Emulsified body butter – a simple natural skin butter that does not melt in the heat

What is an emulsified body butter?

Emulsified body butters are stiff, creamy emulsions with a buttery consistency. They are characterized by their richness, which is usually greater than that of body lotions or creams - this is because the oil phase of butters usually makes up at least 25% of the mixture. They are rather stiffer or "firmer" in density and often contain natural butters (but this is not a rule, you can make body butter without butter :)).

In short, it is a very nutritious variant of body cream or lotion. It doesn't matter what you call him.

How does emulsified body butter differ from classic body butters?

They differ significantly, already in the description itself. Classic well-known, probably tried by everyone, homemade body butters are anhydrous. Emulsified butters contain both fat and water, and an emulsion is then created from them.

Most commercial body butters are emulsified - that's why they are so pleasant and often somehow lighter and "better" than homemade ones. These are emulsions, but it probably doesn't need to be emphasized. In our world of natural cosmetics and homemade products, this needs to be emphasized so that we don't confuse classic body butters with emulsified body butters.

What are the benefits of emulsified body butter?

There are a lot of them! Just for clarity, we are now comparing anhydrous butter and emulsified butter.

- Due to the water content, emulsified butters are much lighter. And also significantly cheaper in terms of production costs!

- Super is also a much larger range of additives that can be mixed into the product - we can include all water-soluble ingredients such as glycerin, panthenol or pentavitin, or saccharide isomerate, which we also add to the butter.

Pentavitin is a 100% natural active ingredient, a carbohydrate isomerate that can hydrate incredibly well and is suitable for use in skin and hair care. It exhibits a much more effective moisture binding than other substances such as glycerin or urea. It is therefore ideal for dry or sun-damaged skin. It has a beneficial and relieving effect on unpleasant manifestations on the skin such as itching, roughness, unevenness, fragility or others. Great for summer body butter!

The biggest advantage of emulsified butters is certainly their stability - they do not react to temperature by changing their structure (unlike classic butters, which melt in heat, harden in cold and then form unpleasant lumps due to fluctuations that can spoil the entire product).

- Emulsions are much more stable. We tried heating the ready-made emulsified body butter and it lasted up to 80°C without changing its texture - a temperature that is difficult to exceed in everyday life. :)

We won't make it any longer, come mix with us, there really won't be any regrets here!

What does it take?

Heated oil phase

- 4 grams of emulsifying wax NF

- 19 grams of apricot oil

- 5 grams of refined shea butter

- 6 grams of cetyl alcohol

Slightly heated water phase

- 48.3 grams of distilled or floral water

- 15 grams of vegetable glycerin

- 2 grams of saccharide isomerate

Stirred while cooling

- 0.5 grams of Leucidal preservative

- 0.2 grams of Yuzu fragrance

How to do it?

Prepare a water bath. Weigh out the water phase into a small heatproof bowl. Weigh out the oil phase into a second, larger heat-resistant bowl. Place the oil phase in a water bath and let it heat up. When the raw materials are dissolved in the oil phase, put the water phase in the water bath for a few minutes so that the raw materials in it warm up slightly and the mixture does not get a temperature shock during mixing.

When all the ingredients in the oil phase are liquid and the water phase is slightly heated, remove both bowls from the water bath. Dry, prepare a silicone squeegee and pour the water phase into the oil phase, immediately mix well with a silicone squeegee.

Then, using a stick blender, mix the mixture several times (rather in shorter cycles). Try not to beat air into the mixture unnecessarily, keep the mixer submerged.

The mixture will be completely runny and light at this point, that's okay. :) After several "mixings", pick up the spatula again, mix the mixture (don't forget to clean the faster-setting mixture on the sides of the bowl). After a few minutes, use the stick blender again. As soon as you notice that the mixture is starting to solidify quite quickly, it is time to mix the carbohydrate isomerate, preservative and aroma well into the butter, and then transfer the butter to the selected containers.

As for the packaging, choose jars with a wide mouth (don't be fooled by the initial fluidity), the butter will be really buttery and you will be able to scoop it from the packaging comfortably with your fingers.

Let it set for a few hours and then enjoy a great body butter!