Kokum or Mango Butter for lip balm, sugar scrub, and bath bombs?

[MelissaG]

What do you think?

 

[ToniO]

I haven't gotten around to making scrubs or bath bombs yet but I use Kokum in everything and Mango in my skin and face creams. It's my top ingredient in lip balm and I mix tempered Cupuacu butter in there also for some extra moisturizing.

 

[Zing]

So no experience with bath bombs and sugar scrubs here. I like my lip balms to be more 'meltier' than lotion bars and mine are similar to Burt's Bees in consistency. The 'hardest' oil in my lip balm is coconut. I like kokum and mango but not sure about using them in lip balms. Kokum is a really hard butter. Mango is too but also super absorbent. Maybe try a small test batch and report back to us?

 

[MelissaG]

So no experience with bath bombs and sugar scrubs here. I like my lip balms to be more 'meltier' than lotion bars and mine are similar to Burt's Bees in consistency. The 'hardest' oil in my lip balm is coconut. I like kokum and mango but not sure about using them in lip balms. Kokum is a really hard butter. Mango is too but also super absorbent. Maybe try a small test batch and report back to us?

I've been thinking of buying a pound of each and see what happens. I paid $35 for my last 5 pounds of cocoa butter. These each are about $42 for 5 lbs but at least they're wayyyyy cheaper than cocoa butter.

 

[Firefly24]

Go for it! They are reasonably priced and have similar soap qualities & fatty acids.