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A Better Whipped Body Butter Part Two

By now, you have completed  Part One  of the Better Body Butter recipe.  If you haven't, please complete Part One and check back. Whipped Body Butter can be made with ingredients likely found in your home, and makes for a perfect stocking stuffer, teacher gift, and much more.  Whipped Body Butter even replaces the following: shaving cream oil in baking lotion cuticle cream hair moisture mask Now that you have completed the first phase, let's carry on with the recipe. You have already melted and resolidified your oils. Remove your (now very firm) oil blend from the fridge.  Allow to sit on the counter for 10 minutes, to bring closer to room temperature.  You can work with it from fridge temps, but it's much easier to manipulate once it's closer to the space around you. After an overnight in the fridge, the oil blend is solid! I flipped mine out on to a cutting board. Feel free to cut in to cubes, or spoon out various sized hunks from y

A Better Whipped Body Butter Part 1

Until recently, my body butter recipe couldn't have been any easier to make.  You may even remember my previous post  with detailed instructions. Of course, there's a catch!  Coconut Oil is incredibly sensitive to temperature fluctuations.  At my house, this means it melts in the Summer, and hardens in the Winter.  Even if you only let your house get as cold as 67 degrees (ours gets as low as 61 at night), it's too cold to maintain the fluffy, whipped suspension. There had to be a better way to produce a body butter, that was just as whipped and fluffy as the lone Coconut Oil, but maintained itself (even during transport to various local vendors who carry Caught Red Threaded). After tinkering in the kitchen, I came up with a recipe that will knock your socks off!  Not only does it whip up beautifully, it maintains that moisture cloud to temps as low as 40 degrees (maybe lower, but I haven't tested beyond that). First thing to do is gather your supplies: Med