This make it so much easier instead of having to calculate and guess how you’re going to add ingredients to reach 100% thank you so much for sharing this knowledge for free
You are so kind to share the wealth. Thank you for that. Formulation is key and very few people are willing to help you be successful in your endeavors. Thanks so much.
O.M.Goodness! I was so confused on how to increase my recipe from percentages into ounces. The original recipe was in ounces and I could only make 2, 2oz tins. I was afraid to do the math myself. I do not get along with math. You saved me so much money by not messing up my recipe than ruining my expensive oils and butters. You are a rock star!!! Thank you to the Heaven and back
Thank you so much for this !!! I’ve been wanting to make body butters for a long time & gave up but something told me to keep looking to learn how to properly measure and this helped tremendously!! Thank you for this knowledge!
I know you haven’t posted in months sis so I hope you see this comment. But this video helped me because I was ready to pull my hair out because I felt so dumb that I couldn’t formulate and convert my ingredients over to a gallon! You helped me and so to repay u I subscribed and liked this video. Take care💕❣️
Dear Mon-Ara Thank you so much for explaining this so thoroughly. I just couldn't get my head around this before as no one was explaining it on recipe vids.Guess I'll have to throw out my cups and measuring spoons. I managed to create a cocoa formulation that I'm going to try out as a birthday gift to my sister, as she loves that butter but purchases shop bought products.I will tinker with my own recipes until I get a good fit. Much love, appreciation and gratitude foryour kindness. Good luck with your business. Stay blissed. Sx
Evening sista I have a question with the essential oil I'm using the recommended dilution for peppermint is 1% 3 drops or 2 teaspoons when making a larger batch like 6 4oz jars =24oz I'm just trying to figure out will the 1% be efficient for larger batch to the point you smell the peppermint. Because If I increase the drops or teaspoons, I'm going over the recommended dilution what your thoughts just trying to make sure I'm good thanks.
How can you do this with lip balm recipes thanks. No one add preservative. I have trouble doing the fragrance oil and preservative in lip balm and lip scrubs and body butters and etc.
I still don’t get this. What if you don’t know how much of each ingredient you need to use at the beginning? I have 4 ingredients I want to use but I have no idea how much of each I’m supposed to be using…hope that makes sense
hello mon-ara i know that ur showing us how to get percentages but what i want to know is when i'm coming up with a recipe how much shea butter to the oils do i use and with the oils how much oil is to much or to lit and vice versa with all the products please and thank u for sharing
it all depends on your choice of weight measurement e.g grams, oz, lbs, kg etc. . i do not advice on using volume measurements like tablespoons etc. thats why i made this video .hopefully it helps. is your recipe in % or Amount?
What I suggest is to weigh the recipe given in cups and note down the amount of each ingredient then put it in the calculator to find out the %. Hope this helps
Help so if I’m using grams do I count down or what! Help please so example if I have 1.13 and 0.57 and 0.37 what do I do. Shall I measure for 1 and .60 and .30 and what tool can I use because I have droppers but Omg these numbers are not on it
A whipped body butter mostly comprises of natural oils and butters and considered safe for children. Be careful if adding essential oils especially when formulating for children.
Maybe you explained it but I don’t understand but can you help me understand, but if I want to make a 4oz jar of body butter how would I know how much Much grams of Shea butter and how much grams of mango butter and how much grams of oils to use of each ingredient to make a 4 oz jar? Or do I just eyeball it?? Please help, thanks in advance
You must have had a recipe in mind either in % or amount. Are you trying to invent your own recipe or following one you've seen?. If you were to eyeball and eventually get the recipe as desired, make sure to measure everything by weight and then you can input it in the calculator to figure out the percentage of each ingredient. I hope am making sense.
@@MonAra thanks for the reply, I’m trying to come up with my own, trying to figure out the amount of butters and oils I need for the body butters I want to make
240ml or oz? Once you know the percentage of your recipe, go to the website in the video and look for the percentage to amount calculator. Then choose the amount, add the ingredients with % and the calculator will do the rest
It should work. I just tried it and it works. Make sure your total % is not above 100%. It calculates oz, lbs, milliliters and grams at the same time regardless of your choice of batch volume
I have questions please 1. How do I know the amount of the ingredients I choose 2. How many oils can I use for body butter...cox on my recipe I'm having jojoba oil,coconut oil, sweet almond oil and vitamin e oil 3. Is it compulsory to use essential oils/fragrance in body butter I will be happy if you can reply me...thank you
To find out about ingredients amounts especially if you are new to skincare formulations , you can check out some cosmetic formulations spreadsheets and experiment from there. That should give you an idea on how much of an ingredient to use. 2. For body butters, You can use as many oils as you'd like to combine but too little percentage of too many oils doesn't impact enough benefit of each of the oil used. I prefer to stick with 3 different oils at most but you can always use more.
3. It is not recommended to use essential oils or fragrance oils in your products. I prefer making mine without fragrance oils or use very subtle scents. Essential oils add therapeutic purposes and are used at really low usage rate while fragrance oil is for just scent so it's totally optional. Also take into consideration those using the products. I get nauseous easily and don't care much for fragrance oils especially in leave on products. Hope this helped?
I have a recipe for my products where the ingredients are measured in cups and tbsp. Is it necessary to still use the site to get % after weighing each ingredient out? If so, would I use those % values in the weight calculator to get weights again?
Best way to formulate is by knowing the % of your ingredients. It took me some time to figure it out but once you know it, you'll never want to measure by cups or tbsp. One way to find out the % is by using a scale to weight the amount of each ingredient you are measuring using cups or tbsp and noting it down then transfer it to the site using the amount to % calculator and that should give you the percentage of each ingredient. Hope I was able to answer your question.
I’m interested in making myself some body butter and I have my ingredients I want to use but I don’t know how much of what to use. Can you help me formulate?
Hi Kenyadas, you need to have a spread sheet of cosmetic product formulations, that should help as a guide to how much of an ingredient you need to make a product. The more you experiment, the better you get at formulating your own recipes. Most spreadsheets are given in percentages so this video should help in that areas. Hope this helps
