starring Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I'd love to use some of my coffee butter and green tea butters in a lotion bar recipe. They are extracts in hydrogenated veggie oil bases, I was thinking of mixing it with shea, cocoa and beeswax, but how would I figure out the proportions? Would I need any additional carrier oils? Is beeswax needed, or just cocoa? The hydrogenated veggie oil throws me . . .Any ideas before I start testing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 hydrogenated veggie oil is just solid soybean oil. like crisco but without the added cottonseed oil. There is a lotion bar recipe that is posted a few posts down in the recipes section that uses soybean wax, which is also hydrogenated soybean oil (just a bit more hydrogentated to make it firmer) and shea butter. Start with that recipe and tweek it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starring Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thanks Carrie, that is just the info I needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Flapp Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I made a lotion bar a while ago with coffee butter as the main ingredient & something else but I don't remember what but it was very rich & almost melted in your hand immediately. I definitely would not use more than 50% coffee butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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