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Thanks for your insight 🙏 That's so interesting what you say about lotion losing some of its greasiness a day or so afterwards. I wonder what's happening there🤓. The recipe I refer to took a really dramatic difference in texture, from shiny to matt. I've looked at the couple of other body butter...

Thanks for your observation. I think I'll play around with the ratios and have a go at the recipe you've linked to also, thanks. It'll be interesting to see what might make a difference to the chalkiness, if anything 😀

Thanks for your suggestion, I have added the recipe to the foot of my post.

I recently made a thick emulsified body butter following a recipe from YouTube. The set up texture and consistency was quite oily and spongy to begin with, but a satisfyingly thick butter as I wanted. I followed the recipe apart from using Grapeseed oil instead of Safflower oil, and used...

Hmm, I have no idea why that video is showing as unavailable. I can see it fine. If you wish to look it up manually on YouTube it's from Olga Larnaudie - No-Soap Body Scrub Bar with French Pink Clay and Strawberry Seeds - do it yourself!

I have that Buffy Bar recipe from YouTube on my to do list😅 Does anyone that's made it know if it's a greasy, slip in the shower one or not? I've followed several in shower lotion bar recipes now and they've all been dreadfully greasy and smooshy and I don't fancy wasting any more ingredients...

Ooh! What was his with town d'you know?

Thankyou! and I hope you get to Scotland some day!

Brand new and finding my way round. Say Hi if there's anyone here from Glasgow, Scotland!