I’ve witnessed this with face creams, coconut oil, and lip balm – anything solid at room temp. if you dig a finger into the product, or run your nail against it, what comes away is soft and spreadable, rather than a hard chunk. I imagine the cell structure is changing in some way, but – what way? why does this happen?
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>I imagine the cell structure
Oils don’t have cells, and they get soft because they are melting due to your body heat. Fats and oils often have freezing points that are right around room temp or body temp. Lots of them, like coconut oil, are solid at cool room temp but liquid at body temp. So when you scoop with a finger, the solid warms up enough to melt. It only takes a few degrees since room temp is just below its freezing point.
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