All Buttered Up:
3 Types of Natural Body Butters

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Sunday December 12, 2010	2 - 5:30 pm (3.5 hours) $65 (plus $20 materials fee)	Credit Card	Sign-Up Via Mail Check
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In this class, you'll learn how to make three completely different types of wonderful body butters using all-natural ingredients like Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Cocoa Butter, Virgin Coconut Oil, Beeswax, and proven antioxidants. We'll use pure essential oils for their amazing scent, aromatherapy value, and to keep our products 100% natural, as well as discuss options for obtaining colors in your butters naturally. In class, together we'll make 3 different recipes that are made to smooth and soften rough, dry skin:

Traditional Body Butters: A high percentage of pure vegetable/nut butters and antioxidants are carefully melted & combined to create a super rich, dense body balm great for commonly dry areas like elbows, knees, cuticles and feet. These are typically packaged in a small jar (because only a small amount is needed) and often sell for up to $10 an ounce.

Whipped Butters: A wonderful whipped combination of butters, oils & antioxidants that are lighter (more fluffy) than "traditional body butters." They can be used an all over body oil or massage oil. They leave your skin feeling very soft and smooth, and are easier (than the traditional butters) to apply over a large area.

Solid Butter Bars: These are a fun way of creating/packaging butters, usually made using small molds and are held free-form like a bar of soap (a.k.a. "massage bars") or in a push-up stick container for easy application on the go (a.k.a. "lotion bars"). These are applied directly to dry skin (after bathing), similar to how/when you would use a body oil.

In addition to taking home tested recipes and detailed instructions, you'll leave with a 1 oz. jar of traditional body butter (custom scented by you), a 2 oz. jar of whipped body butter, and a solid massage bar - all packaged by you and ready to use or gift. Due to the necessity of making these products in batches, this class is primarily demonstration / lecture style, with hands-on elements.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:
Alice Duvernell is an artist & gilder who recently moved to the Bay Area after living in the south of France for the past 8 years. There she started researching problematic & sensitive skin types & developed an interest in the amazing virtues of essential oils & hydrosols. Her interest in culture & her studies in anthropology led her to travel in South America where she expanded her passion & awareness in native medicinal plants. During her last journey to Brazil, she set up a laboratory where she shared with the locals her techniques for making hydrosols & other cosmetics, using native plants. See our teacher page to view Alice's current classes.