Scrubbing & Moisturizing Lil' Butter Bar January 15 2025, 0 Comments

I was so in love with the Lip Lil' Butter Bar that I used them on my cuticles, elbows, chest area, knees and more, truly addictive, so I decided to broaden our horizons! LOL!

Since a wax-less bar works perfectly for Winter time, I followed exactly the same recipe just changing the oils for more properties and fun! I decided to go for Acai Oil for its antioxidant properties and Tucuma Oil for all that great beta-carotene.

Here is the description for the original bar:

"Growing up in Brazil, even in the big city, we did not have fancy ChapSticks, we had lipstick shaped cocoa butter - manteiga de cacau - and it worked great, so the other day, it was kinda dry in Florida and my lips were in need of some serious loving, I thought about our old cocoa butter ways and decided to add scrubbing to it.

I will leave modesty aside and say it was a genius idea and these bars work wonders! If you want to play it a little rough use scrubbing side, if you just want loving use the all butter side.

I did two layers of scrub so all the powder doesn't concentrate on one end which I think would become too crumbly, you can make smaller bars with just one scrubbing end.

Since it was a spur of the moment thing I used what I had around - an ice tray with a silicone bottom. Any small mold with a flat bottom will work, I think the tiny squares would look adorable, no flowers or shapes."

RECIPE:

Ingredients:
Cocoa Butter - 2 oz.
Cupuaçu Butter - 1/2 oz.(if you live in a cold place you can add a 3/4 oz.)
Acai Oil or Tucuma Oil - 1/4 oz.
Fine Quartz Powder - 1 oz.

How to:
Melt butters and oil, for two layers of scrub, fill little molds up to half and add a little powder, the quartz being heavy will drop to the bottom, put in freezer until solid then add rest of butter/oil mix, then more powder. For just one layer of scrub fill the mold almost up to the top then add the quartz just once. Remember not to make a too thick layer of quartz.

You can mix a few drops of a good EO and sweeteners if you want to go fancy. For full summer heat it may need a little wax.

Enjoy!

Moisturizing Foot Scrub Bar July 22 2024, 0 Comments

This bar is perfect for a quick but efficient mini foot spa. The bottom side where all the quartz powder has settled will give your feet a good scrub and the buttery top side will keep your feet and cuticles moisturized.

For this bar you will need  three butters, you can use just one oil if you want to simplify the recipe, keep Andiroba if you have any skin issues on your feet, or only Brazil Nut if you want a lighter bar, one or two oils keep it at 1 part. I use the system of "parts" in my recipes because it is easily converted to different systems. So if you do ounces, read "parts" as "ounces", it goes the same to metric systems.

You will need a mold with a flat bottom, it can be a silicone soap mold, even a milk carton cut sideways. The quartz is added after the mix is poured into the mold, if you are using a single mold (and cutting afterwards) make sure you pour the quartz evenly, if you are using individual single molds you need to separate the quartz equally for each mold. You can also add the quartz in two layers, pour a little of the mix, pop the mold in the fridge for a little bit, the pour the rest of the mix and add the rest of the quartz, the powder will settle to the bottom, then settle again on top of the first solid layer making two scrubbing layers which will make your bar very "scrubby" for a longer time.

Cupuaçu Butter - 2 Parts

Murumuru Butter - 2 Parts

Ucuuba Butter - 1 Part

Brazil Nut + Andiroba Oils - 1 Part

Beeswax - 1/2 Part or for vegan Candelilla - 1/2 Part

Quartz Powder Body - 1 or 2 Parts depending on how "scrubby" you want it.

Melt the wax in a double boiler, add the butters and then the oils, to avoid separation let the oils heat for a bit. Pour mix into mold or molds te add the quartz in one single layer or two.

I love using this bar after the shower, I use on my feet and lower legs, then I remove the quartz with a towel or a rag and my feet are scrubbed and moisturized. You can also apply more of the smooth side, put socks on and go to bed.

Be careful moisturized feet can be slippery.

Remember these recipes are for personal use, if you are making them to sell or in larger amounts you may need to add preservatives. These will look cuter made in individual molds as cutting the bars get them a bit frayed at the ends.

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Lip Lil' Butter Bar - Scrub & Moisturizer February 25 2024, 0 Comments

I am in love with these mini butter bars! 

Growing up in Brazil, even in the big city, we did not have fancy ChapSticks, we had lipstick shaped cocoa butter - manteiga de cacau - and it worked great, so the other day, it was kinda dry in Florida and my lips were in need of some serious loving, I thought about our old cocoa butter ways and decided to add scrubbing to it.

I will leave modesty aside and say it was a genius idea and these bars work wonders! If you want to play it a little rough use scrubbing side, if you just want loving use the all butter side.

I did two layers of scrub so all the powder doesn't concentrate on one end which I think would become too crumbly, you can make smaller bars with just one scrubbing end.

Since it was a spur of the moment thing I used what I had around - an ice tray with a silicone bottom. Any small mold with a flat bottom will work, I think the tiny squares would look adorable, no flowers or shapes.

Ingredients:
Cocoa butter - 2 oz.
Cupuaçu butter - 1/2 oz.(if you live in a cold place you can add a 3/4 oz.)
Andiroba oil - 1/4 oz.
Fine quartz powder - 1 oz.

How to:
Melt butters and oil, for two layers of scrub, fill little molds up to half and add a little powder, the quartz being heavy will drop to the bottom, put in freezer until solid then add rest of butter/oil mix, then more powder. For just one layer of scrub fill the mold almost up to the top then add the quartz just once. Remember not to make a too thick layer of quartz.

You can mix a few drops of a good EO and sweeteners if you want to go fancy. For full summer heat it may need a little wax.

Enjoy!

SUMMERTIME BUTTER BAR March 14 2015, 0 Comments

SUMMER is FINALLY almost here!!!

This Butter Bar is full of beta-carotene and has healing, moisturizing and calming properties. Perfect for before and after the sun. Apply to tanned legs to show them off in your Summer outfits. Leave it in the fridge for an extra relief when you do too much sun.

"Lotion Bar"  or, a "Butter Bar", is a mix of your favorite butters and oils made harder (higher melting point) by a wax.

The end result is a solid bar that you apply on your skin much like a surfer puts wax on her board

Advantages of a Lotion Bar: no liquid oil mess, no having to melt butter in your hands before applying, super easy to apply, added advantages of Beeswax, fun to make!

Disadvantages of a Lotion Bar: it will melt under high heat making a HUGE mess if you don't have it in a container, if you do, then it will be impossible to get it out of container without melting it again, the beeswax may feel a little heavy on your skin, finding the perfect recipe may be a bit like making a cake without proper measure of ingredients.

Yep, I am still in favor.

 

You will need:

• Medium sized pan

• Very clean glass jar with lid.

• Waxed paper cups for molds (I use the 5 oz. cups).

• A clean rag or kitchen towel.

Ingredients (for Two just under 3 oz. bars or TWO 1.25 oz. bars, I like making mine smaller)

• Bacuri Butter 1.5 oz.

• Murumuru Butter 1.5 oz.

• Buriti Oil 1 oz. 

• Beeswax (organic raw is my favorite) 1 oz.

How to Make:
Melt wax first, after it is all melted add butters and then after the mix is liquid add oil, check if the oil have hardened the wax, if it does melt for a bit longer, if not take out of the heat.

JAR WILL BE HOT! Dry the jar well so o water gets in your bar and pour melted contents into your mold. Bars should be hard in no time, if you live in a hot place pop them in the fridge for a few minutes.

You will need a little container to take them around, if you are using them at home, you can keep them in the cup, keep one in the bathroom and one in the fridge.

DO NOT LET IT MELT IN YOUR CAR OR PURSE, BIG MESS!

 

FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR HYPER-PIGMENTATION January 28 2015, 0 Comments

A "Lotion Bar"  or, a "Butter Bar", is a mix of your favorite butters and oils made harder (higher melting point) by a wax.

The end result is a solid bar that you apply on your skin much like a surfer puts wax on her board

Advantages of a Lotion Bar: no liquid oil mess, no having to melt butter in your hands before applying, super easy to apply, added advantages of Beeswax, fun to make!

Disadvantages of a Lotion Bar: it will melt under high heat making a HUGE mess if you don't have it in a container, if you do, then it will be impossible to get it out of container without melting it again, the beeswax may feel a little heavy on your skin, finding the perfect recipe may be a bit like making a cake without proper measure of ingredients.

Yep, I am still in favor.

Most Butter Bars are for body, but seeing that:

1. I have the perfect oils and butters.
2. Winter skin needs all the help and protective layers it can get.
3. Ocean, waves, tracking, hot showers, wind, sun, working out, Jeep rides also get our faces dry, peeling and in desperate need of a heavier help.
4. I am lazy and love how easy it is to use a butter bar.
5. Beeswax and Candelilla Wax (for vegan recipes, we will talk about it later) have a low comedogenic point, actually helping with skin conditions.
I decided to make a series of recipes for FACIAL BUTTER BARS!

They will be a little softer than the Body Butter Bars, you will need to be a bit more careful with them, also I like to make them small, easier to apply to every spot on your face or just where needed.

This is Recipe 2!

See Recipe 1: FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR SKIN CONDITIONS

 

FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR HYPERPIGMENTATION

You will need:
Medium sized pan
Very clean glass jar with lid.
Waxed paper cups for molds (for small bars I use the 3 oz. cups they sell for rinsing after brushing your teeth, you can re-use them, be mindful of our environment).
A clean rag or kitchen towel.

Ingredients (for THREE just under 1 oz. bars or TWO 1.25 oz. bars, I like making mine smaller)
Tucuma 1.25 oz.
Pracaxi 0.75 oz.
Beeswax (organic raw is my favorite) 0.5 oz.

How to Make:
Melt wax first, after it is all melted add butters and then after the mix is liquid add oil, check if the oil have hardened the wax, if it does melt for a bit longer, if not take out of the heat.

JAR WILL BE HOT! Dry the jar well so o water gets in your bar and pour melted contents into your mold. Bars should be hard in no time, if you live in a hot place pop them in the fridge for a few minutes.
I hope you enjoy it!

You will need a little container to take them around, if you are using them at home, you can keep them in the cup, keep one by the bed, one in the bathroom and one in the fridge.

IF YOU LIVE IN A SUPER HOT PLACE OR SUPER COLD PLACE RE-THINK WAX QUANTITY!
DO NOT LET IT MELT IN YOUR CAR OR PURSE, BIG MESS!

 

FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR SKIN CONDITIONS January 28 2015, 0 Comments

A "Lotion Bar"  or, a "Butter Bar", is a mix of your favorite butters and oils made harder (higher melting point) by a wax.

The end result is a solid bar that you apply on your skin much like a surfer puts wax on her board

Advantages of a Lotion Bar: no liquid oil mess, no having to melt butter in your hands before applying, super easy to apply, added advantages of Beeswax, fun to make!

Disadvantages of a Lotion Bar: it will melt under high heat making a HUGE mess if you don't have it in a container, if you do, then it will be impossible to get it out of container without melting it again, the beeswax may feel a little heavy on your skin, finding the perfect recipe may be a bit like making a cake without proper measure of ingredients.

Yep, I am still in favor.

Most Butter Bars are for body, but seeing that:

1. I have the perfect oils and butters.
2. Winter skin needs all the help and protective layers it can get.
3. Ocean, waves, tracking, hot showers, wind, sun, working out, Jeep rides also get our faces dry, peeling and in desperate need of a heavier help.
4. I am lazy and love how easy it is to use a butter bar.
5. Beeswax and Candelilla Wax (for vegan recipes, we will talk about it later) have a low comedogenic point, actually helping with skin conditions.
I decided to make a series of recipes for FACIAL BUTTER BARS!

They will be a little softer than the Body Butter Bars, you will need to be a bit more careful with them, also I like to make them small, easier to apply to every spot on your face or just where needed.

FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR SKIN CONDITIONS

You will need:
Medium sized pan
Very clean glass jar with lid.
Waxed paper cups for molds (for small bars I use the 3 oz. cups they sell for rinsing after brushing your teeth, you can re-use them, be mindful of our environment).
A clean rag or kitchen towel.

Ingredients (for THREE just under 1 oz. bars or TWO 1.25 oz. bars, I like making mine smaller)
Murumuru 1 oz.
Ucuuba 0.25 oz.
Andiroba 0.5 oz.
Pracaxi 0.25 oz.
Beeswax (yellow raw is my favorite) 0.5 oz.

How to Make:
Melt wax first, after it is all melted add butters and then after the mix is liquid add oil, check if the oil have hardened the wax, if it does melt for a bit longer, if not take out of the heat.
JAR WILL BE HOT! Dry the jar well so o water gets in your bar and pour melted contents into your mold. Bars should be hard in no time, if you live in a hot place pop them in the fridge for a few minutes.

You will need a little container to take them around, if you are using them at home, you can keep them in the cup, keep one by the bed, one in the bathroom and one in the fridge.

IF YOU LIVE IN A SUPER HOT PLACE OR SUPER COLD PLACE RE-THINK WAX QUANTITY!
DO NOT LET IT MELT IN YOUR CAR OR PURSE, BIG MESS!

Next recipe will be FACIAL BUTTER BAR FOR HYPERPIGMENTATION.

DIY GIFT - 2 COLOR BUTTER BAR September 27 2014, 2 Comments

Ready to impress your friends with made with lots of love and goodness gifts? Stuff they will never find in stores?

Gifts that will made their skin gorgeous with ingredients that help protect the Amazon and help buy "Natal" gifts for rainforest kids?

Here is the recipe for a great one!

Butter or Lotion Bars are a great way of carrying your favorite butter around and super easy to apply.

They are basically your favorite butters and oils hardened by waxes. Unrefined Beeswax is my favorite but if you want a vegan bar you can also use Candelilla wax *, in which case you need to tweak the recipe a little, since this wax is a bit harder than Beeswax.

YOU WILL NEED:

TWO CLEAN and DRY glass jars (we are going to use a makeshift double boiler) with lids.

9 oz. cups, I like the waxed paper best but the styrofoam will work.

Wax paper. 

DARK BAR:

2 oz. beeswax (cut in smaller pieces to facilitate melting)

2 oz. Tucuma Butter

2 oz. Buriti Butter

0.5 oz. Buriti Oil

0.5 oz Andiroba Oil

Essential oil (you can skip the essential oils as the natural scent of the butters is nice and fades quickly, you can also use the same oil for both sides or different oils, which is fun, make sure you choose oils that go well together).

LIGHT BAR:

2 oz. beeswax (cut in smaller pieces to facilitate melting)

2 oz. Cupuacu Butter

2 oz. Murumuru Butter

0.5 oz. Pracaxi Oil

0.5 oz Brazil Nut Oil

Essential oil (you can skip the essential oils as the natural scent of the butters is nice and fades quickly, you can also use the same oil for both sides or different oils, which is fun, make sure you choose oils that go well together).

  Making them is super easy!

Put all your ingredients for the LIGHT BAR (minus the essential oil) in a glass jar, 

Pour about 4 inches of water into a medium sized saucepan and place on a burner over medium heat. Place the glass jar into the pan with the water. Make sure that no water gets in it, as this WILL ruin the lotion bars.

Let the water get to a simmer and swirl the the jar 4-5 minutes until all ingredients are melted, add your essential oil and swirl the jar again. Pour immediately in the cups, pour 1/2" for smaller bars to 3/4" for larger lotion bars.

Put the cups in the fridge on a flat surface.

Start melting the ingredients for the DARK BAR (again, add the essential oils when all the rest is melted) make sure to use a different jar. Repeat the process. 

While you are melting it, take the cups from the fridge, it must be very solid by now, these bars solidify fast.

Pour 1/2" to 3/4"" on top of the light bar and put immediately in fridge. Make sure you have enough mix for every cup.

After 30 minutes you are ready to take them out of the molds, turn the cups upside down on wax paper. They should look like this:

There are many ways to gift wrap these bars, I use wax paper first, cut it in squares and wrap the bars.

Then you can use tin cans, a plain kraft paper around it, little muslin bags, hand made labels. Get creative and make the perfect complement for your 100% natural, 100% active ingredients, sustainable and fair traded, hand poured lotion bar!

EXAMPLES:

     

 Good luck and I hope you have fun making these!

 * wax derived from the leaves of the small Candelilla shrub native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States 

 You can find the butters and oils here:

Rainforest Chica Butters and Oils

 

I bought my wax on this shop on ETSY, quality was good, fas shipping they have their own bees.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BasicBeeswax

 

SUMMER LOTION BAR August 04 2014, 0 Comments

 This super easy to make lotion bar is perfect for after sun care, it will make your skin glow and your tan last a LOT longer. As a Brazilian woman who loves the sun and tans easily but still has sensitive skin I really need something to make sure that my beautiful brown skin will not dry, flake or peel. 

Just melt all these ingredients on a double boiler or a makeshift one - just use a VERY clean and dry glass jar and a pot with water. After everything is well melted pour into a mold, put in the fridge and voila! 

I like unrefined beeswax much better but I only had the white one handy, for a vegan version you can use candelilla wax, but use 2/3 to 1/2 of the quantity as it is a harder wax.

1 oz. Beeswax

1.5 oz. Bacuri Butter

0.5 oz. Ucuuba Butter

0.25 oz. Buriti Oil  

 You can add essential oils but keep in mind any citrus oil (tangerine, grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime) is photosensitizing, they may cause your skin to stain or burn in the sun. If adding essential oils, make sure you do after the ingredients are all dissolved and twirl the jar a few times.

I use the 9 oz. paper cups as mold and the 4 oz. tin can to take my butter around.

The result bar is hard enough to be taken out with you, but do not leave it under direct sunlight. 

It also adds a subtle tinted effect to your skin (right leg), it can also stain fabrics, make sure your clothing is dark or the butter is totally absorbed.