Hi there -
I used to dabble in body butter several years ago and made a couple of batches of very nice fluffy whipped butters (and used Dry Flo). However, what I was really going for was more of a Cetaphil feel, you know? Maybe that heavy body cream and a homemade body butter can and will never be in the same category though. But I love how Cetaphil feels cool to the touch and glides on really silkily (as do the body butters and a place like Bath and Bodyworks).
I was a little bothered by how my body butters felt more like a greasy frosting. Even if I whipped it to death and got it really fluffy and light, adding just a little Dry Flo to remove the greasy feel, there was a powdery feeling that was left, as opposed to that silky, glossy feeling. And I'd either whip it to fluff or else it would end up like that pressed-in cocoa butter feel you know?!
It may be that I'm looking for a lotion/skin cream quality that can't be gotten without a bunch of high-tech ingredients.
Are there particular butters and oils to avoid or seek out in particular? It's been years (I used to be more into candles and soap) but I did find old notes. I'd written a list of what I thought might be good body butter ingredient options. I probably asked on a forum at the time! Please correct me if I'm wrong:
Mango butter
Shae butter
olive butter?
(Are any of those heavy/greasy?)
And I remember hearing/reading that to avoid the heavy greasy feel, we should add light oils - and should avoid ones that are particularly fragile if possible. So I'd written down:
apricot kernel
grapeseed (then I wrote "fragile?" next to that)
sunflower
olive squalene (?)
hempseed oil (wrote "fragile" next to it)
shea oil (?)
meadowfoam seed oil
jajoba (?)
monoi
kukui
macadamia nut oil
almond (fragile?)
sesame (?)
hazelnut (?)
babassu (?)
Which of these or which combinations would be good to add to keep it from being too greasy feeling?
I also wrote down "IPM" but I don't know why. Do people still use Dry Flo or have they moved on to something even better these days? Are there any new preservatives on the market that are natural besides Vit.E? I know we're safe if we don't introduce water or germs but that's not easy when it's a cream you stick your hand into, you know?
Thanks so much!
I used to dabble in body butter several years ago and made a couple of batches of very nice fluffy whipped butters (and used Dry Flo). However, what I was really going for was more of a Cetaphil feel, you know? Maybe that heavy body cream and a homemade body butter can and will never be in the same category though. But I love how Cetaphil feels cool to the touch and glides on really silkily (as do the body butters and a place like Bath and Bodyworks).
I was a little bothered by how my body butters felt more like a greasy frosting. Even if I whipped it to death and got it really fluffy and light, adding just a little Dry Flo to remove the greasy feel, there was a powdery feeling that was left, as opposed to that silky, glossy feeling. And I'd either whip it to fluff or else it would end up like that pressed-in cocoa butter feel you know?!
It may be that I'm looking for a lotion/skin cream quality that can't be gotten without a bunch of high-tech ingredients.
Are there particular butters and oils to avoid or seek out in particular? It's been years (I used to be more into candles and soap) but I did find old notes. I'd written a list of what I thought might be good body butter ingredient options. I probably asked on a forum at the time! Please correct me if I'm wrong:
Mango butter
Shae butter
olive butter?
(Are any of those heavy/greasy?)
And I remember hearing/reading that to avoid the heavy greasy feel, we should add light oils - and should avoid ones that are particularly fragile if possible. So I'd written down:
apricot kernel
grapeseed (then I wrote "fragile?" next to that)
sunflower
olive squalene (?)
hempseed oil (wrote "fragile" next to it)
shea oil (?)
meadowfoam seed oil
jajoba (?)
monoi
kukui
macadamia nut oil
almond (fragile?)
sesame (?)
hazelnut (?)
babassu (?)
Which of these or which combinations would be good to add to keep it from being too greasy feeling?
I also wrote down "IPM" but I don't know why. Do people still use Dry Flo or have they moved on to something even better these days? Are there any new preservatives on the market that are natural besides Vit.E? I know we're safe if we don't introduce water or germs but that's not easy when it's a cream you stick your hand into, you know?
Thanks so much!
