what do you use in place of lotion? - Page 2

[snozzberry]

Originally Posted by Spastica

All butters are solid at room temperature, including shea and cocoa butter. You have to take a blob and warm it up in your hands (rub it together) until it liquidifies or at least, turns more like lotion. Then apply as usual.

I tried that just now and it never turned into liquid. It just rubbed into my hands and got all grainy with a bunch of smaller globs instead of one big glob. What am I doing wrong? :

[tappahannock]

I have ordered shea butter from www.coastalscents.com and I thought the price was reasonable. I haven't compared a lot of other places though.

[Meiri]

What I've done with the cocoa butter is to shave it then spread those shavings on carefully. When I was first letting DD use it, I'd melt it for a few seconds in the microwave. Now I've got it mixed with some coconut oil, so it's much softer if we leave it out of the fridge. That way it doesn't have to be melted before we use it.