It's not on topic, but I want to say that before I started watching your videos, I originally wanted to stick to basic ingredients and stay away from processed stuff. I saw it all as synthetic and bad. I was going to sell people stuff that they could make at their house with ingredients they could walk in a grocery store and get. You've made me realize that there is so much more to this than I thought. I love the way you teach and I love that you are not scared to be open about what you know. Thank you so much. You have taught me so many things about stuff that I didn't consider would ever be a part of my path. But now they are.
You are amazing. The videos teach me so much. I follow the soap and body butter bars. Your teaching methods are perfect and you are my first choice! I bought everything and it was delivered yesterday! Today is body butter day, and I am excited to try this! Thank you! For being a truly kind and generous TH-cam friend!
A huge thank you to you, Marie, for this wonderful recipe, this exceptional channel, and all of the material you put out there to help educate us on product formulation. This is a wonderful gift to the world! I made this recipe three times and I would like to share my experience and impressions. I made three 20 oz batches simply to use up the butter pearls and Vitamin E as much as possible. I bought the BTMS-50 and Butter Pearls from Simply Ingredients. The Vitamin E MT-50 is from New Directions Aromatics. I didn’t have plans to use these ingredients for anything else, so I increased the size of the recipe to maximize their use. I melted the heated phase in a pyrex cup in a 450 F oven for about 20 minutes - beware: the liquid heated phase was vaporizing (it looked like steam) and I had to turn on a large box fan because the vaporizing oils were really irritating my throat and causing it to close up. I stirred the melted oils, then put the pyrex cup in the refrigerator, checking in on it and stirring every 5-10 minutes. The heated phase started turning cloudy around 200 F. I added the Vitamin E at around 140 F. Trace occurred at around 95 F, I poured into molds, and put the molds in the freezer for an hour. I applied these lotion bars to my hand when they were still liquid and noticed that they were oily-feeling. After taking them out of the freezer and popping the bars out of the mold, I again noticed the bars were really oily-feeling. Because I hate oily/greasy lotion bars, I decided to make two more batches, adding white kaolin clay at 10 and 20% for a less oily feel. I know this can also prevent the bars from melting. So, I made the recipe above two more times: once with the as-written recipe above constituting 90% and white kaolin clay constituting 10%, the other batch was the as-written recipe above constituting 80% and white kaolin clay constituting 20%. For both batches, I added the Vitamin E at around 135 F. Interestingly, the clay made the oils cool down much slower. I poured into molds right before trace, while constantly stirring, around 100 F. Pouring right before trace helped a lot with the pour. If I had waited for trace, the bars would have solidified during the pour and they would not be flat in the mold. They would have set up before I had time to tap them down. Verdict: The cocoa butter smell is great. I love that these bars do not have beeswax, because this means they don’t have the same issues with drag as regular lotion bars have. The bars feel smooth and glide on easily. There was no grittiness to any of these bars. As mentioned above, at room temperature (and even at lower and higher temperatures) all the bars (the recipe as written (0% clay), the recipe + 10% clay, and the recipe + 20% clay) are oily-feeling and I did not want to further the experiment by adding more clay. The 20% clay recipe was less oily than the 0% clay recipe, but still too oily for me. With 70% cocoa butter, I should not have been surprised by the bars’ oiliness, but I was still hopeful this would not be the case. I know BTMS-50 from Simply Ingredients is 50% cetyl alcohol, 50% behentrimonium methosulfate, so I was hoping for a less oily feel because of the cetyl alcohol. Also, I experienced an allergic reaction to the BTMS-50, which was not fun. My skin broke out in hives. So, I will be melting down these ~23 bars and using them in soap making. I am not sure how BTMS-50 will react with sodium hydroxide, but we will see. 🙂 Thank you again, Marie!!
Marie this is amazing, I had to swap out the butter pearls (not available in UK) and I put it in a push up tube but the end result is lovely with such a divine smell of chocolate.
@@sandiebrown9521I looked up the substitution but that was Cetearyl alcohol which I didn’t have so I used a combination of cetyl alcohol and stearic acid which she had referenced as a substitution for Cetearyl alcohol in another video I used 30/70 or 40/60. I did not find the end product waxy at all.
Thank you so much for this! I have been dabbling in formularion for about a year and your videos and blog have been my primary learnjng reaource! ....This came out so perfect with awesome skin feel ... didnt have butter pearls so substituted with kokum butter since they have similar melting points... added some mica and shimmer for an extra ooomph ❤
I loved the result of the lotion bars in your free online course and so did my friends and family. I subbed the beeswax as I’m vegan though. I’ll have to try this. Thank you so much.
@@thelifeofcentered I subbed with candelilla wax. You can also try carnauba wax. But I’m going to try again with rice bran wax. It has a higher melting point than all of them, but supposed to give a less waxy (though my bars weren’t waxy) feel than the plant based waxes and has emollient properties.
You'll find the answer to your question in the blog post that's linked in the description box below the video ;) If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/. Happy making!
is something like this formula safe for shipping in the hot summer months? I know you can emulsify body butter to prevent it from melting during shipping but kind of stumped on how to get a lotion bar not to melt =(
Ouhhh yeahh my favorite ingredient again 😏 I'm really going to have to order some btms-50 and a bunch of other ingredients soon. My CP soap won't suffice anymore 😂
You'll find the answer to your question in the "Substitutions" section of the partner blog post. It's linked in the description box below the video ;) If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/. Happy making!
I've done lots 😉 Three all-natural body butter bar formulations are linked in the partner blog post and there are more on the website and here on TH-cam!
I always link all the ingredients for any given formulation in the written version of the formulation in the free partner blog post, which is linked in in the written version of the formulation in the free partner blog post the description box below the video (If you're not sure what I mean by the "description box", read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/.). Sometimes those links break because they're always off-site links, or sometimes the store I've linked to isn't in your country. That's why I also have a giant page of places to shop all over the world, which you can find here: www.humblebeeandme.com/resources/. It doesn't have every country in the world, but it does contain all the online stores I know about. If your country isn't listed, that's because I don't know about any online stores in your country. You could try looking for a local Facebook group for people who like making soap & other cosmetics-they may be able to recommend places to shop. Happy making!
Will this trace + freeze technique help with the inherent crumbly-ness of Kokum Butter as a butter bar? And, can dimethicone be added to a body butter bar given enough fatty thickener/hardener to accommodate it's liquidness? I know Cupuacu Butter would probably be the better option for that silicone-y slip, but I am trying to slip in some occlusiveness too; I wasn't sure if dimethicone would affect a solid bar's cohesiveness
Trace won't help with crumbly-ness, but softening kokum with other ingredients will :) And yes, you can include liquids in body butter bars, just not very much. Here's an example: www.humblebeeandme.com/green-gold-body-butter-bars/. Happy making!
@@HumblebeeAndMe wow I'm really surprised that you could get away with 45% liquid oil in solid formulation! I do live in warmer temperatures, but there's still way more wiggle room than I expected. Thank you!
I don't think you can find them on Amazon, but I have linked all the ingredients in the free partner blog post ❤️ I ALWAYS do this to make life easier for my viewers ❤️
Hi! You'll find the answer to your question in the "Substitutions" section of the partner blog post. It's linked in the description box below the video 😊 If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/. Happy making!
Me, everytime a new recipe is posted: please let me have all the ingredients for this one instead of biying more🤞 Me upon clicking every video: annnnnd another one i cant watch/make
Did you know that every single one of my formulations has a completely free partner blog post? That blog post always includes substitution suggestions to try to make every formulation I share as accessible as possible 😄 You'll find the link to the partner post in the description box below each video ❤️
I love all of your formulationdo you have a easy fix for a summer version. Do you suggest stearic acid or candellila wax ? I really love it in winther but you like to twick it for warmer day
okay, gurl.. you are the queen of body butter! LOL, thanks for these awesome recipes and gift ideas! I cant wait to get all my ingredients! who do you shop with for those, that you find are best? love your expertise!
Welcome! If you look up shea butter in my free Humblebee & Me DIY Encyclopedia (www.humblebeeandme.com/diy-encyclopedia/) and scroll down you'll find a big list of projects to make with it :) I think you'll also enjoy this video: th-cam.com/video/nhBcXoLzduo/w-d-xo.html. Happy making!
Thank you for another great formula Marie! If I wanted to lightly scent these, could it be done? If so, do you add with the vitamin E in the cool down phase? Also, for this batch size in the video, if scent were to be added, how much would you start with? Thank you.
Hi Ginger! I've had zero issues with cocoa butter clogging pores over more than a decade of regular use. Do you have personal experience with it being problematic, or are you referring to a comedogenicity chart and working off that? If it's option 2, I'd encourage you to re-consider that strategy, as whether or not something clogs pores is not as simple as looking at a chart and eliminating every ingredient above a certain number. LabMuffin has a great video and blog post on this: labmuffin.com/fact-check-how-to-use-comedogenicity-ratings/. If it's a known personal sensitivity, substitutions are always detailed in the free partner blog post. Happy making!
It's funny because I keept reading that cocoa butter is Highly comedogenic but I literally oiled my face daily with pure cocoa butter as a moisturizer and my skin was so clear back then What makes me break out is when I tried Coconut oil and the worst was Olive I don't get it😂
Substitutions, scaling, full written formula & more ➡️ www.humblebeeandme.com/hot-chocolate-body-butter-bars/
It's not on topic, but I want to say that before I started watching your videos, I originally wanted to stick to basic ingredients and stay away from processed stuff. I saw it all as synthetic and bad. I was going to sell people stuff that they could make at their house with ingredients they could walk in a grocery store and get. You've made me realize that there is so much more to this than I thought. I love the way you teach and I love that you are not scared to be open about what you know. Thank you so much. You have taught me so many things about stuff that I didn't consider would ever be a part of my path. But now they are.
You are amazing. The videos teach me so much. I follow the soap and body butter bars. Your teaching methods are perfect and you are my first choice! I bought everything and it was delivered yesterday! Today is body butter day, and I am excited to try this! Thank you! For being a truly kind and generous TH-cam friend!
A huge thank you to you, Marie, for this wonderful recipe, this exceptional channel, and all of the material you put out there to help educate us on product formulation. This is a wonderful gift to the world! I made this recipe three times and I would like to share my experience and impressions. I made three 20 oz batches simply to use up the butter pearls and Vitamin E as much as possible. I bought the BTMS-50 and Butter Pearls from Simply Ingredients. The Vitamin E MT-50 is from New Directions Aromatics. I didn’t have plans to use these ingredients for anything else, so I increased the size of the recipe to maximize their use.
I melted the heated phase in a pyrex cup in a 450 F oven for about 20 minutes - beware: the liquid heated phase was vaporizing (it looked like steam) and I had to turn on a large box fan because the vaporizing oils were really irritating my throat and causing it to close up. I stirred the melted oils, then put the pyrex cup in the refrigerator, checking in on it and stirring every 5-10 minutes. The heated phase started turning cloudy around 200 F. I added the Vitamin E at around 140 F. Trace occurred at around 95 F, I poured into molds, and put the molds in the freezer for an hour.
I applied these lotion bars to my hand when they were still liquid and noticed that they were oily-feeling. After taking them out of the freezer and popping the bars out of the mold, I again noticed the bars were really oily-feeling. Because I hate oily/greasy lotion bars, I decided to make two more batches, adding white kaolin clay at 10 and 20% for a less oily feel. I know this can also prevent the bars from melting.
So, I made the recipe above two more times: once with the as-written recipe above constituting 90% and white kaolin clay constituting 10%, the other batch was the as-written recipe above constituting 80% and white kaolin clay constituting 20%. For both batches, I added the Vitamin E at around 135 F. Interestingly, the clay made the oils cool down much slower. I poured into molds right before trace, while constantly stirring, around 100 F. Pouring right before trace helped a lot with the pour. If I had waited for trace, the bars would have solidified during the pour and they would not be flat in the mold. They would have set up before I had time to tap them down.
Verdict: The cocoa butter smell is great. I love that these bars do not have beeswax, because this means they don’t have the same issues with drag as regular lotion bars have. The bars feel smooth and glide on easily. There was no grittiness to any of these bars.
As mentioned above, at room temperature (and even at lower and higher temperatures) all the bars (the recipe as written (0% clay), the recipe + 10% clay, and the recipe + 20% clay) are oily-feeling and I did not want to further the experiment by adding more clay. The 20% clay recipe was less oily than the 0% clay recipe, but still too oily for me. With 70% cocoa butter, I should not have been surprised by the bars’ oiliness, but I was still hopeful this would not be the case. I know BTMS-50 from Simply Ingredients is 50% cetyl alcohol, 50% behentrimonium methosulfate, so I was hoping for a less oily feel because of the cetyl alcohol.
Also, I experienced an allergic reaction to the BTMS-50, which was not fun. My skin broke out in hives. So, I will be melting down these ~23 bars and using them in soap making. I am not sure how BTMS-50 will react with sodium hydroxide, but we will see. 🙂
Thank you again, Marie!!
Marie this is amazing, I had to swap out the butter pearls (not available in UK) and I put it in a push up tube but the end result is lovely with such a divine smell of chocolate.
I’m in Australia and we don’t have butter pearls either. What did you use instead?
@@sandiebrown9521I looked up the substitution but that was Cetearyl alcohol which I didn’t have so I used a combination of cetyl alcohol and stearic acid which she had referenced as a substitution for Cetearyl alcohol in another video I used 30/70 or 40/60. I did not find the end product waxy at all.
@@elliejay-uk thanks!! I have both of those ingredients so that’s really encouraging.
Thank you so much, Ellie!! ❤️
Thank you so much for this! I have been dabbling in formularion for about a year and your videos and blog have been my primary learnjng reaource! ....This came out so perfect with awesome skin feel ... didnt have butter pearls so substituted with kokum butter since they have similar melting points... added some mica and shimmer for an extra ooomph ❤
So wat I’d the secret? Butter pearls or BTMS 50???
I loved the result of the lotion bars in your free online course and so did my friends and family. I subbed the beeswax as I’m vegan though. I’ll have to try this. Thank you so much.
I'm so thrilled to hear it! ❤️ Thank you so much for making with me 😊
Hey! What did you happen to sub the beeswax with?
@@thelifeofcentered I subbed with candelilla wax. You can also try carnauba wax. But I’m going to try again with rice bran wax. It has a higher melting point than all of them, but supposed to give a less waxy (though my bars weren’t waxy) feel than the plant based waxes and has emollient properties.
Thank you! Looks so beautiful, the continuous mixing will definitely gives a smooth texture. Happy holidays!
Just ordered my butter pearls!
Eee congrats! I think you'll love 'em ❤️
Can we use beeswax instead of C10-18 Triglycerides ( Butter pearls ) ??
Can i add shea butter,mango butter, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, coconut oil, and arrowroot powder to this formulation?
Thank you
Does this formular hold up in a warmer climate? Thank you
Loved it. Thank you.
Can you suggest where to buy the btms and the tins?
Any substitutes of mango butter & butter pearls? Both r not available in my country. Even it will be quite expensive with shipping cost. Thank u
You'll find the answer to your question in the blog post that's linked in the description box below the video ;) If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/.
Happy making!
Hello . How about using Isopropyl myristate?
is something like this formula safe for shipping in the hot summer months? I know you can emulsify body butter to prevent it from melting during shipping but kind of stumped on how to get a lotion bar not to melt =(
Ouhhh yeahh my favorite ingredient again 😏 I'm really going to have to order some btms-50 and a bunch of other ingredients soon. My CP soap won't suffice anymore 😂
❤️ This one is definitely a collection of some of my all-time fave ingredients 😍 Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy making :)
Excelente!! 👌🏻 Can I substitute the BTMS for CSI ? Or for candelilla?
You'll find the answer to your question in the "Substitutions" section of the partner blog post. It's linked in the description box below the video ;) If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/.
Happy making!
I can't wait to try it out. but can you please tell me what's the powder you put in the mold?is that mica powder? Thank you so much.
Yes it is :)
Hi how do I formulate this recipe in to bulk? Thank you
Let’s see an All natural option!
I've done lots 😉 Three all-natural body butter bar formulations are linked in the partner blog post and there are more on the website and here on TH-cam!
Hi my digital scale doesn’t give me precise measurements… what’s the best scale to get ?
I like, very much like, BTMS 50
It is so very likeable 😍
Recommendation on where to purchase BTMS-50 and Vitamin E?
I always link all the ingredients for any given formulation in the written version of the formulation in the free partner blog post, which is linked in in the written version of the formulation in the free partner blog post the description box below the video (If you're not sure what I mean by the "description box", read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/.).
Sometimes those links break because they're always off-site links, or sometimes the store I've linked to isn't in your country. That's why I also have a giant page of places to shop all over the world, which you can find here: www.humblebeeandme.com/resources/. It doesn't have every country in the world, but it does contain all the online stores I know about. If your country isn't listed, that's because I don't know about any online stores in your country. You could try looking for a local Facebook group for people who like making soap & other cosmetics-they may be able to recommend places to shop.
Happy making!
@@HumblebeeAndMe Thank you!
Will this trace + freeze technique help with the inherent crumbly-ness of Kokum Butter as a butter bar?
And, can dimethicone be added to a body butter bar given enough fatty thickener/hardener to accommodate it's liquidness? I know Cupuacu Butter would probably be the better option for that silicone-y slip, but I am trying to slip in some occlusiveness too; I wasn't sure if dimethicone would affect a solid bar's cohesiveness
Trace won't help with crumbly-ness, but softening kokum with other ingredients will :) And yes, you can include liquids in body butter bars, just not very much. Here's an example: www.humblebeeandme.com/green-gold-body-butter-bars/.
Happy making!
@@HumblebeeAndMe wow I'm really surprised that you could get away with 45% liquid oil in solid formulation! I do live in warmer temperatures, but there's still way more wiggle room than I expected. Thank you!
Can you post links to amazon for the butter pearl? I cant find it
I don't think you can find them on Amazon, but I have linked all the ingredients in the free partner blog post ❤️ I ALWAYS do this to make life easier for my viewers ❤️
Thanks for sharing. I’m in the UK and can’t get the C10-18 Triglycerides. Can you suggest an alternative?
Hi! You'll find the answer to your question in the "Substitutions" section of the partner blog post. It's linked in the description box below the video 😊 If you're not sure what that means, read this: www.humblebeeandme.com/faqs/whats-the-description-box-on-youtube/.
Happy making!
@@HumblebeeAndMewhat an unhelpful reply, why couldn't you just name an ingredient or two to help, instead of asking for more clicks?
@@jailyynn1999 Because Marie provides all this information with the links to it all.
Me, everytime a new recipe is posted: please let me have all the ingredients for this one instead of biying more🤞
Me upon clicking every video: annnnnd another one i cant watch/make
Did you know that every single one of my formulations has a completely free partner blog post? That blog post always includes substitution suggestions to try to make every formulation I share as accessible as possible 😄 You'll find the link to the partner post in the description box below each video ❤️
I love all of your formulationdo you have a easy fix for a summer version. Do you suggest stearic acid or candellila wax ? I really love it in winther but you like to twick it for warmer day
My first body butter bar was a terrible bar but great lip balm.😂
okay, gurl.. you are the queen of body butter! LOL, thanks for these awesome recipes and gift ideas! I cant wait to get all my ingredients! who do you shop with for those, that you find are best? love your expertise!
I really like your smile
Currently trying to melt BTMS 50 in a water bath and I'm INTERNALLY SCREAMING! I hate it. hahaha
I can feel you 😄
Life is too short 🤣
Me too!!!
Your TH-cam channel is an absolute gem! Your exceptional skills in the cosmetics are on a whole different level
Thank you so much 🤗 ❤️
These look awesome! Thank you! 🥰
I have made these gorgeous body bar and they turned out amazing soft and not greasy .
I'm so thrilled to hear it! ❤️
Nice job we are going off grid and I love making lotions I have shea butter not sure what to do with it
Welcome! If you look up shea butter in my free Humblebee & Me DIY Encyclopedia (www.humblebeeandme.com/diy-encyclopedia/) and scroll down you'll find a big list of projects to make with it :)
I think you'll also enjoy this video: th-cam.com/video/nhBcXoLzduo/w-d-xo.html.
Happy making!
Thank you
Thank you for another great formula Marie! If I wanted to lightly scent these, could it be done? If so, do you add with the vitamin E in the cool down phase? Also, for this batch size in the video, if scent were to be added, how much would you start with? Thank you.
Do you have a shop. Sorry if the link is down there. I didn't see it.
I want to make these but coco butter clogs pores. Is there a better ingredient to use instead?
They are beautiful though. ♥️
Hi Ginger! I've had zero issues with cocoa butter clogging pores over more than a decade of regular use. Do you have personal experience with it being problematic, or are you referring to a comedogenicity chart and working off that?
If it's option 2, I'd encourage you to re-consider that strategy, as whether or not something clogs pores is not as simple as looking at a chart and eliminating every ingredient above a certain number.
LabMuffin has a great video and blog post on this: labmuffin.com/fact-check-how-to-use-comedogenicity-ratings/.
If it's a known personal sensitivity, substitutions are always detailed in the free partner blog post. Happy making!
It's funny because I keept reading that cocoa butter is Highly comedogenic but I literally oiled my face daily with pure cocoa butter as a moisturizer and my skin was so clear back then What makes me break out is when I tried Coconut oil and the worst was Olive I don't get it😂
@@HumblebeeAndMe I was looking at the chart. Thank you for responding so quickly. I’m going to make these for stocking stuffers. 🥰🎄
❤ thank you xx
Can an essential oil be added if I use refined cocoa butter?
Yes, absolutely
Could this work as a Lush solid cleansing balm?
Probably! Try it and see what you think :)