Paulette Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I have some shea butter and Kokum Butter. The only oils I have right now are olive oil, sunflower oil, and Safflower oil. Can I use any of them to whip some body butter.I googled but couldn't find any recipe. thanks Paulette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa_1 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Absolutely! I've never tried safflower oil in whipped shea so I can't comment on this one, but I have tried both olive oil & sunflower oil. Of the two, I preferred the one with sunflower oil in it.This was all during my testing phase. Nowadays I use jojoba with my shea but during my testing I tried olive oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, apricot kernal oil, grapeseed oil & sweet almond oil. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thanks Lisa. Now how much oil should I use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa_1 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 How much oil you use will largely depend on how soft or firm a butter you want to end up with. The more oil you use the softer the butter will be I don't know what the standard is, I just played around with my recipe until I figured out what I wanted. Nowadays I use 75% shea and 25% liquid oil then I whip it up with my hand mixer (not the stick blender) until it's really fluffy.hth,Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thanks so much Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Some folks also like to do a 60% hard butters to 40% oils. This is what I do and I finally had success in my whipped body butters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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