Comments on: Substitutions in DIY beauty products

By: Debra

Debra — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:42:44 +0000

Thank you sooo much for this article! I’m printing it and I know I will be using it ALOT! Very helpful

By: Eve Cabanel

Eve Cabanel — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:28:26 +0000

In reply to Shul. welcome :-)

By: Shul

Shul — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:14:48 +0000

Thank you so much for this article

By: Teresa McWilliam

Teresa McWilliam — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:25:43 +0000

I just bought a kilogram of oat butter! I see many recipes using oat oil but none using oat butter…do you know which category it would fall under? I think I read that it is softer than shea butter, but I’m looking for more information on oat butter’s properties before I dive into making some lotion and/or lotion bars with it. Thank you so much for your website and all the amazing resources on it!! I’m so inspired! This is new for me. Cheers!

By: Dee B.

Dee B. — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:18:00 +0000

Hi Eve
Thank you so much for this article on substitutions. It is not always economical for a ‘newbie’ to buy some of the ingredients in a recipe when we already have a substitute on hand. I will be printing your article and saving it in my binder, as I know I will be using it a lot. Here’s wishing you success. Regards
Dee B.

By: Hanna

Hanna — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:01:31 +0000

Hello!
I am allergic to coconut oil and can not find any good recipes for body butter or whipped body butter without coconut oil.
I was hoping for more than just shea butter and sunflower oil. I was hoping for a recipe with like rosehip seed oil, sunflower oil, shea or mango butter etc…
What can I use as a substitute for coconut oil?

Thank you!

By: Eve @ Organic Beauty Recipes

Eve @ Organic Beauty Recipes — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:55:32 +0000

In reply to Audrey. thanks Audrey :-)

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:45:36 +0000

Where have you been all my life?! THANK YOU!!!

By: Eve @ Organic Beauty Recipes

Eve @ Organic Beauty Recipes — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:09:45 +0000

In reply to dee.

sorry Dee! I rephrased it so its easier to understand. Hope this helps!

Looking at the above melting points, you can substitute Shea butter for cocoa butter if needed since they have similar melting temperatures.

You should avoid substituting coconut oil for Shea butter or cocoa butter as the texture as in the end beauty product would be different.

That being said, you can always experiment which is part of the fun of making DIY beauty products!