Shea Bliss Botanical Blend
Shea Bliss Body Butter is a whipped body butter made from shea butter, cocoa butter, kombo butter and red palm oil, for deep moisture. Baraka's shea and kombo butters are made by hand at the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Wa, Ghana. The process is to measure, melt, cool, whip and package.
This rich body butter combines Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and Kombo Butter with Red Palm Oil to make an intensely moisturizing whipped butter for soft, smooth-looking skin. The whipped texture melts into skin without greasiness and softens dry, rough patches.
Red palm oil is naturally rich in beta-carotene, which gives the butter its warm golden colour. Perfect for daily use on dry skin, elbows, knees, or anywhere you need extra moisture, it leaves skin feeling soft and supple, with a warm, glowing look.
Red Palm Oil is great in body butters and skin and hair formulations, and so easy to work with.
And no, using it doesn’t mean you are destroying rainforest and obliterating Orangutans, especially when you use Baraka Red Palm Oil, sustainably produced and sourced from small scale farmers in Ghana. Check this blog if you want more detail: Why Baraka Palm Oil is Sustainable.
This recipe uses equal amounts of Red Palm Oil and Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and Kombo Butter. Feel free to experiment by using more of some and less of others.
It is a simple 4 ingredient recipe with a couple of optional ingredients, Baraka Cocoa Powder and an essential oil of your choice. Process is to measure, melt, cool, whip and package.
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HOW TO MAKE SHEA BLISS BODY BUTTER (formerly called RED PALM BODY BUTTER)
DIRECTIONS
- Weigh out the butters and oils and put in a double boiler to melt.
- When melted strain into a cooling dish that you can use to whip the mixture in after it solidifies.
- Leave it to cool (you can put it in the fridge if you want, but stir frequently or it will be too hard on the outside and still liquid in the centre.
- If using cocoa, moringa or other powders or essential oils add them in as you start to mix.
- Whip until it is a light, fluffy consistency (more whipping will give you a softer product (more air whipped in) that will need more containers to hold it all.
- Put it into containers. I like to put it into a plastic bag, remove the air and cut a corner off the bottom of the bag and squeeze it into containers, but some like to simply spoon it in.
- Put covers on containers, label and use (or give away, or sell)
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INGREDIENTS & BATCH SIZES
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PERSONAL |
FAMILY |
CLAN |
MARKET |
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250 g |
500 g |
1 kg |
2 kg | |
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250 g |
500 g |
1 kg |
2 kg | |
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250 g |
500 g |
1 kg |
2 kg | |
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250 g |
500 g |
1 kg |
2 kg | |
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Optional: Cocoa Powder |
25 g |
63 g |
125 g |
250 g |
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Optional: Moringa Powder |
25 g |
63 g |
125 g |
250 g |
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Optional: Essential Oil (Not included in kit) |
13 ml |
30 ml |
60 ml |
125 ml |
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Total volume |
888 g |
2,155 g |
4,310 g |
8,625 g |
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Approx. yield (250 ml jar) |
5 jars |
10 jars |
19 jars |
36 jars |
CAUTIONS WHEN USING RED PALM OIL
Red Palm Oil can stain sheets and clothes, so take care with the colour and let it absorb before dressing. If you have light hair you should test it in a small area and avoid leaving it on your hair for an extended period.
INGREDIENT INFORMATION
To learn more about the individual ingredients and why each is included, use the links below to review blogs and other information:
- Purchase Baraka Palm Oils and Recipe Kits
- Check out our blogs to learn more about palm oils
- For DIY recipes using Baraka Palm Oil
- Watch a video interview about Baraka Palm Oil
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