Teach Soap

I made a whipped shea butter which actually feels great and sinks right into my skin so i like it but i was using shea butter from a different company and it was really grainy and did not go away during my whipping process. Because i like the formula otherwise i wanted to heat it to melt those little shea balls away. I have preserved it with optiphen + and know that it can withstand temps upto 176 F. Question: if i keep my temperature below that will i be safe not adding additional preservative? I don't want to make it irritating by over preserving.

Thanks all
Erin!

I would not heat it at this point. As soon as it cools off it can become grainy again. Did you temper your butter?

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

No, i did not because it was already really soft and i thought it would be ok. I have been VERY disappointed with the shea butter from this vendor so back to my old vendor i go

thanks SB

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

UUGHHH - I just opened a giant box of shea butter (my first bulk order) to make whipped she butter and the whole box is very grainy. I tried whipping it anyway but it is very grainy! Can anything be done? Can grainy she butter be used in CP at least? Or is this whole box ruined?
Please help!!

Try softening it, then whip it; but the grains might come back. You can use it as is for soap though.

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

Thanks Irena - well thank goodness I can at least use it for soap! I will probably just buy the good BB stuff for the whipped shea butter from now on...