Aloe Vera Liquid - Aloe Vera Gel is reputed to be an excellent moisturizer.
Avocado Oil - Avocado oil has a high percentage of unsaponifiables, making it an excellent choice to superfat your cold process soap with. It is wonderful in massage oil because of its natural vitamins B1, B2 and A. This oil is cold pressed
Castor Oil - Castor oil is extracted from the Castor Bean Plant. It is a thick, viscous liquid with a slight distinctive smell. It acts similar to glycerin, as a humectant, drawing moisture to the skin. Castor oil contributes to thick, large bubbles in cold process soap and is used in most shampoo bar recipes. It is a good oil for superfatting.
Coconut Oil - Coconut Oil is one of the most common raw material used in the soap and toiletry industry. It comes from the seeds of Cocos Nucifera and is primarily cultivated from Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Coconut Oil , also known as Copra Oil, is a white solid fat obtained from the fruit of the coconut, widely used in food products and in the production of cosmetics and soaps. Coconut Oil is probably the most popular soap making oil. This oil adds volumes of lather to a soap making recipe. It is also used in massage oil recipes and for a solid, spa bath oil. Aside from coconut oil, the only other source of lauric acid found in such high concentrations is in mother's milk. Tropical oils and mother's milk are by far the richest food sources of medium chain fatty acids available. Our coconut oil has a melt point of 76 degrees.
Cocoa Butter smells like chocolate, but is a tan/yellowish color. It is used in soap making and suntan oils, heavy creams and lotions. A common ingredient in solid lotion bar recipes. Some people just use it as it is for a sun oil. Cocoa butter has a low content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially of polyunsaturated ones and therefore the shelf life of the fat is relatively good. The shelf life should be several years.
Deodorized Cocoa Butter (white) - This cocoa butter is practically odorless. Use it in your lotions, soaps and balms when you don't want the warm chocolate-y undertone of regular cocoa butter. It is a neutral white color (unlike the regular cocoa butter which is a deep eggshell white).
Grapefruit Seed Extract - Grapefruit Seed Extract (commonly referred to as GSE) is normally used as an antioxidant to help prevent rancidity in lotion and lotion bars. Thick and golden like honey, our GSE is 60% extract and 40% Glycerin. Recommended usage is .5% to 1% by weight. There is some belief that GSE also works as a preservative. At Bramble Berry, we do not endorse the use of GSE as the sole preservative. We believe that a full-spectrum preservative such as Phenonip or Germaben II must be used to truly prevent mold and bacterial growth in your lotion products
Jojoba Oil, Golden - This unique product is actually a liquid wax. Renowned for its absorption and moisturizing abilities, our jojoba oil is expeller pressed from the Jojoba Seed. Because of its fatty acid make up, jojoba oil is very resistant to oxidation (and rancidity) and has a very long shelf life.
Mango Butter - Mango Butter is extracted from the fruit kernels of the Mango tree. This butter is solid at room temperatures but melt upon contact with skin (approximately 87 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit). Our butter is carefully refined and deodorized and can be used straight as a balm, or in other products, such as creams, lotions and soaps with a suggested usage rate ranging from 5% to 100%.
Palm Kernel Flakes - This oil is commonly used to help harden cold process recipes. It can be used up to 35% in your soap recipes. It will speed up trace when used in recipes.
Shea Oil - This oil is fractionated Shea Butter. It is liquid at room temperature and is excellent for adding to melt and pour, as well as lotions, creams and delicate eye lotions. It is a very lubricating oil and is a good addition to massage oils. The shelf life is approximately 18 months.
Shea Butter A whitish fat obtained from the seeds of the
Shea tree, used as
food and for making soap and candles.
Traditionally in West Africa, from its fruits called nuts, they
extract by crushing and boiling shea butter or vegetable butter.
It is known especially for its cosmetic properties as a moisturizer
and emollient of skin. Because of these properties, it is part of
the composition of numerous cosmetics today.
Shea Butter is a solid oil which is the main ingredient in African
Black Soap. Don't stop with only soap making with this rich butter.
It makes wonderful lip balms, creams and lotions too! This is the
highest sought after oil in the world! Our Shea Butter is Ultra
Refined.
Sweet Almond Oil This oil also makes an unparalleled carrier for salt (for use in salt scrubs). Almond Oil's rich concentration of oleic and linoleic essential fatty acids makes it used in the cosmetic industry for its penetrating, moisturizing and restructuring properties. Almond Oil is used in making lip balms, solid lotion bars, bath oils, massage oils and makes a wonderful carrier oil in aromatherapy. It is also a wonderful emollient oil for soap making. This item is also called "Sweet Almond Oil"
Vitamin E - Use Vitamin E in your fixed oils to help slow the oxidizing process or use it in your soap and lotions as a wonderful anti-oxidant. This is a thick, viscous oil that is easy to mix into lotions and liquid oils.
