3 AWESOME butters you shouldn’t ignore (+ some you should?)

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Which butter are you going to try first? 😄

[@Random_847]

I am excited to try mango and capuacu butter!! I have Kokum and have used some (I’d have to look back at my recipes because I can’t remember what I used it in) but it wasn’t much and would love to try a mango body butter! I’ve always wanted to try capuacu butter. It’s been too long since I’ve created anything. I had a lot of huge life changes and it put an even bigger damper on my creating. I sadly have things I know will need tossed 😔 I want to get back to making though! Also, do you know is it safe to use old essential oils and fragrance oils in wax melts? I’m absolutely hating the thought of wasting my expensive products/ingredients. Thank you for this Marie, and all of your videos and hard work ☮️💟 🐝

[@divyasasidharan2960]

Mango but m sad that it doesn't smell like mango

[@Arivathu]

I am using Shea butter cocoa butter and kokum butter

[@debbieescobar6267]

I always find myself smiling big while watching you! Your content is impeccable but your happy delivery is the cherry on top!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ Thank you so much!

[@mokshalani8414]

These 3 exact butters have been on the top of my list since I found your encyclopedia a few years ago. I gotta say, nowhere else on the internet is butter description so concise & helpfully presented

[@clarewhite3004]

One thing I want to throw out there: "Hydrogenated" can sound bad, but we're not eating our pseudobutters, so there's no health concerns. ;) It's just a formulation consideration like Marie said.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

For sure! I'm not trying to demonize them, I just feel like once you've tried one or two of 'em you've kinda tried them all... they're kind of like jelly beans. Regardless of flavour, one jelly bean is ~99% identical to every other jelly bean in the bag. And now I really want some jelly bellys 🤣

[@michmash7888]

I’m so happy the algorithm suggested you! I have dabbled on and off in DIY body products and makeup for over 25 years, and I’m heading into another “on” phase, thanks to your delightful videos! Looking forwards to trying some of these (you had me at “mango”) as I restock my ingredient shelf! Thanks!!!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Welcome! And thanks, algorithm 😄 Don't forget to check out my blog (humblebeeandme.com) as well-I've been blogging since 2011 while I’ve only been on KZbin since about 2016, so there are a lot more formulations on the blog. The blog is also where my totally free ingredient encyclopedia and FAQ live, and they're both packed with tons of super-helpful information ❤️ Happy making!

[@dwightconstable7803]

I have binged watched most of your content, purchased your book today(last one on Amazon), and signed up for your course. Thank you for helping make my journey into my new business much easier.

[@milllenaj07]

I'm now reading a ton from your website but I wanna go back here just to say thank you for all the effort and info you pour into your videos! My hair is my only vanity and I want to dabble with creating products for it. I still don't understand majority of what you are mentioning in your videos (haha!) but I am excited to keep learning from all the resources you share. :) Thank you so much, Marie!

[@dhimpelmann]

I really like cupuacu butter in my lip balm. I love the scent of the unrefined. It’s so good!

[@elianamckee]

I love cupuaçu too. The last syllable is pronounced “soo” , not tzu. The ç in Portuguese means the C has a s sound and not a K sound. Like babaçu.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thanks! I think this is a bit of my 'accent' coming into play as I would've said I was saying "soo" until you pointed it out LOL. Now I'm sitting at my desk saying "soo" over and over and seeing if I can pull the hint of a "tz" out of the start of it 😝

[@elianamckee]

@@HumblebeeAndMe just FYI. Your message is what matters and it’s always great!❤️

[@maeduss]

You’re right about the sound but, if I’m not mistaken (I’m Lusophone btw), babaçu is Tupi-Guarani and not Portuguese!! 😊

[@Lizvonmay9560]

I’m rubbing cupuacu butter right now! I got mine from Rainforest Chica! I got the Belem (Cupuacu 2 from her shop) which smells fruitier than cocoa-ish (Cupuacu 1) - its awesome and I so agree with you!

[@soapyfluffs]

Thanks for being a pillar to our community!

[@FlipNic213]

I make a muscle balm/butter with Kombu and Kpangnan butter. I scent it with cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Oooh, that sounds lovely! 😍

[@hartinisugianto7906]

Have you tried Illipe Butter (from Shorea Stenoptera tree nuts). Its origin is Kalimantan island known as Borneo Island. It is less greasy and able to remain solid in room temperature here in the equator line climate. A good option for summer

[@summertyme3080]

Your are just simply the best! Your skillfullness, knowledge, charisma, is unmatched!. Keep loving what you do. Peace and blessings ❤

[@TracyD2]

Thank you so much. I have a habit of wanting to experiment with all the oils and butters. Oh btw Erin Parsons gave you a much deserved shout out in her latest video.

[@NatasjaJaJa]

I love mango and avocado butter! I combine it with shea, coconut, cocao and some oils for my body butter!! ❤

[@CynnaAel]

Love mango & kokum butter. They’re becoming part of my go to butters with cocoa & coconut and some others.

[@chantelgraham7941]

Hi! Sorry this question isn’t related to this video. I was reading your blog about cleaning bottles. I have plastic foam pump bottles that have arrived for me to make lash cleaner. I am not sure how to clean them as they are plastic and have a foam pump nozzle. I am wanting to be very careful as what I am making is going to be used around their eyes. I did try boiling water on the stove and soaking them but they melted! They are from overseas and I don’t know the supplier well so I prefer to clean them. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@elianamckee]

Thank you Marie! Great post.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

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[@Kayrenice_Naturals]

I've tried murumuru butter, cupuacu butter, tucuma butter and ucuuba butter and i prefer them to shea and cocoa butter, i also prefer babassu instead of coconut oil....but, they are unfortunately so EXPENSIVE 😩😭 sooo i stick to mango, shea and cocoa butter 😂

[@kachiepam-fom3673]

Same

[@terriealexander2344]

I want to go and pick the cupuacu. its like a travel channel of information. thanks

[@____Ann____]

Hi Marie. What about a new formulating for a travel friendly cleansing block?

[@nsingh2155]

8:02 Thabks Marie for another amazingly informative video. No one explain things like you do. I feel so lucky to have found you and the resources you have shared for free. I am looking fwd to try Cupuacu butter in my next formulation

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ Thank you so much! I hope you love cupuaçu 😄

[@OmoyeniOdunlami]

Insightful content always. Thank you Marie

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ Thanks for watching!

[@melissaowens5036]

🤣 I passed on this for reasons that it wasn’t a good swap out butter for my products. But I sure looked at it!

[@shresthagupta8931]

Waiting for your scrub video from the shorts 🍉🍉🍉🍉 . Your formulating videos are really elaborate and helpful plus the blog is a added bonus . Thanks for your content 💙💙

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️ thank you so much! Scrubby goodness coming soon 😉

[@melissaowens5036]

Annndddd the final one! Kokum I definitely need to try, but I THINK it’s more expensive? Hemp seed “butter” was great in small amounts. And I mean 5% or less. The other ones….WHAAAHH?! Never even knew they existed 😮. No thanks. I will say that hemp seed oil darkened my batter too much sometimes. What do you think of tucuma, aloe, and avocado butters?

[@danielab913]

Hi! I love your channel! Have you ever did a dupe for Josie Marans whipped Argan Oil body butter? That would be an awesome video!

[@lisaf9962]

Hi! I just want to tell you I love watching your videos. You have really inspired me. I have quite the pantry of goodies now. Thanks to you… Lol and I enjoy creating with them almost daily , thanks to you again 😊I Would love to see more Butter Pearls recipes… I purchased them after seeing one of your videos, and I am in love with them. I would just love to see more suggestions on what we can do with them. ❤

[@sarvagnyan6455]

Hi, how to increase melting point of butter and make it hard enough to sustain upto 50 to 100°©. It's really important for me in a treatment, please help. Is there any additive to add into butter to increase melting point? Please help

[@cat47997]

I was thinking of mixing them. Not good idea? Id rather use the cupuacu

[@rallyworld3417]

Plz make a video. On how to lower ph of diy soap like 5.5 ish range ...i can't find reliable info on internet

[@farhanachowdhory8769]

Hey Can you tell me how to make lip mask or lip balm thick ? I have various oils, cocoa butter and beeswax 😢 Whenever i try, the balm becomes oily in texture ...

[@malwinapolska9122]

Thank you so much for introducing me to cupuacu butter, atm it's my favourite too! I just love the smell and everything about it🥰🥰🥰

[@Arivathu]

May i know about almond butter and avocado butter

[@cat47997]

I have cupuacu butter and lanolin I’d like to use for a whipped body butter, or a lotion. I’m a beginner and would like something easy. Do you have a recipe which I can swap out ingredients?

[@camerintownes7404]

What is the name of the school or online class you took to be certified to make your products and sell them for business.

[@Nadia-or5fn]

Thank you for sharing. I love those 3 butters 🤩

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️

[@gahanasingh5655]

Pls make video for massage candle

[@hanaherrera2]

I have mango, cocoa, and shea butters in my pantry. The other butters, are not readily available in my country so will have to order overseas...

[@thalanys7184]

I'm curious to know why Karity butter is not mention ? Is it less appealing for create face cream or body cream ? I use it for years directly after the shower to keep my skin hydrated.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Karité butter (aka shea butter-Karité is the French term for shea butter) is definitely lovely, but it's probably the most common cosmetic butter out there & this video is all about butters people might not've heard of :) I feel pretty confident most people have heard of shea butter, so I highlighted some other butters here.

[@thalanys7184]

@@HumblebeeAndMe Thank you, I didn't know that Shea butter was the same that Karité butter. All your videos are sooo interesting, informative and infuse with all your experience. Very precious for me. Thx you so much !

[@psychboi9487]

What would you think about combining all 3 or would they together not be compatible?

[@divyasasidharan2960]

I love bing watching ur channel

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

❤️

[@Lovejoigirl]

Can I still use BTMS-50 with no water added? I don’t know why my butters are not as silky smooth like the ones that are strictly oil based. Also when calculating my formulas can I add the percentage after everything else? Or does it have to be factored into the overall number that comes to 100% of ingredients?

[@clarewhite3004]

Look at Marie's conditioning body butters. She's got several with BTMS!

[@JerikaZimmerman]

Your hands must have been so soft after this video 😊

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Sooooo soft-like amply buttered mashed potatoes 😋 😂

[@melissaowens5036]

Oh, and I used mango butters for years. One down!

[@mokshalani8414]

What makes mango butter (and kokum) so fast absorbing? I know it's a fatty acid thing, but mango has more or less the same kinds of FAs as shea, if in a different ratio, so I don't think it's strictly molecular size Is it polarity? I'm not a chemist & the internet has been lacking. One vendor said it was tannins, which are pretty astringent but also water soluble, I don't think they'll be sticking around in a refined fat through the refining process

[@clarewhite3004]

I'm curious too.

[@TessieDobey]

I got tired of Little Miss Overrated (Shea butter) three years ago and ventured out. Now that Bacura (probably spelled wrong) is not my favorite, I tried four times to cover up the scent and I managed to make the scent worse.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I've been low key afraid of bacura ever since you mentioned it in the comments on my stinky video 😂 That's the first place I'd ever heard of it and nothing you've said since has convinced me to give it a try LOL.

[@TessieDobey]

@@HumblebeeAndMe Yes that stuff has kick to it!

[@goldheartxx]

The article link doesn't work. Thank you for another beautiful video I absolutely love mango butter and use it as much as I can.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Fixed! Thank you ❤️

[@BriTeestraz777]

I’ll definitely try mango butter ❤❤❤

[@thanhngotongloc1399]

Hi Marie, have you ever looked into Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence or Dr. Ceuracle Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence? They both have this emulsion phase on top and water phase at the bottom. It is perplexing to me how they manage to formulate this, perhaps some weak surfactant to only partially emulsify some of the oil? Or some electrolytes to destabilize the already stable emulsion on purpose? I truly have no idea. Can you please consider making a dupe for this? Anyway, I hope you have a wonder day!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

That sounds like a bi-phase formulation, but the creamy looking top layer is new to me as well! Both phases in a bi-phase cleanser are usually clear when you can see both phases. Have you had a chance to try the product yourself? I am wondering if perhaps the creamy appearance is just a matter of when the photo was taken 🤔 I have a bi-phase micellar water that looks like that when it has just started to split, but the creamy appearance of the top layer goes away when it sits for a while.

[@thanhngotongloc1399]

@@HumblebeeAndMe I do have the mary&may one and to me, when used as instructed from the brand, which is shaken well to re-emulsify the two phase into 1 creamy violet looking toner, it feels sort of like the laneige cream skin. But after a while (5 mins or so), the 2 phases separates again to give that kind of aesthetics. I think NO BS Beauty did a review of one of those two if you want to check it out!

[@thanhngotongloc1399]

This one short shows the seperation between those 2 layers clearer kzbin.infoGhM0h7xJxHI

[@elen4923]

Hi Marie! I follow you since 2014!! I absolute adore you and your work, you are the best! I am from Argentina and all the ingredients here are difficult to buy and the economy is so unstable that we need to reformulate every since and then. I already read you blog about surfactants and shampoo bar....Sooooo what I want to ask you if you can make a formula to help me to formulate a shampoo bar without sci or scs. With liquids glucoside and cetilic. I made one but no foam made at all 😢

[@catherinedevos7185]

I’ve used all these butters .

[@emmanuellapotter3146]

Where do get DIY tutorial to buy

[@melissaowens5036]

Hmmmm….before I watch (while you are explaining butters)….I actually use some rarer butters myself. I use tucuma and aloe butters, and also use avocado butters, as well. Now, I make different products than you mostly. So, let’s see!

[@Heartwing37]

Thank you!!!

[@Cae7890]

I LOVE & use all these butters❤❤❤

[@utyjacob]

Thanks for the video

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@ladyteaslinger]

Try as I have, I cannot find those butter pearls. Where are they sold?

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Simply Ingredients :) Whenever you have a question like this I highly recommend looking up the ingredient in the free Humblebee & Me DIY Encyclopedia (www.humblebeeandme.com/diy-encyclopedia/), where I link to places to purchase ;) You can also check www.humblebeeandme.com/resources/ :)

[@carengolub8451]

I purchased Oslove Cupuacu butter and the smell was so offensive that I just couldn't. I am wondering if I got a bad batch? What do you think it smells like and is it strong in smell in your opinion? TiA!

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

I'd say the unrefined version has a smell that's like a blend between cocoa and something tangy, like passionfruit. I don't think it's awful, but it’s also not amazing and can definitely be polarizing. I'd say it's about as strongly scented as cocoa butter or shea butter (unrefined versions, obviously).

[@carengolub8451]

@@HumblebeeAndMe Mine did not smell anything like that...I don't think I can describe the smell. Definitely nothing that could have been covered up with any amount of fragrance oil...

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

​ @Caren Golub Oh dear :( I did try one that smelled more like chocolate and sour milk about a decade ago... didn't love that, but it wasn't unusable. Regardless of what an ingredient smells like I generally never recommend trying to cover it up because that just never works-it only ever mixes with the scent and makes the nice scent worse :( For examples... have you ever used a lavender scented dog poop bags? They don't help the situation at all lol. Your best bet is to either work with the scent or get a refined version of the ingredient to eliminate its scent from the equation.

[@sweethome7601]

Vous êtes magnifique 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@okaycola2]

& kokum too ahhh

[@Cae7890]

Thank you. I will be trying to limit my use of hydrogenated butters.

[@clarewhite3004]

They can be fun though! I haven't seen oil-soluble strawberry extract out there for home crafters, so if you want to make an anhydrous product with a strawberry theme, strawberry butter would be the way to go. It took me a while to get my hands on pure coffee carrier oil, so till I got it, coffee butter gave me the same real coffee scent. Also, they don't go grainy, so you could substitute them for grain-prone butters. For example, if you like to keep your favorite lip balm in your car but the shea butter goes grainy because of the temperature changes, a pseudobutter could be just the thing - although in that case, you'd do just as well to make your own pseudobutter, since you're looking for texture more than the fun additives.

[@Ech0s_1972]

Love kokum butter - Texas ❤

[@melissabaguidy4226]

I gravitate more to Murumuru & Mango butter.

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

Ooh, murumuru is also so lovely! 😍

[@okaycola2]

Cupuacu is divine

[@HumblebeeAndMe]

It truly is! SWOON 😍

[@candicechruscial8885]

Hair love 💗

[@anaiiskika7752]

I love your smile. Your skin is also amazing.. how old are you?😅

[@מורןשלמה-ה7ז]

You are so beautiful! 😍

[@emmanuellapotter3146]

I mean yours

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

Subbed, amazing content! You also do NOT get anyone as SWEET as you.

[@natyc81]

🎉🎉❤❤❤ yummy butter 🧈 😋 😍 😜 and bread 🍞 lol Happy week

[@Mmilnic]

Thank you for not gate keeping 🩵