Comments on: Body Butter Formulating Basics | Mango, Shea and Cocoa Butters vs Oil Percentages

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 05 May 2025 18:00:42 +0000

In reply to Candy. 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.

By: Candy

Candy — Sat, 03 May 2025 14:53:38 +0000

If I want to add essential oils, how would that be calculated? Is it included in the percentage of oils in the recipe?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:53:17 +0000

In reply to Andrea.

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 🙂

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 02:22:40 +0000

I have these ingredients that I would like to make a whipped body butter, but I am not sure of the amount to use of each. I am looking to see if anyone has a recipe, I am not good at math with the percentages and such.
Cupuacu butter
Kokum butter
Mango butter
Lanolin
Apricot kernel oil
Fragrance/essential oil

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

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 02:19:34 +0000

Hello! I l know this is an old post, but I am looking for ratios to use kokum butter & oil; lanolin & oil, cupacu & oil.
This is the list of ingredients I want to us but not sure of the ratio of butter to oil;
Cupuacu butter
Kokum butter
Mango butter
Lanolin
Apricot kernel oil
Fragrance/essential oil

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

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:21:59 +0000

In reply to Claudia. 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.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:35:54 +0000

In reply to Natalie. Can I mix all three butters( Shea, mango and Cocoa butter)?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:03:46 +0000

In reply to Keisha. 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.

By: Keisha

Keisha — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:21:56 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I have been trying to formulate my own butter but can’t seem to figure out how to avoid the fullness/ashiness that occurs hours later? I lowered my arrowroot % so I can still have my velvety feel and non-greasy feel but the. A couple hours later my skin looks very dull. What can I do to keep the moisturized (non dull) look on the skin please?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:00:23 +0000

In reply to Karin. Hello Karin, the key to this is using a good ratio of carrier oil. In this blog here, we discuss oil ratios for the 3 most popular butters: shea (soft), mango (medium) and cocoa (hard): https://bettersheabutter.com/body-butter-formulating-basics-mango-shea-and-cocoa-butters-vs-oil-percentages/ If you would like to combine shea and cocoa, the best ratio to use would be the mango ratio as the hardness level of the butters is right in the middle.

By: Karin

Karin — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:29:29 +0000

In reply to Alicia Skulbru. Works great. Thank you for sharing How would be the ratio when I want to combine sheabutter and cacao butter with oil?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:13:31 +0000

In reply to Denyzes Drakes. You add up the number of jars you have, and multiply it by the volume of the jars. This will give you your total amount of ounces available and you can calculate the ratio of your full recipe from there