Whipped Shea Butter

To make whipped shea butter you need to start with softened butter.

Try not to heat shea butter too much as the more you heat it, the more of its healing qualities you lose.

I prefer to soften Shea Butter by placing it in a mixing bowl that you can then sit in hot water.  As shea butter has a low melting temperature it won’t take long.

Once it is softened, remove it from the hot water and you can begin whipping it right away. Should you want to add your own blend of ingredients, you can do so after the shea butter is softened.

If you want whipped shea butter to have an aroma, fragrance oils can be added if desired. But only use from 3% to 5% or you the aroma may be overwhelming.

If you want your whipped shea butter to have other beneficial oils you can add them now. Oils such as Avacado oil, Grapseed Oil and Macedamia nut oil work well.

Some of you may even want to add more Vitamin E or some wheat germ oil. I would not add more than 40% of total combined other oils to 60% shea butter.

If you want to minimize the oily feeling you have when using the other oils, try adding a teaspoon or two of corn starch to the mixture.

Should you want whipped shea butter without additives simply start whipping the softened butter.

After you have the mixture you want, follow the instructions below.

An electric hand mixer works well, just use the whisk type mixer if you can.

Place the bowl into another bowl containing ice and water.

Whip it until it forms peaks like you would make homemade frosting.

Then put your whipped Shea butter into already prepared containers. You can use small plastic containers that have sealable lids.

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