Whipped Shea Butter... Help, please

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Hi All!

The dr. has discovered pneumonia in my left lung but is still letting me up

today for a while. I'm not allowed to soap but nothing was said about

making some whipped shea butter! yahaha (How do you spell an evil cackle?)

I tried softening some shea, melting a bit of beeswax, and beating that

into the shea along with some jojoba. Works great, but not very creamy,

soft or whipped feeling.

Do you need a water portion and an oil portion to whip together to make a

cream? I have no emulsifying wax or anything else like it except

LabColours PolyGel and LabColoursPolyEm which I have never used because

they did not come with directions. Are these used to make creams? Does

anyone know how?

My dry skin thanks you, my bored brain thanks you, my annoyed husband

thanks you, and I thank you,

Lizz

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I have a whipped shea butter that I make with just shea & jojoba. Getting the

temp just right as you whip it with the mixer makes it cream up a bit easier. It

will thicken up as it cools but adding another thinner oil like sweet almond,

grape seed to the mix, helps it stay more of a creamy liquidy texture.

Bill

I tried softening some shea, melting a bit of beeswax, and beating that

into the shea along with some jojoba. Works great, but not very creamy,

soft or whipped feeling.

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At 10:34 PM 2/17/2004, you wrote:

>I have a whipped shea butter that I make with just shea & jojoba. Getting

>the temp just right as you whip it with the mixer makes it cream up a bit

>easier. It will thicken up as it cools but adding another thinner oil like

>sweet almond, grape seed to the mix, helps it stay more of a creamy

>liquidy texture.

>Bill

Thanks, Bill. I will try warming it again and adding grapeseed oil. Don't

you just love to " fiddle " til something works? I think the scientific term

is " tweek. " I won't mention on a family oriented board like this, the

term I use in the privacy of my own home. (Yes, H. It begins with s

and ends with crew, but you'll have to figure out the rest yourself! )

Stircrazy.......

Lizz

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Lizz

I haven't ever gotten around to making whipped shea butter but it seems

to me I read in a few places that it's best if you whip it, refrigerate

it, whip it, refrigerate it, etc until you get the consistency you want.

Can't hurt to try.

Re: Whipped Shea Butter... Help, please

At 10:34 PM 2/17/2004, you wrote:

>I have a whipped shea butter that I make with just shea & jojoba.

Getting

>the temp just right as you whip it with the mixer makes it cream up a

bit

>easier. It will thicken up as it cools but adding another thinner oil

like

>sweet almond, grape seed to the mix, helps it stay more of a creamy

>liquidy texture.

>Bill

Thanks, Bill. I will try warming it again and adding grapeseed oil.

Don't

you just love to " fiddle " til something works? I think the scientific

term

is " tweek. " I won't mention on a family oriented board like this, the

term I use in the privacy of my own home. (Yes, H. It begins with

s

and ends with crew, but you'll have to figure out the rest yourself!

)

Stircrazy.......

Lizz