Body Butter Recipes

Do you ever feel like your skin is so parched, that body lotions just don’t seem enough to rehydrate it? Well, this is when I whip out (quite literally) my DIY whipped body butter recipe! It has only 4 ingredients, shea butter, safflower oil, vegetable glycerin, and arrowroot powder. The arrowroot powder helps to reduce greasiness and the vegetable glycerin is optional but helps with soothing skin irritation and is a humectant, which means it helps to preserve moisture. I’ve also included of my favorite essential oil blend with lavender, patchouli, howood, and rosewood essential oil if you would like…

I’ve recently discovered Ucuuba butter which is a rare seed butter made from the ucuuba plant of South America. The plant is also known as baboonwood and wild nutmeg. It is most prominent in the Amazon river basin, but is also found throughout the wetlands of Central and South America. This uccuba butter is brown and has a specific sweet yet nutty smell. It is made from the seeds of this versatile plant can be used on both the skin and hair. Benefits of ucuuba butter The ucuuba plant has been used in indigenous medicine for treating ailments ranging from…

Once you have made my mango body butter recipe below, I think you will have trouble making anything else….This mango body butter melts right away on contact with your skin, leaving it silky smooth and not greasy. Mango butter  is a powerful and natural ingredient in body butter recipes and perfect for dry or sunburned skins. It moisturizes and nourishes the skin almost instantly and is frequently used with or as a substitute for cocoa and shea butter. I’m sorry to disappoint you but mango butter does not smell like mangos! The reason is that the mango comes from the seed…

When I started making my own body butter and cream 15 years ago, one of my struggles was to find out how to make body butter less greasy. Often my legs would end up looking way too shiny and greasy. Through the years, I learned tips to make creams and body butter less greasy and heavy on the skin, which I will share and discuss in this blog post. As someone with dry skin, I cannot skip a day without applying body butter and body cream. They’re my only hope at keeping the dryness at bay, especially during the harsh…

If you are looking for an easy coconut oil body butter recipe like body shop but without the chemicals, you have come to the right place!  You can whip this homemade coconut oil body butter recipe in max 20 minutes in your kitchen. It’s a great body butter to fight against dry and flaky skin. I’ve used shea butter, cooa butter, sunflower oil and of course organic coconut oil. Instead of crappy chemical fragrances used by Body shop, I’ve used organic essential oils. You can always skip the essential oils if you prefer to make an unscented homemade coconut body butter, that’s totally up to…

This whipped shea body butter recipe is great if you are out of beeswax. It can be done in your kitchen for less than 20 minutes. Shea Butter comes from the nut of the African shea tree and  has many benefits for the skin and is naturally rich in Vitamins A, E, and F, as well as a number of other vitamins and minerals. Vitamins A and E help to soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin. They also provide skin collagen which assists with wrinkles and other signs of ageing. Vitamin F contains essential fatty acids, and helps protect and revitalize damaged skin…

Let’s get rid of our crocodile skin ladies once and for all with this easy organic shea body butter recipe for dry skin! Shea butter is naturally rich in Vitamins A and E that help soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin. Mango butter has natural emollient, wound healing, and regenerative properties. You can substitute grapeseed oil with another carrier oil (that’s what I had in my kitchen today…) like almond oil, apricot kernel oil, jojoba oil, kukui oil. Chamomile flower water is calming, soothing and Lavender essential oil helps healing little cuts and reduce the formation of scar tissues. Apply…