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This buttery blend is nourishing and can be used on its own. It can also be used as your basis for body oils, creams, lotions, lip balms, body butters or it can be added to bath bombs and salt scrubs.
Yield: Approx. 8 ounces Prep Time: 15 minutes Price Category: 2 Difficulty Level: 2 Shelf Life: 6 monthsIngredients: 2 ounces shea butter 2 ounces mango butter 1 ounce watermelon seed oil 1 ounce tamanu oil 2 ounces carrot oil 1/8 ounce T-50 Vitamin E (optional to extend shelf life) Blending Procedure: - Gently heat the butters and oil in a double boiler, stirring until the butters have reached 175 degrees. Maintain the temperature for 25 minutes and then remove from the heat.
- Add the optional T-50 Vitamin E oil. Although it is an optional ingredient, the use of T-50 Vitamin E oil will extend the shelf life of your natural products. (According to From Nature With Love, while the alpha tocopherol in 50IU/g, 1000IU/g and 1400IU/g Vitamin E oils are wonderful as an in-vitro anti-oxidant, studies show that the gamma tocopherol in the Vitamin E T-50 oil is a better anti-oxidant natural preservative for oils/lipids in cosmetic formulations.)
- Pour the mixture into an 8 oz. glass jar and cap a label. To use, simply apply to hands, feet and body as desired.
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