Moisturising Body Butter Formula

Moisturising Body Butter Formula

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Body butters are especially beneficial for dry skin, as they contain rich ingredients that help to lock in moisture.

See the video on making it here:


The main components of body butter are:

  • Butters: Ingredients derived from plants like shea butter, cocoa butter, or mango butter to provide a rich, creamy texture.
  • Oils: Botanical oils like coconut, almond, or jojoba oil are added for their skin-benefiting properties and to achieve the desired consistency.
  • Extracts: Plant extracts can be included to provide additional benefits like antioxidants or skin-soothing properties.
  • Thickeners: Ingredients that help create the desired thickness and feel on the skin.
  • Antioxidants: These help extend the shelf life by preventing oxidation.
  • Fragrances: Essential oils can be added for a pleasant scent and aromatherapy benefits.
  • Preservatives (optional): Oil-based preservatives may be needed to prevent microbial growth.

This moisturising body butter is made through a hot process without any water, resulting in an anhydrous (waterless) formulation.

Ingredients:

Phase

Ingredients

INCI

Weight (g)

A

Coconut oil

Cocos nucifera

11.00

A

Cocoa butter

Theobroma Cacao

4.00

A

Mango butter

Mangifera Indica L

52.00

B

Avocado oil

Persea gratissima (avocado) oil

26.80

B

Vitamin E

Tocopherol

1.00

B

St John's Wort extract in sunflower oil

Hypericum perforatum

5.00

C

Geranium essential oil

Pelargonium graveolens

0.20

Total: 100.00

Equipment Needed:

Method:

  1. Melt the coconut oil, mango butter and cocoa butter in a water bath.
  2. After this blend is melted, stop heating and add the avocado oil, the St John's Wort extract and tocopherol and blend gently with a spatula or glass rod.
  3. Continue gentle blending as the blend cools to 35 degrees centigrade, then add the geranium essential oil.
  4. As the butter cools down, the viscosity increases. Continue stirring until the butter reaches a consistency where you can make traces with your spatula. This is the consistency of our butter at this point.
  5. Pour the butter into the jar and refridgerate.

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Hi there Hannetjie,

You are most welcome, and thank you! We find it most joyous when we can all share our formulations and grow together :)

Best Wishes,
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Aiden

Thanks for sharing this, I do appreciate it very much.

Hannetjie Topham

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