New to body butter making

[Kerry K.]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but my sister and I got together to make body butters, and the body butter was too thin! I can't think of what we did wrong, except not use enough butter and too much oil. I watched some videos of people making beautiful whipped body butter using a hand mixer, and I am wondering if I should get an old-fashioned hand mixer. We used a stick blender...were we wrong, or is a stick blender fine for the job?

Thanks for your input!

 

[dixiedragon]

If it's too thin, sounds like too much oil and not enough butter. You can melt it back down and add more butter.

If you are making whipped butter, you need a hand mixer because you want to whip air into the butter. Vs a stick blender where the goal is to NOT whip air into the soap batter. If your stick blender has a whisk attachment, that might work.

ETA: Depending on how hot it is, you might need more butter now than you would if you make a butter during the winter / to be used in the winter.

 

[Lion Of Judah]

...... just wanted to add : "There is no such thing as a stupid question " , not in the quest for learning.