Mango Body Butter

This is a lovely recipe adapted from one kindly sent to us by a satisfied customer. We've just tested it ourselves and reduced the quantities so you don't have to make 5Kg of it for yourself. We've also allowed for the different emulsifying wax we stock ourselves, adjusting quantities to suit.

You'll Need

1 small saucepan
Hand whisk and/or Electric whisk

The following ingredients...

Jojoba Oil
Mango Butter
Emulsifying wax (steareth-20)
Ceteraryl Alcohol
Clean Water (distilled or mineral if you wish)
Essential oil/s as preferred

How to...

Weigh the ingredients all into the one saucepan in the following quantities...

Jojoba Oil: 44g
Mango Butter: 22g
Emulsifying wax: 32g
Cetearyl Alcohol : 36g
Clean Water: 150g
Essential oil/s as preferred 5ml

Put the saucepan over a gentle heat and wait until the mango butter has almost completely melted. At this stage, the emulsifying wax and cetearyl alcohol will be melting as well. Whisk, preferably with an electric hand held whisk on a low setting, although you can use a hand (balloon) whisk if you are vigorous. Continue whisking over the heat until all the ingredients have completely incorporated and you have a complete emulsification. Take off the heat and continue gently whisking until the liquid thickens to a more creamy consistency. At this stage, pour into a suitable container and leave to cool, stirring or shaking periodically. Once completely cool you should have a good quality, cream.

Variations to this theme...

The essential oils originally used in this recipe were 2 blends. Firstly Lemongrass and Grapefruit half-and-half. Then alternatively Ylang Ylang and Patchouli in the same proportions.

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