Wondering why your homemade body butter isn’t giving the result you wanted, either it’s grainy, too greasy, too hard, or not whipping as you expected.
I am sure this easy guide will help you understand how to make a perfect body butter just like a pro even if this is your first attempt.
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Just like trying out anything new it absolutely comes with some mess, getting hold of it yourself can cost you some pounds, time, sweat, and more but this gets that sorted.
In this guide, I will be discussing all you need to know so that you can create perfect body butter at home without you getting broken or disappointed anymore.
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Body butter is a skin moisturizer that contains butter like shea butter,cocoa butter, etc as well as oils like coconut oils, almond oils, and other botanicals, actives that could help nourish and moisturize the skin.
Body butter helps nourish, radiate, moisturize the skin. The result of body butter on the skin is traceable to the composition of butter, oils, and botanicals used in the formulation.
If you desire a body butter that helps with scars and stretch marks as well as eczema then a body butter with cocoa butter is appropriate.
Body butter is used after your daily shower, ensure you damp out the water on your body and rub your body butter on your palm to ensure it dissolves then apply on the skin.
Body butter has a thicker consistency than body lotions, which makes them easy to be stored in jars that can be scooped out but body lotions are formulated with water so that have more tendencies to be light & slippery.
Absolutely yes! But mind you, body butter varies base on the composition of plant-based butter used in formulating them.
If you need to use body butter for stretchmarks then a recipe of body butter enriched with cocoa butter, flaxseed oil, rose, and more.
Body butter is edible only if you are sure of the composition. if you buy a store-bought body butter I will doubt consuming such because you aren’t sure of the hygienic practice incorporated while the body is been produced.
But while spread your body butter on bread LOL when more edible and safe butter is available. So don’t take an afternoon much with your body butter pls and keep away from children.
If you want a vegan body butter,I will recommend you DIY so as to be sure what is safe to add-in that makes it acceptable as a vegan.
In cases where some butter might include beeswax which has created controversy whether it’s vegan or not then you can try out other wax-like calendula wax and more.
Yes, a year or more on average! but most body butter has a shelf life of 1 year and above depending on the butter and other botanicals used in the formulation.
Body butter could serve multiple purposes from hair butter to calming balm and more but before formulating ensure the butter, oils, botanicals contains ingredients that are ideal for hair care and safe for that purpose.
Shea butter as a common buttered body butter can be traced to its affordability, accessibility, and nutritional value compared to other butter-like mango butter.
A large quantum of research has proven it to be safe for most humans, so keep formulating.
Body butter can be remelted but ensure you don’t overdo it so that some of the ingredients used in the formulation won’t lose their potency.
Need a perfect recipe to avoid a grainy homemade body butter when next then check out this recipe, but in most cases, they turn grainy if they are cold whipped, and to get a better hold of that is to ensure your body butter is whipped for a longer time or melt butter and leave to cool down before whipping.
A grainy body butter could be a result of the improper layering of ingredients while preparing the butter. If your recipe includes powder content its is better they are mixed properly with the oils or melted butter before whipping to prevent it from getting grainy.
The great part is most body butters don’t need preservatives or better still I won’t recommend adding preservatives that are too harsh. If you need your body butter to maintain its consistency for a long time I will recommend adding few drops of vitamin e.
Body butter has a longer shelf life than most emulsified body lotions, creams, and moisturizers. On the average body, butter could last for 1 year and above base on the freshness of the butter and oils used.
But I will prefer you body butter are created in smaller portion so that they can infuse the need freshness in the skin that can help rejuvenate and maintain a great skin regime.
Artificial fragrance is added for some recipes but just because I prefer and wholesome natural or organic body butter I will recommend that to make a good smelling body butter add some more essential oils as they serve two purposes of healing the skin and giving a good smell to your butter.
Adding essential oil to body butter needs to be done with caution.
Homemade body butter gets hard when you have more butter than oils incorporate in the recipe, so if you desire a hard body butter add more butter, if you desire a lighter body butter add more oil, and if you are desirous of a colorful body butter then add more botanicals.
Greasy body butter absolutely Yes, so greasy expect that because of the combination of butter and oils that serve as the foundation ingredient or base.
If you hate your body butter too greasy then try to add some arrowroot or organic cornstarch powder to the recipe and hold back some greasy that get you pissed off. Beyond the greasy cutting effect arrowroot also helps heals, lightens, and deodorize the skin so it’s a good option in your body butter.
The functionalities of body butter are a result of the actives added during formulation..so no one answer fits all…if you desire to lighten up your skin then try out body butter that includes body lightening actives like tumeric,kojic acid etc
In most cases, body butter won’t whip properly if you have too much oil in the formulation and as well get hard if it has too much butter.. inorder to get a properly whipped butter prevent adding too many oils to the butter ratio.
I recommend to use a soft butters or when you have hard butters incorporate oils at 40 to 60%
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