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  • body butter

    Posted by Looosy on June 19, 2019 at 11:17 am

    Hello every one 
    I am losy pharmacist living in ksa 
    Could I find some recipes of body butter
    And its ingredient in details ? 

    MarkBroussard replied 5 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Fekher

    Member
    June 19, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    @Looosy you can  use just  oil and shea butter to get body butter.

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    June 19, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    @Looosy 

    It’s very simple … mix approximately 85% butters with 15% oils (carrier oils + essential oils if you want a scent).  Include 0.5% tocopherol or rosemary extract as an antioxidant) … melt the mixture.

    Once the cooling mixture starts to solidify … whisk it on high speed using an electric kitchen mixer.  Add 3% Tapioca Starch if you want to keep a stiff whipped texture.  The tapioca starch will also help reduce the oils feel of the concoction.

  • Looosy

    Member
    June 19, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    Much thanks for responsing .. so what about the preservative .. can I add phenoxyethanol and propandial or I will not needed cuz there is no aqueous phase ? 

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    June 19, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    @Looosy

    No preservatives needed

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