This recipe will get moldy if not kept in the fridge. You might try making it with distilled water, or note to keep it in the fridge and use quickly. I'm sure that it is the peppermint tea that caused the problem. 4 tablespoons dried rosemary 2 tablespoon dried lavender flowers 2 tablespoons dried mallow stems You could omit the lavender and mallow and step up the rosemary a little if you wanted to, but they all have their special properties. Add waxes with both the waxes and the aqueous mixture at about 70-80 deg.
C stir vigourously till well emulsified.
An electric hand-held food processor works well for this phase. Continue stirring slowly till it reaches room temperature, to allow for full emulsification and to remove bubbles from electric agitation. Continue stirring till completely cooled down. For fair hair you could substitute chamomile flowers for rosemary and chamomile essential oil for rosemary essential oil, although chamomile essential oil is more expensive. You could use half chamomile essential oil and half lavender essential oil.