fish, and is also solvent free .

On popular way to use castor oil is in soapmaking. It is a very useful, beneficial oil in soap making. It is typically used in relatively low percentages depending on the over-formulation and what other oils are used. The addition of the right amount of pure castor oil may enable soap to trace quicker, and make better soap. Plus. castor oil adds the benefit of better and more stable lather. Castor oil is an excellent moisturizer as it attracts and holds moisture to skin. Check your superfatting chart. Sometimes using castor oil will require more sodium hydroxide since it has a high ricinoleic acid content. In softer products, like shampoo bars and skin-care products it is excellent. In the right combination with over vegetable oils, however, it makes a very nice moisturizing and wonderfully emollient, hard bar of soap. Try castor oil in salves, balms, shampoos, hair oils, and other thick emulsions for the skin and hair. It is in all kinds of specialty formulations as a natural emollient and applied to the skin and hair as a softener.(keep away from eyes!)

Many customers tell us they use castor oil as a mole repellant in their yards. They blend it in  hose end yard sprayer  and spray in the mole holes to rid it of those pesky critters. One recipe passed along to us says to blend in 1 tablespoon of pure Decyl Glucoside with 12- 14 Oz of Pure Castor Oil. For a pump type sprayer add 1 Oz of Decyl Glucoside surfactant to every 32 Oz of Castor oil and then the balance of water up to 2 gallons to treat the mole holes. Spray at least half a gallon in and around the holes. Retreat as necessary. * In tougher situations try adding 2 Oz of natural NEEM OIL to the blend. This will also help with other pesky insects too.

Did you know that pure castor oil is a natural product, made from the beans of the castor plant which can be grown in any tropical region?. The world's largest producer of castor oil is India, with China and Brazil being a far-distant second and third place.

It's reported that castor Oil is one of the oldest,most versatile ingredients in use. The evidence of the use of castor oil  goes all the way back to ancient Egypt. It  has been found in tombs over 4,000 years old. There are other documented uses of castor oil in India, China and other ancient sites that date back thousands of years. In ancient times in the Netherlands, it was called “Wonder Oil” and was thought to be a cure for a multitude of ailments.

Castor Oil still has many useful applications today,from us as a cosmetic ingredient, to an industrial chemical and a specialty chemical. It is also a popular natural polyol, it is used in an increasing number of specialty applications, replacing traditional petroleum based polyols. Another advantage of Castor Oil is that it is not made from a food source so it is really not subject to the controversies that can arise with other plant based oils that are more traditionally used as a food source.

• CASTOR OIL INCI Name: Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
• CAS no: 8004-79-4
• EINECS no.: 232-293-8

Where to buy Castor oil? Buy your standard castor oil #1 Prime from makeyourown.buzz, a top seller of Castor oil in the US.

What is SULFATED TURKEY RED CASTOR OIL

Sulfated Castor oil, is also called "Turkey red" castor oil

Sulfated Castor oil CAS 8002-33-3 Formula: C18H32Na2O2S

Sulfated Castor oil, also known as "Turkey Red" has a wide range of uses including: Soap and lotion making, blending of lotions, salves, creams, shampoos, and more. It is the only castor oil that completely disperses in water and will not leave an oily ring around the tub when you use it in your products to emulsify colors, fragrance and essential oils.

Features of Sulfated Castor/ Turkey Red

• Turkey Red Castor oil completely disperses in water.
• Use it to emulsify fragrance and essential oils so they disburse completely in other water-based products
• Use for superfatting liquid soap so it remains transparent
• Excellent humectant & moisturizing properties
• Has a typical sulfated castor oil odor but is easily disguised in formulations using typical fragrance and essential oils.

Sulfated castor oil. also known as Turkey Red oil is very useful since it will completely disperse in water. It contains all of the same humectant and moisturizing properties of Cosmetic Castor Oil but in a water soluble form. Castor Turkey Red is a common addition to bath products, natural soaps, lotions etc. Try using it to formulation balms, shampoos, hair oils, and other thick emulsions for the skin and hair.

Sulfated Castor Oil is also seen in formulations as a natural emollient and applied to the skin and hair as a softener. (keep away from eyes!)

Here is another separate Blog on Sulfated Turkey Red castor oil

We supply the very best Turkey Red Sulfated Castor oil.

PEG 40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL

PEG 40 Hydrogenated Castor oil -  is also a very popular derivative of castor oil offered by www.makeyourown.buzz.  

Another popular castor oil we have available is one called "Black Castor oil," it is also used in personal hair and skin care products.

PEG 40 Castor oil, also known as Castor oil ethoxylate (POE 40) is a Multifunctional Oil-in-Water Emulsifier, surfactant, foam booster.

PEG 40 Castor oil is a multifunctional non ionic surfactant used as fragrance builder and fragrance solubilizer, emulsifier. PEG 40 can be incorporated in to a formulation to help solubilize PLUS act as a foam booster, which benefits the formulator by possibly eliminating a secondary surfactant, or lessening the use of a secondary surfactant for example.

In some formulations it is a good replacement for polysorbates used to incorporate fragrances and oils in to water based blends like shampoos and body washes. Whether you are making creams and lotions, floral waters, room and fabric sprays, body washes, shampoos, even bath bombs, and need a good solubilizer for colors, fragrances, give PEG 40 Castor oil a try.

 It is a safe, easy to use, vegetable derived non ionic surfactant, and serves a number of useful purposes.

Out side of uses in the personal care formulations, ethoxylated castor oil POE 40 is found in lubricants, specialty formulations that have applications in metals, textiles and other areas too.

Non Ionic - Compatible with non-ionic, anionic, and cationic ingredients and products.

Useful as a surfactant (foam booster.) As an emulsifier, solubilizer, and foam booster.
Miscible in both oils and in water
Use in a heated oil, or in cool down phase at 1% to 10%, although it's safe to use up to 100% (Neat) on skin.

Cloud Point: 185°F (85.0°C) 

Black Castor oil (Jamaican Black Castor oil)

MakeYourOwn.buzz also offers the very popular and widely used Cold pressed Black Castor Oil (Jamaican Black Castor oil) also known as JBCO

Our Jamaican Black Castor Oil, JBCO for short, is a liquid extracted and cold-pressed from roasted seeds of the castor plant, known by the botanical / latin name Ricinus communis. The difference between "regular " castor oil and Jamaican Black Castor oil are that the seeds are roasted before the liquid castor oil is extracted from the seeds, This roasting process means that the oil has a dark burnt orange to reddish-brown appearance. It also has a different fragrance - it is a roasted nutty fragrance. Roasting the seeds  also raises the pH level of Black Castor Oil which results in a preferred ingredient for making many hair and cosmetic formulations.

Our  Black Castor Oil, or JBCO from makeyourown.buzz is very popular in skin and hair care products and formulations. Many cite that the JBCO improves hair growth, and use it to massage in to the hair. Other sources cite that the black castor oil may improve circulation, to help stimulate follicles. Products made with the black castor oil often advertise that it helps moisturize the hair and eliminates hair  split ends, and it is used as an alternative to, or even in addition to traditional hair conditioners.

Typical Uses: Skin and Hair Care, hair conditioning, personal care products, Medicinal type topical products, Ayurveda

WHERE TO BUY CASTOR OIL  -www.MakeYourOwn.buzz is your top source for every kind of castor oil, and carry all types in many sizes. If you need a source for any type of quality castor oil, from standard castor oil, to turkey red castor oil, or Jamaican Black castor oil, always check with us and we will get you a competitive quote on drums to truckloads. 

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