DIY Red Palm Body Butter Recipe Kit
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Red Palm Oil is great in body butters and skin and hair formulations, bringing many benefits and so easy to work with.
And no, using it doesn’t mean you are destroying rainforest and obliterating Orangutans, especially when you use Baraka Red Palm Oil, sustainably produced and sourced from small scale farmers in Ghana. Check this blog if you want more detail: Why Baraka Palm Oil is Sustainable .
This recipe uses equal amounts of Red Palm Oil and Shea Butter , Cocoa Butter and Kombo Butter . Feel free to experiment by using more of some and less of others.
It is a simple 4 ingredient recipe with a couple of optional ingredients, Baraka Cocoa Powder and an essential oil of your choice. Process is to measure, melt, cool, whip and package.
This Baraka Recipe Kit contains:
- Red Palm Oil
- Kombo Butter
- Shea Butter
- Cocoa Butter with Powder
- Optional: Cocoa Powder
- Optional: Moringa Powder
- Recipe Card
- Black Jars
- Jar Labels
Check out the recipe here for step by step instructions
Your skin deserves products made with pure, natural ingredients, all of which are produced traditionally by real people who are paid fairly for their work.
Baraka Recipe Kits are designed to make it easy for you to make your own luxurious skin care products, where you know the ingredients that go into them and the impact they have on women, families and our planet. Simple recipes with minimal ingredients (which you can spell and pronounce!), as well as adjust and adapt to make your own.
Each kit is based on the same, simple formula and designed to be nutritious food for your skin, with an uplifting impact for your soul.
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How To Use
Simple, quick to make, and wonderful to use. Know exactly what you are putting on your skin working with our pure, hand-crafted ingredients. Spice it up with essential oils, or leave it natural with only the butters and oils in the kit.
Red Palm Oil is great in body butters and skin and hair formulations, bringing many benefits and so easy to work with.
This recipe uses equal amounts of Red Palm Oil and Shea Butter , Cocoa Butter and Kombo Butter . Feel free to experiment by using more of some and less of others.
Product Specs
SHEA BUTTER |
|
Common Name |
Shea Butter |
INCI Name |
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter |
Appearance |
Solid but buttery texture at room temperature |
Odor |
Light, slightly smoky scent |
Color |
Ranges from off-white to buttery yellow. |
Flash point |
>250°C (482°F) |
Solubility |
Water-insoluble |
Melting Point |
32 - 45°C / 89 - 113°F |
Specific Gravity |
(H2O=1) @ 50°C: 0.89 |
SAP Value |
0.13 |
KOH Value |
0.20 |
Label for Supply |
No hazard label required. This product is not classified as dangerous under the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009. |
Shelf Life |
2 years |
Origin |
Ghana |
Packaging |
250g, 500g, 1kg, 2kg, 3kg, 5kg, 8kg, 10kg, 15kg, 19kg, 25kg |
Certificate of Analysis |
Available here [request a copy] |
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) |
Available here [request a copy] |
COCOA BUTTER |
|
Common Name |
Cocoa Butter |
INCI Name |
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter |
Appearance |
Solid at room temperature |
Odor |
Chocolate |
Color |
Light cream/brown |
Flash point |
>93.3°C (200°F) |
Solubility |
Water-insoluble |
Melting Point |
34 - 38°C (93 - 100°F) |
Specific Gravity |
0.86 |
SAP Value |
0.137 |
KOH Value |
0.194 |
Label for Supply |
No hazard label required. This product is not classified as dangerous under the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009. |
Shelf Life |
2 years |
Origin |
Ghana |
Packaging |
Sizes 20kg and smaller are supplied in small pieces for easy weighing and use. The 25kg is a solid block of cocoa butter. 500g (1.1lb), 1kg (2.2lb), 2kg (4.4lb), 3kg (6.6lb), 5kg (11 lb), 10kg (22 lb), 15kg (33 lb), 20kg (44 lb), 25kg (55 lb) |
Certificate of Analysis |
Available here [request a copy] |
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) |
Available here [request a copy] |
RED PALM OIL |
|
Common Name |
Red Palm Oil |
INCI Name |
Elaeis Guineensis Oil |
Appearance |
Semi-solid oil at room temperature |
Odor |
Characteristic bland, fatty oil scent |
Color |
Orange to dark red |
Flash point |
>200°C (392°F) |
Solubility |
Water-insoluble |
Melting Point |
29-34˚C / 84.2-93.2˚F |
Specific Gravity |
0.9 |
SAP Value |
0.14 |
KOH Value |
0.22 |
Free Fatty Acid (% as Oleic) |
<0.3 |
Label for Supply |
No hazard label required. This product is not classified as dangerous under the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009. |
Shelf Life |
2 years |
Origin |
Ghana |
Packaging |
500g (1.1lb), 1kg (2.2lb), 2kg (4.4lb), 3kg (6.6lb), 6kg (13.2 lb), 10 Ltr, 20 Ltr. |
Certificate of Analysis |
Available here [request a copy] |
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) |
Available here [request a copy] |
KOMBO BUTTER |
|
Common Name |
Kombo Butter |
INCI Name |
Pynanthus Angolensis (African Nutmeg) |
Odor |
Earthy and nutty |
Color |
Brownish-blue |
Solubility |
Water-insoluble |
Melting Point |
50 - 60°C (122 - 140°F) |
Flash Point |
>280°C (536°F) |
Shelf Life |
2 years |
Origin |
Ghana |
Packaging |
250g (.55 lb), 500g (1.1lb), 1kg (2.2lb), 2kg (4.4lb), 3kg (6.6lb), 5kg (11 lb), 10kg (22 lb), 15kg (33 lb), 20kg (44 lb). |
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BARAKA RECIPE KITS
FOOD FOR YOUR SKIN. IMPACT FOR YOUR SOUL
Your skin deserves products made with pure, natural ingredients, all of which are produced traditionally by real people who are paid fairly for their work.
Baraka Recipe Kits are designed to make it easy for you to make your own luxurious skin care products, where you know the ingredients that go into them and the impact they have on women, families and our planet. Simple recipes with minimal ingredients (which you can spell and pronounce!), as well as adjust and adapt to make your own.
ALL NATURAL
No chemicals, additives, animal testing, or harsh industrial processing. Just pure, natural oils and butters.
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Every time you purchase Baraka’s butters and oils you have a direct impact on the women, families, and communities in northern Ghana. Not only does your order provide the dignity of income to hardworking women but helps support educational and economic projects in the community.
Baraka Cocoa Powder
It is a simple 4 ingredient recipe with a couple of optional ingredients, Baraka Cocoa Powder and an essential oil of your choice. Process is to measure, melt, cool, whip and package.
To find more recipes, check out our blogs here .
DIRECTIONS
- Weigh out the butters and oils and put in a double boiler to melt.
- When melted strain into a cooling dish that you can use to whip the mixture in after it solidifies.
- Leave it to cool (you can put it in the fridge if you want, but stir frequently or it will be too hard on the outside and still liquid in the centre.
- If using cocoa, moringa or other powders or essential oils add them in as you start to mix.
- Whip until it is a light, fluffy consistency (more whipping will give you a softer product (more air whipped in) that will need more containers to hold it all.
- Put it into containers. I like to put it into a plastic bag, remove the air and cut a corner off the bottom of the bag and squeeze it into containers, but some like to simply spoon it in.
- Put covers on containers, label and use (or give away, or sell)L
CAUTIONS WHEN USING RED PALM OIL
While Red Palm Oil has many amazing properties that will make your hair and skin happy, it may make you sad if you don’t take care of the colour. It can stain sheets and clothes (fortunately it absorbs quickly and the very things that give it the colour (carotenoids) are powerful protection against UV Rays). If you have light hair you should test it in a small area and avoid leaving it on your hair for an extended period.