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I'd like to make a nice creamy butter myself but I have only had success so far making whipped butter. And I have to say the best recipe I have followed by far is Kimberlys Whipped Shea recipe - http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97&highlight=Kimberlys+whipped+shea

Kelly

I spooned mine into the molds. I made ones that were 1 oz. and 1/2 oz. I have to agree though 1/2 oz. is perfect size it doesn't leave the tub an oily mess.

Kelly

Thanks so much! I will try that next time. So if I remelted do you think it would fix itself?

Kelly

What would cause this recipe to go grainy after a few days? It still melts into your lips but its somewhat grainy when it goes on. Did I do something wrong when I created the recipe? When I first made it it melted right into your lips with a nice smooth creamy feel. I thought at first it was the sweetener I added perhaps not getting it mixed all the way but its happening to some of the ones I didn't add sweetener to as well.

37.5% Mango Butter

25% Sweet Almond Butter

25% Avocado Oil

12.5% Beeswax

Flavor Oil

Sweetener is optional

Thanks

I recently received a soap that was made with Soymilk and it is very very nice. I also just made a soap myself made of Goats Milk, Soymilk and Coconut Milk. Turned out very nicely.

Kelly

Very nice.

I really wanted to do this with the class but unfortunately was unable to. I do have to say you ALL did a wonderful job.

I can't stress enough to be careful with the LYE. I know we are supposed to wear gloves and eye protection, make sure you have shoes on too~!

Let me tell you a story from one of my first batches. Speaking from experience I broke ALL of those rules idiot that I am and got LYE on my hands. I immediately washed with soap and water to get it off. Well I thought I had it all off but apparently I did not because when to the potty I somehow got it on my whatnots!!! Oh my gosh that was the most painful thing I had ever felt! So don't break the rules and please be ever so careful with the LYE.

Kelly

If I do a water discount will that cause my soap to accelerate and begin to seize?

Kelly

I made these for the first time last night and they work really really well however this morning I noticed a bit of condensation on the tops of the ones I did not wrap. So I unwrapped one of the wrapped ones and the same thing kjust not quite as bad. Is this normal? Will it go away? And when should I wrap them?

Thanks

Kelly

I made these just a bit ago. I think everything turned out ok. I scented with vanilla hazelnut and did fortune cookie shapes, frogs, turtles and regular tart shapes.

They can be seen here!

http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?p=566649#post566649

This is a first time for making these for me. So far so good I made them in fortune cookie (about .5 oz) turtles & frogs (about 1 oz.) and regular tart shapes (0.5 oz). I scentd them in Vanilla Hazelnut. The little specs you see are lavender buds. The only cornstarch I had was some I had made some lavender baby powder out of. Which was ground lavender, oatmeal and cornstarch. Thanks for looking.

Kelly

Is this all we will be doing for today?

Could I use my 3 oz. 6 cavity clamshells as molds for this?

Thanks Lori! I'm slowly getting it back together. Got all the updates installed and got it networked in with my other 2 computers. I was smart enough this time to save all of my recipes!!!

I apologize for the way this has posted. I am in the process of crashing and putting my laptop back together and for some reason I have no features available and it will only allow me to post in a paragraph. I will repost this recipe once I have corrected my laptop issues.Kelly

37.5% Mango Butter25% Sweet Almond Butter25% Avocado Oil12.5% BeeswaxFlavor OilSweetener is optionalI just learned how to make these and this is a simple recipe I came up with. I myself love it. It melts right into your lips. I attempted to add sweetener but that didnt turn out so well. And I also got to thinking that winter is almost here and I don't need to be licking it off my lips! LOL! If you try this let me know what you think.Kelly

I definately reccomend getting one!

I got mine at Home Depot. In fact, they came in a set...I got a Glass & Tile Scraper with 5 blades (this is the one that fits the planer) and a small glass scraper with 5 single edge blades...$5.97 for everything.

So along with my replacement blade for my planer, I got 2 new 'tools'.

And no shipping either. I am so accident prone.

I love this thing though. I can't believe how nice it made my soaps look even the ugly ones!

Thanks everyone for your help.

Kelly

Thanks!

I got mine in the mail yesterday!!! I love it, however I was wondering for those of you who have one how do you clean it? Is it ok just to put it in soap and water? Is there a particular type of spnge or wash cloth I should use to clean the blade?

Thanks

Kelly

Oh my gosh I just tried this recipe for the first time and I've never had a whipped butter come out so nice. I didn't have any hempseed butter so I used sweet almond instead and I used grapeseed oil for my oils. I 1/2ed the recipe but it's wonderful!

Kelly

Exactly what is fractionated coconut oil made of? Is it coconut oil mixed with another oil or diluted in water or something?

There is an oil coop going on right now on the boards.

I have not used frozen milk as of yet. I myself just make sure its extrememly cold.

I haven't even attempted to cut it yet. It's been done about 2 days now. How long do you think I should wait to cut it? If I take it out of my mold will it harden enough to cut?