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I do love my whipped butters! The feeling of whipped shea butter on my horribly dry skin in the winter or after a long and too sunny camping trip makes me so happy. It really is amazing how simple they are to make, but as with anything in the creation of bath and body products, it’s...
I’m thrilled by all the responses to this series on the skin feel of our oils – I guess doing my disappointed face worked, eh? – so let’s take a look at a few things we’ve learned so far and how we can modify our products to get a different skin feel. If you want...
Making a body oil is quite simple – pour some oils together in a container, mix, add a fragrance, put in bottle, rejoice! The only really difficult bit is choosing the right oils for the job! As we saw in last week’s Newbie Tuesday (testing our oils), each oil brings something different to the moisturizing...
I addressed this a bit in this newbie Tuesday post, but I thought I’d expand on it slightly and ask you for your opinions. If you’re just starting out, the first thing you’ll want to know is this – which ingredients should I buy? The answer depends upon your chosen product. Read the recipe and...
In this post, Art asked: In order to make a whipped body butter, I have been reading up about the benefits of lots of different oils. I have come up with a recipe that includes four different types of butters (avocado, mango, shea, and aloe) and about 7 different types of oils (olive, sweet almond,...