Do you love body butter but want to try making it yourself? Here's a wonderful DIY recipe for you!
Shea Butter
Shea butter is a wonderful body product that's appreciated by many. It's valued for its moisturizing effect and its "healing" effect on things like eczema and other skin problems. Shea butter doesn't smell much on its own (some people think it smells like latex) so sometimes you might want to add a fragrance to the shea butter to jazz it up. Blending shea butter and cocoa butter in a body butter is really nice, we think - it creates a creamy result and gives a mild scent of "chocolate".
Cocoa Butter
Cocoa butter has a high content of fatty acids and moisturizes the skin deeply, it's an excellent complement to shea butter. Many women claim that regular use of cocoa butter reduces stretch marks during and after pregnancy. It's simple to make your own lovely body butter with shea butter and cocoa butter. The best part is that you know exactly what's in it, that it becomes a 100% natural body moisturizer, completely without synthetic and harmful ingredients.
Body Butter Recipe
1 dl shea butter
1/2 dl cocoa butter in pieces
1/2 dl coconut oil
2 tablespoons almond oil or jojoba oil.
essential oil (optional)
How do you do it?
Melt together shea butter, cocoa butter and coconut oil in a water bath on low heat, stir constantly. Of course you can make smaller or larger quantities at a time, you choose.
Remove from heat and add the chosen oil and possibly essential oil. Mix well.
Put the melted mixture in the refrigerator, and let it cool and become firm for about 3 hours, until it has a soft but firm consistency.
Remove from the refrigerator and mix until it becomes fluffy with such as a hand mixer or whisk.
Mix well with a wooden spoon.
Pour into a glass jar with a tight lid.
Store in a cool and dark place.
Tip: You can make chocolate body butter by adding two tablespoons of cocoa powder to this recipe.
