Makalyna Body Butters
After some research, I discovered that body butter is a rich and moisturizing skincare product that’s generally made with skincare butters, like shea butter and cocoa butter, mango, almond,papaya butters . Body butter can be used as an alternative to lotion, since its primary job is to moisturize the skin.
So why not call this product “lotion”? many will always ask, Well, that’s all about a few technicalities.
Lotion is made with water and oil (and possibly butters) so it’s light and silky smooth. Body butter, on the other hand, is made exclusively with butter(s) and oil(s), so it’s very thick. The final products are used in the same way, to moisturize the skin, but they’re made with different ingredients, using different methods.
Little about our Butters
Shea Butter has a strong scent when it’s purchased in an unrefined state. I use crude shea butter in recipes (including body butter), but if you don’t care for the (natural) fragrance, I recommend using our formulated scented shea butter.
Cocoa Butter: Cocoa butter comes from the cocoa bean, so it smells like chocolate. Cocoa butter is hard, at room temperature, and it melts easily. I don’t recommend making a 100% cocoa butter body butter because you’ll end up with a final product that’s solid as a rock. Cocoa butter must be mixed with a softer butter, like shea or mango butter, to yield a soft and spreadable final product.
Mango Butter: Mango butter comes from the seed of mango fruit. It’s a soft butter, similar to shea butter, that can have a bit of a gritty texture before it’s melted down to create body butter. If you don’t want to use shea butter to make body butter, then mango butter is the best replacement. Mango butter may be combined with shea or cocoa butter to create a custom body butter.
