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Melting shea butter before whipping is not always a good idea
It is not always a good idea to melt shea butter before whipping


If you are like me, you will stick with one method of doing something once you have learned it. It's no different when whipping shea butter: First, I had to dissolve the butter completely. Next, I added other ingredients (carrier oils and vitamin E), then placed it in the refrigerator to solidify. Finally, I whisked to perfection. This is a video I made following this process:

After a few years of this process, the problem was space and time. If you have only a small amount of product (about 1-2 pounds), melting, cooling, and whipping can take several hours. This results in beautiful formations.

It can be difficult to dissolve 5-10 pounds of shea butter with other ingredients. It was then that I realized that I needed a separate room with a stove, refrigerator and stove to whip up my skin care products. - Edible butter. Or cream cheese.
How do you properly melt and whip shea butter?

After I made my debut shea video, I noticed that the above method initially gave it a pleasant airy texture, but after a few days, whipped shea butter would harden just like regular, non-whipped shea butter. Fast forward to the gazilion experiments, I later came up with the right sequence that gives whipped butter that stays whipped. Here's how to melt and whip shakes to perfection. When you whip it correctly, you will not lose the air bubbles you introduced to the butter during whipping. This will result in a fluffy, stable structure. The whipped effect of the body butter will disappear if it doesn't melt to a liquid in hot weather.

Slowly melt the shea butter in an oven double-cook (bain-marie in French, bagno maria Italian). Then heat it on low heat. Burnt butter is never a good idea, so it's a slow and stable journey
Turn off the fire and remove the butter from the burner. It's possible to add carrier oils or vitamin E at this point, but essential oils are not recommended.
To speed up cooling, either place the container in an ice bucket or set it aside.
While it cools to room temperature, stir occasionally. This should take about 23 degrees Celsius
As needed, add essential oils
Whip! That's right, you whip while it's still liquid. It's not clear what the science behind this is, but it will not work if you skip this step.
whipped shea butter for hair in the refrigerator until it is completely solid
Take it out of the fridge and let it soften enough to beat it AGAIN
And you're done!
You can now scoop the shea butter into the final containers, or you can pour the whipped butter into a zippered bag, cut off the corner at the end and then squeeze into the jars.

The downside to this is that you will get a fantastic end product. However, it can take hours depending on how large your dose.
How to save time: shea butter cold whipped

It's not something I want to reveal until the end of the article so I will tell you: Cold-blended shea butter looks just like shea butter. I tried it, here is the evidence:

Go ahead and zoom in - they have the same exact structure. This is how the cold-beat shea butter was made above:

Make small pieces of shea butter
You can place pieces of shea in a bowl, or rack such as KitchenAid.
Begin to whisk it up, then scrape the butter from the sides. Continue whisking until the mixture looks uniform.
Slowly add carrier oils and essential oils as needed and beat until properly
And you're done!
You can now scoop the shea butter into the final containers, or you can pour the whipped butter into a zippered bag, cut off the corner at the end and then squeeze into the glass.

This is a different method to melting and whipping. It takes approximately 1 hour, depending on how large your dose.

Cold Whip whipped butter

And below is a whipped bobble made by patiently dissolving shea butter. Compare them and tell me they don't look like identical twins.

Whipped shea butter using the Melt & Whip method
Soft butters are exempted from the cold whipping procedure

Shop for unrefined shea butter here

Cold whipping can only be done on soft butters such as shea butter and mango butter. You can find 100% pure mango butter here or unrefined shea butter here.

These butters can vary in hardness depending on the season. However, shea butter and mango butter can easily be cut into small pieces and placed in a bowl. Once whipped, they will not melt. Some butters such as coca and cocoa, as well as waxes that are in your skin care prescription, may require melting.

We're done with today's tutorial! I hope you have learned something new, I would like to hear from you in the comments: what is your way of making body butter? What are your questions? You can also download my ebook here for more information and recipes on self-care skin products.


Thanks again for stopping!


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