Magnus8 - More on Shea butter and Cocoa Butter

Magnus8;3245882 said:

HashGirl;3245555 said:

Cannafan! It is pretty AWESOME to not only make my own medicine but to have it actually work so well is the icing on the cake, so to speak. I already have some shea butter here so although you and Magnus prefer cocoa butter, I might just use it this time but then again, it depends how much I'm supposed to add as I probably only have about a third of a jar. I love putting it on my feet in the winter time and then putting on some warm socks. It makes my feet way less drier.

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Hi HashGirl,

First of all, I responded to your other post in my journal. Check that out if you have a moment.

As for the two butters: As a general rule, if you use Shea Butter instead of Cocoa Butter, you will need to use more of it simply because though it is still considered a "hard" oil, it isn't as hard as Cocoa Butter. So, given that... It is really, really hard for me to judge how much of either to use since I cannot see what you have already produced, touch it, rub it between my fingers. That is the way you learn how much of any one oil to add to a concoction when you are trying to firm up a recipe. A lot of it is practice, time and intuition. So lets start with some basics, then, shall we?

SHEA BUTTER
Start out with 2 ounces, but measure it in grams if you can. The grams equivalent would be 28x2 (28 grams in one ounce), so that would be 56 grams I believe. Melt your concoction up again. Melt the shea butter. Then slowly add the shea butter to your concoction, stirring all the while. Let it cool and see how it feels. If you don't want to wait for the whole concoction to cool (and who wants to wait THAT long... pour a small amount in a container that you can put in the freezer for a few minutes. Then check it out. Is it okay? Is it good? Is it excellent? We're going for excellent. If it's good but not excellent, add another ounce in the same fashion. If it is just okay but not excellent, then add an ounce and a half (28+14 grams). I'll let you do the math. I'm exhausted and wouldn't trust my calculations. Keep going until you have an excellent cream. Even if you're tired of it, fed up with it, just keep going. We're going for excellent here. You've put so much work into it already, what's a bit more? Keep using your freezer to help speed up the time you wait. And keep going. We might be in it for the long haul, eh?

COCOA BUTTER
Start out with 1.25 ounces (yes, it's that much harder than shea butter) and follow the same directions. I'll let you do all the math, but use a calculator.

You'll get there. Throw some peppermint essential oil in there. It helps with the pain, a lot, and it smells wonderful. And add some Tea Tree essential oil in there, too. It doesn't smell AS beautiful as peppermint oil, but it sure as hell helps ease the pain in your fingers. Right now, I'm not able to use cannabis in any concoctions as I neither have my mmj card, nor do I have any cannabis. So I made a concoction with Fractionated Coconut Oil (because it is such a good carrier and soaks into the skin so beautifully), Peppermint Essential Oil, and Tea Tree Essential Oil. Works beautifully to soak into the skin and ease the pain in my back and in Ginette's hands and fingers (she has arthritis there). I cannot wait to be able to concoct a lotion with cannabinoids, tea tree oil and peppermint oil all at once. I know it'll do wonders for both my back and Ginette's hands/fingers.

I urge you to add these elements to your cream once you are done. There are more herbal remedies under the sun than simply cannabis and they can help immensely. And please take this in the right light. I'm only trying to help ease your pain.

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