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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part three, advanced level with 6 formulas, post three) – altering the emulsifiers

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Welcome to the advanced posts of this series in which we’re making a 10 minute, summertime tropical melting butter. In this third advanced formulation post, we’ll look at using different emulsifiers in the formula. We’ll still use the cold process ones, but we’ll look at a few options in case you can’t get or don’t...

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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part three, advanced level with formulas, post two) – emollients

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A jar of body butter. The body butter is an emulsion that’s peach coloured. The jar is black with a black lid. The jar sits on a black background.

Welcome to the advanced posts of this series in which we’re making a 10 minute, summertime tropical melting butter. In this second advanced formulation post, we’re looking at the altering the emollients in the formula! We’ll talk about why we might choose different emollients, then we’ll look at some combinations that’ll give us a wonderful...

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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part three, advanced level with formulas, post one) – humectants & emulsifiers

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Welcome to the advanced post of this series in which we’re making a 10 minute, summertime tropical melting butter. In this post, we’ll look at the formula, then look at the chemistry of the ingredients with all kinds of ideas for how you might make modifications. This is the third part of the three part...

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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part two, intermediate level with 12 formulas)

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Welcome to the intermediate post of this series in which we’re making a 10 minute, summertime tropical melting butter. In this post, we’ll make 12 formulas by modifying the water type, humectants, and emollients. This is a new concept I’m trying –  a new way of writing posts with formulas, creating short series with three...

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Let’s make a summertime tropical melting body butter (part one, beginner level with formulas)

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A beaker with a cream coloured emulsion in it. There's a green spoon sticking out of it.

Before we start, I’m trying a new way of writing posts with formulas, creating short series with three levels of formulas and writing. For the beginner level, I’m sharing the formula with some basics about why I’m doing what I’m doing. I’ll offer you information like how long it’ll take to make with other advice,...

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