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Strawberry Matcha Latte Body Butter


 Directions;

  1. Combine all ingredients in phase A and melt using a water bath. (How to make a water bath: fill a pan with an inch or so of water and place on your stove top over medium heat.)

  2. Remove from heat and let the butters and oils cool. (I like to place mine in the fridge to harden.) 

  3. Mix your butter periodically as it cools and let it solidify begin whipping it. But don’t let it harden too much or it will be hard to whip. The butter should be soft enough that you can press into it, but hard enough that it leaves and indent in the butter. It will hold it’s shape and not be a liquid. This is the perfect moment to start whipping your butter. (Whipping your butter causes it to heat up. So if your butter is too soft it will not fluff up. Your butter needs to be at the perfect stage of hardness for it to fluffy up beautifully.)

  4. While whipping the butter, this is when I add in the phase B ingredients. I like to add in the Arrowroot powder last and I mix it in using a spatula. Then this is when I start focusing on whipping up the body butter more. I noticed the butter fluffs up better after adding in the arrowroot powder.  

  5. Keep whipping your butter until its soft enough to scoop into jars or into pipping bags. But don’t mix it for too long or it will soften up and the butter will not hold it’s shape anymore. 

  6. Divide body butter into 3 separate bowls and color one red, one white and one green. (I mixed titanium dioxide with Green Tea Oil to color the white. I mixed True Red with Green Tea Oil to color the red. I mixed Garden Party Mica with Green Tea Oil to color the green.  

  7. Scoop into desired jar or put into pipping bags and pipe in your jars. Just a small amount of red on the bottom,  a small amount of white and the rest green.  



Benefits/Uses of Ingredients;


Green Tea Butter (INCI: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder) - a synthetic butter made blending green tea powder and almond oil with hydrogenated vegetable oil.


Kokum Butter - moisturizes skin. Is one of the hardest butters and helps keep the butters structure and keep it from melting a bit more compared to using just the green tea butter. (but it will still melt in warm temperatures)


Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - a light weight emollient ester. Similar to carrier oils, but is far

less greasy and is much more light weight on the skin. It is clear has no scent and moisturizes

the skin.


Green Tea Oil - moisturizing emollient rich in vitamin A and B.


Green Tea Extract (Oil Soluble) - packed with antioxidants and said to offer anti aging benefits. 


Vitamin E T-50 - packed with antioxidants and fights free radicals and helps keep oils/butters fresher longer.


Arrowroot Powder - helps reduce greasiness of body butter





Substitutes;

These are only suggestions. Further testing needs done if you are using any substitutes. Substituting ingredients may result in the need to change the formulating process or recalculate the formula.


Green Tea Butter (INCI: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder) - any butter of choice. 


Kokum Butter - any other butter of choice. 


Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - any light weight oil of choice. Squalane,


Green Tea Oil - any oil or emollient of choice.


Green Tea Extract (Oil Soluble) - any oil soluble extract of choice. Strawberry Extract (Oil Soluble) would be a good option.




Matcha Tea Fragrance Oil - any matcha fragrance oil


Farmer's Market Sweet Strawberry Fragrance Oil - any strawberry fragrance oil



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