The second is orange and vanilla body butter.
Body butter bars without beeswax.
However for salves ointments and moisturizers you would be fine to leave out the beeswax.
I like to take care of my skin but one of the things i find more challenging is finding the time to moisturize my body.
1 2 cup butter i used shea butter and mango butter 1 2 cup unrefined coconut oil.
Put the pan over the stove and heat on medium until all the ingredients melt.
Stir in the vitamin e mt 50 usa canada if you re using it.
You can substitute cocoa or shea butter for beeswax but it doesn t work in products like lip balm or lotion bars as those rely on wax for firmness.
1 3 cup shea butter 1 3 cup cocoa butter 1 3 cup almond meal 10 drop rose water.
Best of luck with your body butter and stay tuned for many diy recipes using this body butter as a base to follow.
I used a combination of peppermint essential oil and vanilla oleoresin and it came out smelling like peppermint bark.
Place all the ingredients in a canning jar.
And when looking for something practical to save time i found lotion bars.
1 2 cup beeswax pastilles.
Remove jar from pan pour into the soap molds.
Fill a saucepan with water about half way up.
40g 1 41oz cocoa butter a few drops vitamin e mt 50 usa canada optional 1 small flat 60g 2oz tin for storage 1 measuring cup that can sit inside the tin for your mould weigh the cocoa butter into a small saucepan and melt it over medium heat.
The main reason the bar does not melt is the inclusion of the beeswax which has a much higher melting temperature as well as the use of harder oils such as cocoa butter.
Fill a sauce pan with a few inches of water.
I made my first batch of lotion bars without beeswax a few weeks ago and have been enjoying using them ever since.
Play around with the recipe if the product is too firm or hard use less beeswax temperatures are a factor too.
Bring water around the jar to a gentle boil.
You may want to stir it.
Rose lotion bars no beeswax lotion bar.
Both cocoa butter and cupuacu butter are very hard at room temperature and make a great base for lotion bars.
A basic body butter recipe is 4 parts coconut oil 2 parts shea butter and 1 part beeswax.
Essential oils for scent this is optional but definitely makes even better.
The smell is reminiscent of a creamsicle and uses sweet orange essential oil and vanilla extract or concentrated vanilla absolute.
Place a glass jar i use an old mason jar in the center of the water.
If you don t like the greasy feeling that beeswax leaves on the skin try this lotion bar recipe without beeswax.
A typical body butter recipe is heavier on the shea butter and does not contain beeswax.
For example 3 ounces of cocoa butter 6 ounces of shea butter and 3 ounces of jojoba or another liquid oil.