Hello Andrea,

As it is very hot right now during the summer months and there are no stabilizing ingredients added to the natural butters or oils, it can affect the melting properties of the final formulation. Because of this, you can try adding more shea butter to the recipe, or another harder butter such as cocoa or kokum. Another additive that can help is a few tbsp of a natural wax such as beeswax or carnauba. Finally, you can also try adding some of a mattifying cosmetic powder such as arrowroot or a clay of your choice. I hope this helps!

Hello Candy,

Many sites that sell essential and fragrance oils will also include essential oil calculators based on the recipe or formulation that you would like to make, also depending on the area of the body where it will be applied.

Hello Andrea, it sounds like the 60/40 (mango butter) ratio or the 50/50 (cocoa butter) ratio might work best for your formulation since you plan to use two semi-soft butters (mango, cupuacu) and one hard butter (kokum) .

Another option customers have mentioned trying is a ratio in between these such as 65/35. I haven’t tried using lanolin in formulas so I’m not sure how it would affect the final texture. It might be helpful to make small test batches using different ratios to find your ideal formulation 🙂

Or if you have the percentages of each butter to the percentage of oil, I can probably figure it out.
Thank you!

Do you have a recipe or amounts of each I should use? I am horrible at math with percentages.
Thank you!

Yes, if it is a mix of all three equally this will give you a semi-soft butter. Customers mention that the mango butter butter-to-oil ratio works well for a blend like this.

Can I mix all three butters( Shea, mango and Cocoa butter)?

Hello Keisha, that is a great question! Many customers like to add a natural wax such as carnauba wax to their recipes to add more protective barrier properties to their formulations and lock in moisture. Waxes such as beeswax are also humectant in addition to this barrier quality, and will additionally draw more moisture into the skin.