Let’s talk about costs of making products! Part one – whipped body butters

A photo from above of three types of whipped butters in jars. The top is a whipped shea butter with green jojoba beads. The second, below, is a whipped refined shea butter. The third, beside the second, is a whipped unrefined shea butter.

I know things are getting tight financially for everyone, so I thought we could look at making some less expensive products, like emulsions and anhydrous products in January! In general, the most expensive products you’ll make will be anhydrous* ones – whipped butters, salves, balms, lip balms, facial oils and serums, beard oils, hair oils,...

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Hey $10 subscribers! The April 2022 e-book is here: Whipped body butters – Combining emollients for awesome products

This coupon is only for April 2022 subscribers. You can buy the e-book from the shop if you weren’t a subscriber in this month by clicking this link!  We’re taking a look at making gorgeous, luscious whipped body butters using the concepts of combining emollients to make them feel less greasy, more occlusive, more moisturizing,...

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Q&A: What should you consider when making an anhydrous whipped butter or an emulsified body butter? Which do you think is better?

In this month’s Q&A post, Laura asked, I’m a beginner and I’m really excited to have found this blog. Just wanted to know what should you consider when deciding to make either an anhydrous whipped body butter or one with water (using mainly natural ingredients) Which do you think is better? Thank you! Welcome, Laura! I’m sorry...

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Heat-proofing your whipped butters! (Summer 2020 version)

This question comes up a lot in the warmer months – how can I heat-proof my anhydrous whipped body butters? – and there are a few different things you can do to keep them from liquifying in the annoying and completely unnecessary season we call summer. It’s hard to keep our anhydrous (without water) whipped...

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Weekday Wonderings: Why make an emulsified body butter over a whipped butter?

I used to do a thing on the old blog I called Weekend Wonderings where I’d find comments you’d made over the previous week and share them in a post. I stopped doing it as there were so few comments on the old blog and a lot of them were things that had been said...

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