Body Shop Sesame Butter

[Guywithsoap?]

Hi,

I am looking to make something very similar. It was discontinued some time ago.

I was reading and figured that I might approximate it using the following ingredients.

Shea Butter
Sesame Oil
Sesame Fragrance.

Does anyone have any good recipes for this style butter. It does not have to be sesame, i assume I can use the same base and substitute the fragrance.

Thanks in advance.

 

[lauramw71]

You can take any body butter recipe and use the shea butter and sesame oil. I just made one last nite with 63% butter, 34% oil, 3%IPM, 2% cornstarch, 1% Vit E, and 1% FO. You can make it without the IPM and cornstarch, but I wanted to cut the greasiness of the butter. For my butter I used mango, and oils I used avocado and hemp because I wanted a "drier" feeling butter. Turned out great!!
hope that helps!

 

[dagmar88]

The Body Shop body butter isn't an anhydrous products; it's a thick cream.
You'll have a water phase, oil phase, emulsifier to bring the two together and of course since it contains water, a broad spectrum preservative.

I'd read up on basic lotion making and adjust the recipe to your needs by including sesame oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, glycerin and cyclo.

 

[ljones4521]

Please clarify for me.

When making body butters you can have mixtures that total over 100% as in the above example.

Please clarify. For lotions it is important not to go over a 100% total mixture (water, oils, EO, preservatives), right?

Thanks

 

[lauramw71]

I apologize. My formula I typed was off. It should equal 100%. Apparently I forgot how to count that day. LOL The butters should have been 31% and oils should have been 32%.