Waxwench, you can't think that way....seriously. And I am not blowing smoke here when I say, if you can cook and follow a recipe, you can make a body butter....a kick a$$ one at that:yes:! Oh and a good scale is important too! My first body butter, if you want to call it that, was a disaster. I did not have the benefit of this board then....that was 3 years ago. Then I was steered here by Jennie and figured out in a short time all the things I did wrong. This board is a wonderful place. Take a day or two, or do as I did, take many days and read. Soak up all the knowledge you can and try. I took a basic recipe and tweaked it until I came up with something I liked. I pulled many all nighters reading here and other places about recipes, about different oils/butters and how they would affect the outcome of your butter, how ewax & stearic contribute and how many parts of each will make your product stable. At first, none of it will make sense. But, the more you read, the more you have those awwww moments and it will all come together. It will make even more sense if you make batches and then you can apply what you see with what you've read. Yes, it does sound like a lot but the sense of accomplishment when you get the butter you want.....it is way better than awesome. And interestingly enough, the more you do on your own, and others see that you are seriously trying, when you start asking questions, you get better answers than if you just start asking expect people to drop the answers right in your lap. But you won't know what you can accomplish if you don't try....