Learn how to DIY this homemade truffle buff recipe for an exfoliating in the shower body butter scrub that leaves your skin extraordinarily soft!
This truffle buff recipe was created by Nadia Mansour, the former owner of a successful small business called, Ouish®, for which she created high end and all natural skincare products. Since then, however, Nadia has decided to take a break from the small business world and share her homemade skincare recipes instead on her new Facebook blog, The Nadia Effect. The Nadia Effect includes not only skincare recipes, but also DIY videos for making your own natural skincare products and even dessert recipes for baking up treats like her Hazelnut Mocha Cookies. I absolutely LOVE her page and my hope is that you’ll become a fan of hers as well.
You’ll find Nadia’s truffle buff recipe below. It is, of course, re-printed with her permission.
Homemade Truffle Buff Recipe
© Nadia Mansour
Ingredients:
15 oz. kokum butter
15 oz. shea butter
3 oz. rice, ground
3 oz. almonds, ground
3 oz. adzuki beans, ground
.78 oz. (2%) skin safe fragrance, of choice
Instructions:
You’ll need a digital scale to weigh all of your ingredients.
Begin by weighing out the kokum and shea butter. Combine in a double boiler and melt the butters over low heat.
Once the butters have melted, remove from heat and pour into a clean bowl. Set aside.
Next, weigh out the dry ingredients separately.
Using afood processor grind the rice,almonds andadzukibeans, one at a time,to a medium/fine texture. Don’tover process these ingredients astheywill act as your exfoliants.
Weigh out the fragrance oil you’ve chosen to use for this truffle buff recipe. (Need fragrance oil suggestions?One of thebest selling fragrance oils Nadia used in her products was the Chicks Dig It Fragrance Oil from Just Scent.)
Now add theground dry ingredients and fragrance oil to the melted butter mixture. Stir the mixture thoroughly to combinethen place in your refrigerator.
Every 5-10 minutes, take the bowl out of the fridge and give it a stir.Then pop the mixtureback into the fridge and repeat the process. Be patient.
Keep repeating this processuntil the mixture starts to lookopaqueandmost of the exfoliants start to suspend in the mixture. Once you get to that stage, work quickly and immediately pour the truffle buff mixture into the cavities of a silicone mold of your choosing. (I recommend placing the mold on a cutting board before your fill them so they are easier to transport.)
Don’t worry if you waited too long to pour your truffle buff into the molds. If you realize it’s gone past the stage where it starts to turn opaque and the mixturehas hardened, simplyit into the microwave and melt it slightly. Re-mix and try again.
Once you’ve poured the melted truffle buff mixture intoyour mold, place the mold into your refrigeratoruntil your bars have hardened.
Once hardened, simply remove your truffle buffs from the mold. Decorate the tops if desired. You can use regular dark chocolate to add an icing drizzle or even dark cocoa butterwafers.
Wrap your truffle buff bars in foodservice film and label as desired for gifting or until use.
Side Notes:
Nadia does not recommend addingcolorants to her truffle buffrecipe. Her experience has shown that they donot color the mixture well andare likely to leave color on your skin when used.
In addition, as this truffle buffrecipe does not contain a preservative, itis essential that you follow proper storage guidelines. When the bar is not in use, keep it out of the shower and away from steam on an elevated plate, such as a soap dish, that will allow air to flow above and below the product. It needs to be keptdry between uses. However, if you’d like to use apreservative, be sure to follow the manufacturer’s guidelines for the preservative you choose. Even with a preservative, however, it is highly recommend that youstill follow the previously mentionedstorage guidelines.
How to Use:
Use your truffle buffin the shower with warm-hot water running on your skinby massagingthe truffle buff bar overyour body in circular motions. The warm-hot water, along with your body temperature,will help tomelt the truffle buff bar as you use it. Once completed, gently wash off any residue and pat skin dry with a towel to revealyour softest ever skin.
If you like Nadia’s Truffle Buff Recipe, then you may also like my Lush inspired Massage Bar Recipe inspired by Lush’s Wiccy Magic Muscles Massage Bar. Thismassage bar is madeusing a base of shea and cocoa butters,this Lush inspired massage bar recipe also includes massaging organic adzuki beans and a combination ofcinnamon leaf and peppermint essential oils for a warm, tingly sensation that helps to ease and soothe sore muscles.
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