Adding Shea Butter to recipe

dillsandwitch · Oct 8, 2016

Okay so I have never used Shea butter before but I decided to order some when I was ordering some FO's today.

This is my usual recipe that I use and I have thought about swapping out some of the tallow for Shea. maybe 10%. Just looking for some feedback from those who regularly use Shea butter.

Tallow 60%
RBO 25%
CO 10%
Castor 5%

shunt2011 · Oct 8, 2016

I would just take the 10% from your tallow. I use lard but my recipe is close to yours. I use more CO. I have se 10% Shea and like it.

penelopejane · Oct 8, 2016

I use 10% shea. Totally different recipe to yours but I really like shea butter.

CaraBou · Oct 9, 2016

Yes, that recipe would make a nice bar even if replacing 10% tallow with shea. If you also increase the CO for more lather like shunt alluded to, I'd take that from the tallow too, or from the RBO.

TeresaT · Oct 9, 2016

I agree with everyone else. I would reduce the tallow to 50% and add the shea butter at 10%.

dillsandwitch · Oct 10, 2016

CaraBou said:
Yes, that recipe would make a nice bar even if replacing 10% tallow with shea. If you also increase the CO for more lather like shunt alluded to, I'd take that from the tallow too, or from the RBO.

I am happy to sacrifice a little lather to keep the CO at 10%. Anything higher and my skin gets really dry and itchy.

Maybe I will make one batch I'll take the 10% from the tallow and the other with it from the RBO and see which one I like better