mrstkeller

Sorry for question (i'm not feeling very bright after reading these posts 3 times and still not getting it). . is she saying that you could do the 2.5 ewax and the other 2.5 as stearic (or 2.5 cetyl)? I have run out of ewax and only have stearic (no cetyl). Thanks!

Thanks ladies! I will check that out! : )

Some of her Smooches are different. This one doesn't have sugar in it. It's completely runny. I actually have it in a shower gel container in my shower. Here's her run-down on the different types of Smooches The smoochy part of a Smooch! is the rich, self-emulsifying butter base. After that, we make 4 varieties of Smooch! (as indicated in the "MO" field on individual product pages) that vary vastly in texture, temperature and application. Body Conditioners: Almost entirely butters and oils. These go on like a balm, emulse to a lotion, and leave you kissable. They feature a mere smattering of botanicals for decadence's sake, but are not exfoliating in nature. Salt or Sugar Body Scrub: This is the basic Smooch! It is 65% exfoliating components (usually a blend of sugars or salts), and 35% butters and oils. These are more of a traditional scrub, with a generous window to exfoliate before the salts or sugars melt, and the same clean-rinsing emulsion as our Body Conditioners. These generally feature a very light smattering of botanicals - fruit seeds, ground spices, jojoba beads and more. Warming Scrub: These feature a warming component in addition to white, brown, or raw sugars. The warming ingredient makes the texture much more dense, and lends a powdery afterfeel to the Smooch! that enhances the clean-rinsing emulsion. Because they rinse away so cleanly, and have the least conditioning properties, Warming Scrubs are suitable for oily and normal facial skin-types, provided you have no sensitivity to the fragrance or botanical components in the Smooch! With these exceptions, the Warming Scrubs are intended for body application. Facial Scrub: The facial Smooch! is based on a clean-rinsing emulsion, but uses a lighter blend of oils and emulsifiers than any of the body Smooch! products. The exfoliating components are more finely grained, allowing you to concentrate the scrub on rough spots or congested pores.

So please forgive me if this is obvious, but I've been trying to hunt down this information for a few days and can't seem to find it. I found a great post on the different oils and their benefits, but what I'm wondering is there a similar post on body butters? Like their hardness rating, greasiness, how quickly they are absorbed and benefits? I'm basically looking for a resource I can access in helping me sub butters in simple recipes. I know this probably would be best achieved in trial and error, but I really can't afford that luxury since I'm just doing this as a hobby at this point. Thanks!

Thank you! I just needed a little direction. . I wasn't quite getting it and I'm so new to this whole B&B stuffs (other than lip balm) that I didn't really know where to start. I'm going to get experimenting as soon as the Mango Butter gets here.

I use superfatted bars of both a high quality M&P and CP from Haunt and Arcana. I still don't find soap that moisturizing. Maybe I have freakish skin. . but I'm still dry. It might have to do with living in CA? It's a really dry cold here. *shrug* If I used this without the water. . it just would be oily. But something about using this in the shower and then rinsing off quickly. . I'm not oily when I get out. Just moisturized. I use Villainess' Decadnce Smooch right now. . and the product that had me thinking I needed to make my own (since I was tempted to buy it) was Cocoa Pink's Shower Butta. Now sure if that helps to understand what I'm after. And no. . no recipe.

Hi all! This is my first post here. My sister and I are making some B&B products for family and we've amassed quite a supply of oils/butters. I have a couple products from various etailers that I really like to use to help fight off the winter itchies that are used in the shower. But I figure that since i have most if not all the ingredients, I could take a crack at making some for myself. They aren't scrubs as they don't have an exfoliating ingredients. I basically am looking for something to use at the end of my shower so I don't have to add so much body butter after. They all call for basically the same things. . . Some butter (cocoa or mango) Oils (coconut, grape seed, apricot kernel and avocado) ewax, vitamin e and fragrance So my question is. . should I just blend the oils into the butter then add the other ingredients? Or should there be some 'special' technique to use? I'm a new to most of this. . all I've done is spent WAY too much time on the computer (mostly in this black hole) looking up stuff. Thanks so much!