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Is anyone able to tell me who would have the best body butter base? Or at least a great recipe to make it myself? Thank you. Oh also, does anyone know how I would do whipped shea butter? Thanks!!

I haven't tried this recipe yet, but It came with instructions and I'm gonna give it a whirl when my ingredients come in. Maybe you can try it too and we can compare notes!

How To Make Homemade Body Butter

Recipe for 1 pound of Body Butter:
10 oz Shea butter
6 oz carrier oil
2 Tbsp. Cornstarch
5 oz Fragrance oil or .16oz essential oil.
Container with tight-fitting lid

1. Melt Shea butter using the double boiler method. If you do not have a double boiler, substitute a heatproof bowl placed over the top of a pan of boiling water. Remove from heat when the Shea butter softens and is easily stirred with a spoon.
2. Add the carrier oil of your choice. You may use olive oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, almond oil or vitamin E oil or a combination of two or three oils in equal amounts. The addition of the oils keeps the Shea butter from hardening when it cools.
3. Mix in the cornstarch and fragrance oil. The cornstarch will keep the finished product from being too greasy. Transfer to a bowl for beating with a hand mixer or pour into a blender. Whip on highest setting until the mixture resembles whipped cream and forms peaks similar to meringue, or about 10 minutes. If the mix is not thick enough add an additional 10 minutes. You may need to do this a few times to achieve the right consistency.
4. Spoon the whipped body butter into decorative jars with a tight fitting lid.

Hope it works for you!
Deborah

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If there is any chance that water might get introduced into the product, I would add a preservative for the customer's safety. Some people do some strange things with our products.

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Irena
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I see that no preservative is being added. Is this because there is no introduction of water into the recipe?[/quote]

I'm really not sure why...I'm still really new to this. I choose this recipe to try because it uses only all natural ingredients (unless you use a FO instead of an EO). Maybe someone with more knowledge about this matter could enlighten both of us.
Deborah

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Irena
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Now I know this might sound like common knowledge, but what items are considered preservatives? Is Vitamin E a preservative and can it be used? Thank you!!

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Irena
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soapbuddy, see I have Germaben, but I don't ever know how much to use because it has a strong smell that isn't pretty. I guess I have to figure out the ratio of each first and then ask you guys what ratio you would suggest.

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The only time I used it was when I was attempting to make the shower jelly. I bought the Germaben about 3 or 4 months ago. How long is the shelf life for this?

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Irena
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Here is the resipe that I got from Teach Soap website
1/2 cup melted transparent Melt & Pour base
2 cups water
1 envelope Knox unflavored Gelatin
1/2 oz Germaben II

I prefer to weigh everything, so I'm going to make a presumption that 1 cup weighs 8 ozs. So this recipe would be:

4 ozs. melted transparent Melt & Pour base
16 ozs. water
0.5 oz. envelope Knox unflavored Gelatin
Total 20.5 ozs.
At the most range of 1% you would need 0.2 oz of Germaben II

So using a preservative at more than double the recommended amount would not be advisable. That's most likely why it had a strong smell.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.