Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Body Butter

A while back, when we all had 1, maybe two kiddos we got together and made a bunch of crap for the holidays. One of those things was this body butter, which I loved and thought I'd lost the recipe for. I found it, including my notes and am pasting it below so that if (when) I lose it again, it will be here.

Body Butter Recipe/Formula

1 part wax (beeswax or soy wax)
1 part fixed oil (almond, apricot kernel, macadamia, hemp, whatever)
1 part butter (shea, cocoa, mango, whatever again)
This is great and really moisturizing and you can design and change the recipe based on what you like and what you have on hand.

example:
1oz beeswax
1oz cocoa butter
1oz sweet almond oil


Should be ~1:2 oil to butter and wax. Possibly add a bit of cornstarch to help make a smoother feel, about 2tsp/lb of ingredients

ETA: 7/22/13
I'm not 100% certain of when I intended to post this. I just found it in the drafts. And this recipe seems a bit off. Did we really use that much wax? Anyone remember?

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