Body Butters

What are they and why use them? 

Bomb Baby Emulsified Kokum Butter

Butter is quite possibly my favorite food. But why stop at eating it when you can rub it all over ya self and soak in the deliciousness all day long? 

A body butter is exactly what it sounds like - a butter for your body. 

It’s a concoction made up of lipids, this can be liquid or solid fats, that are whipped and used for conditioning and hydration and repair of skin. Most often a butter, like shea, mango or cocoa butter is used with a carrier oil like rose hip seed, apricot kernel or coconut oil to create the desired nutrition and consistency. 

What’s cool about my recipe?

My favorite formula that I created myself is one that is largely kokum butter - a dry hard butter from India - mixed with kerite shea butter - a soft creamy butter from Senegal. I mix with safflower and apricot kernel oils and stearic acid, fragrance and arrowroot powder. 

Kokum is non-comedogenic and is hard and dry - it doesn’t melt at room temp so this provides stability to the butter. Since it’s dry - it’s less greasy. This recipe is light and fluffy and absorbs super quickly into the skin and won’t clog pores. A little goes a long way and my skin loves it. Kokum has a very unique texture and I highly recommend trying it at least once.

Safflower oil is a great carrier oil too since it’s also non-comedogenic and light and absorbs quickly. It’s great for people with acne or sensitive skin.

I know many people freak out when they see the word acid in anything so I wanted to clear up that stearic acid is naturally present in most butters. It’s a fatty acid that is a thickener and hardener when used independently. It really fluffs up the recipe and allows me to reduce the percentage of oils so that the recipe can have a rich feel without the grease or density.

This is my favorite recipe to date. I’m working on an emulsified butter that will have a lighter lotion/cream like texture so I will report back on that once I try it for myself. Most butters are anhydrous - meaning there’s no water - however the emulsified one has a wax that binds oil and water together. This means a less heavy butter that is almost lotion-like in texture.

Until then, kokum butter whip remains the champ.Maybe even long after as I am perfectly okay with a little heaviness in my butters. 

Bomb Baby Body Butter Recipe

Kokum Butter

Kerite Shea Butter

Safflower Oil

Apricot Kernel Oil

Stearic Acid

Arrowroot Powder

Fragrance Oil

They are so creamy and fluffy and such a luxurious feel on the skin. Treat your skin right and look and feel your best. Because when you feel better, you do better. And the world needs you at your best right now.

Bye for now. May good things come your way!

Love,

Gia