Fill a saucepan with water about half way up.
Body butter bars without beeswax.
Rose lotion bars no beeswax lotion bar.
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.
1 3 cup shea butter 1 3 cup cocoa butter 1 3 cup almond meal 10 drop rose water.
A typical body butter recipe is heavier on the shea butter and does not contain beeswax.
Place all the ingredients in a canning jar.
However for salves ointments and moisturizers you would be fine to leave out the beeswax.
1 2 cup butter i used shea butter and mango butter 1 2 cup unrefined coconut oil.
I used a combination of peppermint essential oil and vanilla oleoresin and it came out smelling like peppermint bark.
1 2 cup beeswax pastilles.
Fill a sauce pan with a few inches of water.
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.
Essential oils for scent this is optional but definitely makes even better.
Best of luck with your body butter and stay tuned for many diy recipes using this body butter as a base to follow.
A basic body butter recipe is 4 parts coconut oil 2 parts shea butter and 1 part beeswax.
The smell is reminiscent of a creamsicle and uses sweet orange essential oil and vanilla extract or concentrated vanilla absolute.
Put the pan over the stove and heat on medium until all the ingredients melt.
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.
For example 3 ounces of cocoa butter 6 ounces of shea butter and 3 ounces of jojoba or another liquid oil.
Both cocoa butter and cupuacu butter are very hard at room temperature and make a great base for lotion bars.
Diy hard body butter bars ingredients.
Remove jar from pan pour into the soap molds.
Stir in the vitamin e mt 50 usa canada if you re using it.
Play around with the recipe if the product is too firm or hard use less beeswax temperatures are a factor too.
And when looking for something practical to save time i found lotion bars.
Bring water around the jar to a gentle boil.
You may want to stir it.
I made my first batch of lotion bars without beeswax a few weeks ago and have been enjoying using them ever since.
If you don t like the greasy feeling that beeswax leaves on the skin try this lotion bar recipe without beeswax.
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 second is orange and vanilla body butter.