All Buttered Up

We got the new table and chairs for the dining room put together on Saturday. We put the old dining set in the soap room. That glass table is just what I need. The lye batter ate the top off my old one. It was a mess.

 I took advantage of the much bigger table by getting several projects going at once.

 The mixture for the whipped body butter had to chill for a few hours so I made some lip balm....

 .....and some bath bombs. Both are pineapple scented.

 After the body butter mixture chilled for a few hours it was time to whip it up. Um.....it was easier said than done. Something wasn't right. When I went back over the recipe I realized that they sent me mango butter when it wasn't listed in the ingredients. The recipe said add 2 oz of the butters so I did. It was too much hard oil for my beaters to handle.

 It's a good thing I have plenty of soft oils. After adding some grape seed oil it all whipped up pretty nicely.

I ended up with a lot of this stuff. More than 5 jars worth. I would say it was a success but it's not. The recipe calls for natural cocoa butter and natural shea butter. Both have a very odd smell that I am all too familiar with after ordering it by accident once. It's not horrible but you can't really smell the pineapple which is too bad because it smells heavenly. I ordered more jars and I am going to try this again using the deodorized version of those butters. I think I'm going to like this stuff-if I can get it right.