Comments on: How to make body butter less greasy

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:58:37 +0000

Hi there, Just to note that oils do not contain Vitamin C, as Vitamin C is only water soluble. You can add synthetically made esterified forms of Vitamin c however. Also, you state that Rosehip Oil is pH neutral. Whilst oils are regarded as neutral, until they turn rancid, they do not actually have a pH, as this requires the presence of Hydrogen in the form of H2O (water) in order to present a pH reading. So, in short, oils do not have a pH.

By: Roni

Roni — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:54:31 +0000

In reply to Eve @ Organic Beauty Recipes. I am a little confused. You said in the comment above to use REFINED shea butter, but your link in the recipe takes me to an UNREFINED shea butter.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:29:37 +0000

In reply to Dario.

I’ve made this several times. I use essential oils that are lovely and “bug friendly” in the summer. The graininess comes because the different fats in it solidify at different temperatures. The solution is to get it cold, fast, and stir once or twice as it’s solidifying. I use my freezer and set the timer. This made it silky smooth. If it melts and solidifies then the graininess can come back. I simply put it in an insulated lunch bag in the sun to melt it fast then “refreeze” it. Thanks Eve, I keep coming back to this one and your cocoa butter one(for winter).

By: Risa Krahmer

Risa Krahmer — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:20:41 +0000

Have you ever used vegetable glycerin as an ingredient? I have some organic that I’ve used to sweeten tea, it’s also for skin. I’ve never tried it for the skin tho…not sure how to use it. Wondering if it could be incorporated in this body butter?
Thank you!

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 18:28:31 +0000

I love this recipe, however, with summer quickly approaching and living in a very hot climate, I am really worried about shipping these whipped body butters. I understand that I can add beeswax to this recipe to help increase the melting point so I am wondering if anyone had a recommendation as to how much beeswax I should add to keep the fluffy consistency when shipping across the US. I increased the recipe to yield 64 oz so currently, from this recipe, I am using 32oz of shea butter, 32oz (or less) of Safflower oil, and around 6oz of Arrowroot powder.

If anyone has any recommendations that would be great because I want to make sure that whoever receives this whipped body butter is satisfied!

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 31 May 2021 13:23:33 +0000

In reply to Zainab. When ever I have or had an issue with homemade lotions, creams and or butter felling greasy or sticky and just did not absorb fast enough I would add or if already added them would add more of the ingredient called arrow root powder it works every time :) hope this helps

By: Esther

Esther — Tue, 18 May 2021 11:16:05 +0000

I made this with a little tweek. I didn’t have safflower oil on hand so used sweet almond oil. I had never thought to use arrowroot powder to lessen the greasiness. That is so awesome. I divided it in two and made some spearmint and some lavender, but I also would like to try it with infusing some spices to the soft oil. So next time….. loved this!!

By: Riyana M Anderson

Riyana M Anderson — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:20:34 +0000

Where do you get your essential oils ? ??

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 02:18:28 +0000

I just made this beautiful recipe and it turned out wonderful!!! I do find that if I follow your recipes they all turn out!!!! thank yo for explaining in detail the benefit properties of oils and butters used. I always wondered what the real difference was in shea butter (thought the grainy feel was due to overheating it.) Interesting to read in the comments that the grocery aisle products are on par with your health food stores at a much lower cost.
Thank you very much for all your time spent on research it sure is appreciated by all of us.
Yvonne