Homemade Body Butter Too Greasy | How to Troubleshoot - beautymunsta

Okay, so you saw a good enough body butter recipe on the internet. And you thought it’s worth a shot. But…you made it and whoa – it’s simply too greasy! What in the world do you do?! Cuz you’re definitely not going to trash all that precious natural goodness, are you? I thought so. Is your homemade body butter too greasy? Learn how to troubleshoot and fix

In this post, I’m going to show you how you can salvage your body butter when it’s too greasy to be used!

My Homemade Body Butter Too Greasy – What Do I Do?

Body butter gets greasy when too many oils have been mixed together, in most cases. That’s why I always try to add less oils or completely leave out the oils and stick to butters instead. And if my homemade body butter gets too greasy, here are ways I use to make it less greasy and usable:

1. Add arrow root powder & mix again. Or cornstarch, really. But for those of you who have corn allergies or get yeast infections often, use arrow root powder. This silky powder is excellent in cutting down greasiness of your body butters. But just a little is enough, mind you. If you add a lot, when you apply the body butter you’ll notice the arrowroot sticking and drying up on your skin!

2. Add aloe vera gel & mix again. A pure gel obtained from succulent aloe leaves, aloe vera gel is also good for minimizing greasiness. It leaves a refreshing feel after use, instead of a greasy feel. That’s because of its astringent properties.

3. Add rose water & mix again. Rose water is something I absolutely LOVE using in my shea butter skin care recipes. It’s a hydrosol – basically a water-like extract obtained through steam distillation of rose petals. It gives the body butters a refreshing and cooling feel when applied. And it doesn’t make the body butter less of a butter! It just eliminates greasiness. When adding rose water to your greasy body butter, it’s vital that you add a little by little while mixing the body butter again. Like add it through the open end of the blender when the blender is running or while whipping with the hand mixer.

4. Add rice flour or tapioca flour. Instead of arrow root powder, you can add rice flour or tapioca flour instead. These two are finely ground silky powders that will cut down the greasiness of the body butter. But just like arrow root powder, add only a little like 1-2 tsp because you don’t want it to stick to your skin.

Do you need to melt the body butter down again before adding the above? I think not. Besides, it may destroy the nourishing properties of your butter.

But if you feel that’s the right way, then go ahead. But personally, I’d just add any of the above ingredients and whip or blend again. Which reminds me, I don’t really melt my shea butter for making body butters. I personally use a high speed blender…it’s no hassle and doesn’t require much of your time.

So that’s how you troubleshoot homemade body butters gone too greasy! If any of the above ways helped you out, please comment. And if you have any other ways of troubleshooting such a problem, please share in the comments, yeah?! Thanks a lot!