Beauty formulation
Whipped Cashew Body Butter
Cashew's naturally high fat content gives this whipped butter an unusually smooth, fast-melting quality on contact with skin, richer in mouthfeel (so to speak) than the Goat or Coconut Milk versions, thanks to cashew's own creamy lipid profile layered on top of the shea-coconut-almond base.
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Ingredients
- Phase A (Lipid & Butter Phase)
- ½ cup (110g) Raw Shea Butter
- ¼ cup (60 mL / 55g) Unrefined Coconut Oil
- 2 tbsp (30 mL / 28g) Sweet Almond Oil
- Phase B (Active Dry Powder Matrix)
- ¼ cup (30g) Cashew Milk Powder (Anacardium occidentale)
Method & application
- Melt shea butter and coconut oil together in a double boiler over medium-low heat (approximately 60°C).
- Stir in sweet almond oil and remove from heat.
- Sift cashew milk powder into the liquid fats while whisking continuously to prevent clumping.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 25–30 minutes until soft-set around the edges.
- Whip with an electric hand mixer on high speed for 3–5 minutes until fluffy whipped cream peaks form.
- Scoop into clean glass jars.
- APPLICATION
- Massage over dry body skin, elbows, and knees immediately following a bath or shower.
Kitchen note
Cashew milk powder can be finer or coarser depending on brand, sift twice if your particular batch feels at all gritty before whipping.
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