mango butter?

[ohsoap]

brittle like Cocoa? or hard like shea?

 

[pixybratt]

oddly I have some that is soft like Shea and some hard like cocoa, I do think it's supposed to be hard though and that one i bought was mixed and it just never said so any place

 

[IrishLass]

I have had it both ways, too. I guess it depends on the supplier and/or how it was manufactured. Either way, it's not supposed to be soft in the way that lard is soft. It should be hard.

IrishLass

 

[ohsoap]

ok, good to know, I really want to try some next time I order supplies.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[ohsoap]

Mine is soft like Shea, but with no 'greasy' feel at all

Now I don't want to wait!

 

[Manda]

I am curious to know whether mango butter goes grainy at all like shea can if you overheat it? And what does it smell like? (Please tell me it smells like mangos! Does it?!?)

 

[bombus]

Sorry, it has no odor. One 5-pounder I received was grainy. But it didn't affect the texture of the body butter I made.

 

[Manda]

Sorry, it has no odor.

Oh well, thought it probably wouldn't.

One 5-pounder I received was grainy. But it didn't affect the texture of the body butter I made.

I was thinking about trying it in lip balm. Lips are very sensitive to texture and I like very smooth balms myself.

 

[ohsoap]

I was thinking about trying it in lip balm. Lips are very sensitive to texture and I like very smooth balms myself.

Yup thats what I want if for too, my sister in law reacts to shea but only in lip balms.

 

[gekko62]

I luv luv luv mango butter! Not as heavy as shea IMO,& it's smooooth. I use it neat on my hands or sometimes with a bit of avo butter.It's definitely not brittle like cocoabutter,much closer to shea-like.

 

[carebear]

yes - more shea-like but not sticky like shea.

I thik when applied directly to the skin that shea is "warming" as you rub it in, but mango is "cooling".

But be warned, it can go grainy in balms.

In most cases I took it out and replaced it with pam oil, or use ButterEZ with it to prevent the grains.

 

[ohsoap]

In most cases I took it out and replaced it with pam oil, or use ButterEZ with it to prevent the grains.

What is ButterEZ? I've never heard of it.

 

[honor435]

the mano butter i buy is always soft like lard.

 

[carebear]

at room temp I tend to find it harder than lard but MUCH softer than cocoa butter

 

[jarvan]

yes - more shea-like but not sticky like shea.

I thik when applied directly to the skin that shea is "warming" as you rub it in, but mango is "cooling".

But be warned, it can go grainy in balms.

In most cases I took it out and replaced it with pam oil, or use ButterEZ with it to prevent the grains.

That totally explains the graininess that I feel in my not-so-old lip balms. I like the properties of mango butter, but if this is a problem, it's not going in my lip stuff.

Any ideas what is a better additive similar to mango butter that doesn't cause graininess? I need smooth, too and don't want to have spoiled tubes of lip junk.

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