by Isabella | Sep 21, 2018 | Homemade skin care, Ivory Shea Butter, Unrefined Shea Butter
Sticking with the usual is not always a good idea If you are like me, once you learn one way of doing something, you stick to it. Whipping shea butter is no different: I learned to first melt it all the way, then add other ingredients (carrier oils, vitamin E,...
by Isabella | Aug 15, 2018 | Homemade skin care, Unrefined Shea Butter, Yellow Shea Butter
Have you researched Yellow Shea Butter and are still not clear on what it is and how it differs from “regular” Shea Butter? Or, have you watched a youtube video or read a blog but are still not sure if the source of information is reputable? We talked a...
by Isabella | Apr 19, 2018 | Beauty, Homemade skin care
Dry hands (or skin) are a recurring problem and sometimes it feels like there isn’t enough lotion in the world to soften them up. Sometimes, even Shea Butter alone doesn’t, in all honesty, handle the issue of stubborn dry skin. Yes, there are many reasons...
by Isabella | Apr 5, 2018 | Beauty, Homemade skin care, Mango Butter
If you haven been looking for an awesome Whipped Mango Butter recipe, this blog is for you. Shea Butter is our rock star ingredient when it comes to making skin care at home, and that’s because it is proven to be the richest, “fattest”, most...
by Isabella | Feb 3, 2018 | Homemade skin care
This little experiment turned out super cool, and although I did not start it with the intention to hack my favorite NARS lip cream/lip gloss, when the recipe was done I noticed it was e-x-a-c-t-l-y like one of my favorite lip creams. NARS sells it in a tube with a...
