Lotion Bar Question??

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I have a question about lotion bars. I have made them before but I

need to make some more and Iam all out of any cocoa butter or shea

butter. I noticed that all the recipes I see have one of these two

ingredients. Is this a must? I have plenty of oil's and beeswax, just

not the cocoa butter or shea butter. Can you make it without? Would

it be just as good?

Thanks, Ellen

[Guest guest]

Yes, Ellen,

You can make it without the Shea or the Cocoa Butter. I make all of mine

without....and have no problems. You may need to use just slightly more

beeswax to make good and firm.

HTH,

Candy in AL

[Guest guest]

I guess you could. Some people use soy. But the butter is the good stuff!

Lotion Bar Question??

> Hello all,

> I have a question about lotion bars. I have made them before but I

> need to make some more and Iam all out of any cocoa butter or shea

> butter. I noticed that all the recipes I see have one of these two

> ingredients. Is this a must? I have plenty of oil's and beeswax, just

> not the cocoa butter or shea butter. Can you make it without? Would

> it be just as good?

> Thanks, Ellen

[Guest guest]

Ellen, you can but the quality will suffer without butter in a lotion

bar since it adds a great deal of mositurizing properties and that is

what a lotion or lotion bar is all about, providing moisturizer to

the skin.

hth

Sherry