How to Make Homemade Body Butter for Glowing Skin
Making your own homemade body butter for glowing skin at home is easy and only requires a few ingredients: shea butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, and your favorite essential oil.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil or any other carrier oil see below
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup beeswax
- 2 tablespoon Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter optional
- 10 drops of essential oil or vanilla extract optional
- 1 teaspoon of Vitamin E Oil optional
Instructions
- Simply melt the shea butter and other oils together in a saucepan over medium heat, freeze until firm, mix with an electric mixer, and store in a mason jar with a lid for use whenever desired.
- For body butter and healing balm, combine coconut oil, beeswax and olive oil or butter if used, in a glass bowl or mason jar and place inside a sauce pan with about 2 inches of water. Turn it on low or medium heat to melt and stir the cocoa butter and beeswax occasionally, until completely melted. Move from stove and pour into a container that you have set aside to use.
- Immediately stir in essential oils or vanilla extract. Add Vitamin E Oil and stir thoroughly (Vitamin E oil can be added to help preserve the balm in addition to healing properties to the skin.) Let sit to cool.
Notes
For a lighter moisturizing cream, use a different carrier oil in place of the olive oil. Heavier oils are the most moisturizing. For Healing Balm, use this recipe: 1/4 cup of coconut oil
1/4 cup of beeswax
10 drops of essential oil or vanilla extract (optional)
1 teaspoon of Vitamin E Oil (optional)
1/4 cup of beeswax
10 drops of essential oil or vanilla extract (optional)
1 teaspoon of Vitamin E Oil (optional)
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