Beauty formulation
Hemp Milk Body Butter
The same whipped-butter mechanics used throughout this book, here formulated for genuinely barrier-compromised skin thanks to hemp seed oil's essential fatty acid content stacked on top of shea butter's protective, occlusive properties, appropriate for eczema-adjacent dryness, not just cosmetic flakiness.
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Ingredients
- Phase A (Butters & Oils Phase)
- ½ cup (110g) Organic Shea Butter
- ¼ cup (60 mL / 55g) Unrefined Coconut Oil
- 2 tbsp (30 mL / 28g) Organic Hemp Seed Oil
- Phase B (Active Powder Matrix)
- ¼ cup (30g) Hemp Milk Powder
Method & application
- Melt shea butter and coconut oil in a double boiler over low heat until fluid (approximately 60°C). Remove from heat.
- Stir in raw hemp seed oil.
- Sift hemp milk powder into the oil phase while whisking continuously until smooth.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 25–30 minutes until soft-set around edges.
- Whip with an electric hand mixer on high speed for 3–5 minutes until light whipped peaks form.
- Scoop into glass jars.
- APPLICATION
- Massage over dry skin after bathing.
Kitchen note
Check the mixture at the 25-minute mark rather than waiting the full 30, refrigerator temperatures vary enough between households that this formula can hit the soft-set stage a little earlier than expected.
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