Body Butter

Description

Body Butter

This handmade whipped body butter is made in-house and is a Tappermade formulation. Shea butter, almond oil, and cocoa butter form the main base. Blended with other ingredients to nourish and moisturise hands and body. The melting point of this product provides positive and negative characteristics. Positive: It melts beautifully onto and into the skin. Smooth and great for massage too. Negative: In warmer months, it will melt and needs to be kept in a cool place below 30deg C.

Why make this?

As an eczema sufferer, I appreciate how important skin health is. Moisturising is an important part of caring for your skin and so many products on the market moisturise for a short while but do not last for a particularly long time. This is because they contain ingredients that act as fillers bulking out products but not doing anything useful. This baffled me. So I made a product with only useful ingredients. It soaks into the skin leaving it feeling smooth and supple for ages. There is a range of 3 scents and an unscented option for anyone with a sensitivity to essential oils.

Key ingredients & why are they in there?

Each one of these ingredients have been considered carefully for what they can provide. Together they combine to make a fantastic moisturizing body butter. I do not wish to make ANY claims that this body butter will cure skin ailments (nutrition should be your first consideration). So, without further fuss, here is what’s in the body butter.

Almond Oil – Moisturising, gentle, and it’s quickly absorbed by the skin. Non-comedogenic, meaning that it won’t clog your pores. Naturally rich in vitamin E

Shea Butter – Moisturising of course. Studies show it may help heal inflammatory skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis as well as help soften scar tissue due to the fatty acids present.

Cocoa Butter – Cocoa butter is rich in polyphenols and other bioactive compounds that make it a prized ingredient in skin care. Its richness may increase Kapha-promoting qualities like hydration, smoothness, and retexturizing of skin.

Kaolin Clay – This helps to keep the oiliness on the surface of the skin minimal after application.

Parfum – Contrary to this misleading name the purpose of this ingredient is not to impart a scent. This ingredient is a natural preservative. Preservatives are needed in a product like this by law, I have chosen to use a natural one.

Essential Oil Blends:
Ocean – Teal – Geranium, juniper, and lemongrass for a luxurious and calming scent. The same scent as the conditioner.
Garden – Blue – English yarrow, Lemon, and Geranium for a herbaceous, fresh scent.
Earth – Pink – Patchouli and Lemongrass for a grounding scent that lingers on your skin.
Unscented – White, may smell very slightly of almonds due to the natural oils and preservative in the product. The preservative is Naticide and the INCI name for this is Parfum, which is misleading. Naticide is a natural preservative derived from vegetable sources. While it is classified as “Parfum” or “Fragrance” on product labels (its INCI name), it’s important to note that Naticide serves a different purpose than added perfumes or fragrances. It acts as a broad-spectrum preservative, protecting the product against bacteria, moulds, and yeasts. This allows manufacturers to potentially claim a product is “preservative-free.” It is essential to use a preservative in cosmetic products that come into contact with water to prevent bacteria, mould and yeast growth. Though Naticide is technically labelled as a fragrance ingredient (due to the light vanilla/almond aroma), it is considered a non-irritant and DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLERGENS listed in the European Union’s Official Journal. This makes it suitable for use in cosmetic formulations, including those that are organic and unscented.

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Ingredients INCI

Ocean – Prunus amygdalus duclis oil, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Isopropyl myristate, Kaolin, Theobroma Cacao seed butter, Behentrimonium methosulfate, Ceteryl alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Parfum, Juniperus communis fruit oil, Cymbopogon flexuosus oil, Pelargonium graveolens oil.

Garden – Prunus amygdalus duclis oil, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Isopropyl myristate, Kaolin, Theobroma Cacao seed butter, Behentrimonium methosulfate, Ceteryl alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Parfum, Citrus limon peel oil, Pelargonium graveolens oil, Achillea millifolium oil.

Earth – Prunus amygdalus duclis oil, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Isopropyl myristate, Kaolin, Theobroma Cacao seed butter, Behentrimonium methosulfate, Ceteryl alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Parfum, Cymbopogon flexuosus oil, Pogostemon cablin leaf oil.

Unscented – Prunus amygdalus duclis oil, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Isopropyl myristate, Kaolin, Theobroma Cacao seed butter, Behentrimonium methosulfate, Ceteryl alcohol, Cetyl alcohol, Parfum.