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We’ve taken a look at whipped butters and lotion bars, so let’s take a look at another type of anhydrous product – the balm. What exactly is a balm? It is a “medicated topical preparation for application to the skin…(that is) rubbed in” (from Wikipedia). Obviously I won’t be making any claims for the products...
I hope you’ve enjoyed this series of posts on lotion bars. If you’re a beginner, I hope you’ve learned enough to try a few variations of these wonderfully simple and awesome bars. If you’re a veteran, I hope I’ve given you a few ideas on how to see the humble lotion bar in a different...
I’m definitely the type of person who likes to experiment – and that’s one of the more obvious things I’ve said today – so you know I had to take the lotion bar a little bit further and try something new and more complicated! I rummaged through my box o’ stuff and incorporated a few...
I could probably start a blog called “modifying your oils and butters for lotion bars” and write posts every single day for a year going over every single possible combination – but since I already have a blog that I enjoy writing and since the whole point of this series of back to basics is...
I realized I didn’t include this in the whipped butter or lotion bar posts, so I’ll include it here… Sometimes your mango or shea butters can get grainy (this can happen to cocoa butter, but not as often as the other butters). The reason for this is the fatty acid profile of the butters. Let’s...