Tomorrow I will be making my first homemade Shea butter mix. I will be using jojoba, grapeseed, evoo, rosemary, sweet almond oil. How much of each should I use? And how should I melt the Shea butter? And is there any of these oils I should not mix?

Any suggestions on oils, or honey I should add?

Im no expert but you could microwave it maybe? But I dont know lol & maybe you could add some coconut oil or castor oil.? I heard those were pretty good. The amount I'm not sure of...

I know I was not of any help lol bit good luck

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I usually use a hand mixer and leave Shea at room temp cuz when i mix other oils it makes it creamy. If i melt it i have to wait until it solidifies to use it...

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When I make mine, I heat it in a double boiler just till it melts, add oils, then I blend it over and ice bath till its creamy. Once it completely cools its usually quite soft and a bit fluffy. I never measure my oils, so idk how much I use.

This is one of the best ways. It tempers the butter and you shouldn't get the little hard crystals that happen when you melt shea to a liquid.

70% butter to 30% oil will give you a hard butter mix, 60% hard butters to 40% oil, whipped will give you a softer mix. .5% of the total weight can be a fragrance or essential oil mix.

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I also make mine at room temp with the hand mixer. I don't measure but just add a little at a time until I get the consistency I am going for. Which is normally soft & fluffy butter. I am a minimalist and only use Shea butter, olive & coconut oils.

I also think that room temp with hand mixer is a great idea. I only use 2 oils in my Shea mix. Olive and castor. use 1oz of both, and 4oz of Shea butter.

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Can one mix Shea butter using a whisk? Or a blender? I don't have a hand mixer.

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