Body Care Recipes
Learn how to make your own body care recipes such as homemade body cream, body butter, scrubs and much more!
Main Ingredients for DIY Body Care Recipes
On this page, you will find several natural body care recipes that contain 100% natural and organic ingredients.
The main ingredients you will need to make your own body butter and creams are shea butter, cocoa butter, beeswax and safflower oil.
For scrubs, you can beat coconut oil, sugar and coffee for example.
Why are commercial body creams harmful?
They contain harmful chemicals that can disrupt hormones, creates infertility, develops allergies and cancer to name a few. You should stay away at all costs of ingredients you cannot read.
The most dangerous ingredients are parabens (on the labels, they can show as propylparaben, butyparaben, isobutiparaben) as you probably heard.
What you may not know is that “fragrance” is a common ingredient in most commercial beauty products. According to EWG “The word “fragrance” or “parfum” on the product label represents an undisclosed mixture of various scent chemicals and ingredients used as fragrance dispersants such as diethyl phthalate.
Fragrance mixes have been associated with allergies, dermatitis, respiratory distress and potential effects on the reproductive system.” Stay away from any products that include fragrance. Sadly some “natural” and even “organic” labeled body care products include fragrance and while you may think that it is such a low dose that it should not be harmful, the daily application and bioaccumulation in the blood can create a concentration over time that can cause health problems.
For all those reasons, it is a great idea to do your own body care recipes so you can control the ingredients that go into your skin and bloodstream. Plus, DIY body care is cost-efficient and quite fun!
My top 3 DIY body care recipes
My favorite body care recipes are this mango body butter, how to make lotion bars without beeswax, and my whipped shea body butter.
And don’t forget to check out my top 10 body scrubs here!
I hope you will enjoy these fun and easy DIY body care recipes you can do right in your kitchen!
This cocoa butter lotion recipe contains no beeswax and is easily done whipped. Cocoa Butter is naturally rich in Vitamin E as well as a number of other vitamins and minerals. Vitamin E helps to soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin and also provides the skin collagen which assists with wrinkles and other signs of aging. It is a rich body butter perfect for dry skin and for preventing stretch marks. For this cocoa butter lotion recipe, if you would like the chocolate scent, make sure you buy unrefined cocoa butter, the refined version will loose its yummy natural chocolate scent!…
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Learn how to make DIY natural beauty products like
Body Butter,
Face Creams,
Lip Balms, Scrubs,
Shampoo and much more homemade beauty care products.
DIY Face Serum Recipe Anti Wrinkles
If you are looking for a simple and natural way of taking care of your face while preventing the appearance of fine lines, you should make this easy DIY face serum recipe. It’s as easy as blending
organic rosehip oil and essential oils together!
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How to make your own lipstick like a pro!
I wanted to make a homemade lipstick that looks like the one you get in stores. Turns out how to make your own lipstick like a pro is not as hard as you can imagine.
Packaging like this
high-grade lipstick tube and a few tools can sometimes make a world of difference!
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Top 3 Goat Milk Soap Recipes
Goat’s milk contains natural emollients, vitamins, and triglycerides, as well as capric-caprylic triglyceride which calms, moisturizes and rejuvenates sensitive, dry, and combination skin. It is easier than you would think to make your
own goat milk soap; you will find below my top 3 goat milk soap recipes, I hope you enjoy them!
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Where to Buy Organic Wholesale Ingredients For DIY Beauty Products
To get your started on your journey to a healthier lifestyle and to create your own body care products, you will need to get organic wholesale ingredients for DIY beauty products such as
body butters,
carrier oils and
beeswax.
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How To Find The Best Containers For Homemade Beauty Products
Find out where to get the cheapest and best containers for your homemade beauty products such as
lip balm containers, plastic or
glass jars,
amber glass bottles with a glass eye dropper or even
aluminium tins.
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Nothing feels better than a nice foot scrub. And who doesn’t love having soft, pampered feet? This coconut homemade foot scrub offers a lovely way to practice some self-care and it smells amazing! Keeping your feet hydrated and clean is an important part of health and energy balance. Take the time to take care of your feet, they will thank you for it! This coconut foot scrub recipe includes shredded coconut and coarse sea salt that will help exfoliate and are natural antiseptics. Coconut milk is hydrating and well who does not love the smell of coconut!? Foot Scrub Recipe…
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You are going to love this easy to make organic and all natural massage bar recipe! It can also be used as a body moisturizer. I’ve used Shea Butter which is naturally rich in Vitamins A, E which helps to soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin. You will get the chocolate scent bu using unrefined cocoa butter and sweet orange essential oil for a comforting scent. This homemade massage bar is with beeswax. It’s also nice and slippery on contact, which makes it is perfect for massage as you work it into the skin. The benefits of massage Massage is beneficial to both…
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The summer sun is definitely not kind to our skin! While you may enjoy getting out and spending time in the summer sun (say, at the beach), it’s important to help your skin repair itself and regain moisture after taking in too many rays. This summer repair body cream combines mango butter, coconut oil and essential oils for mega-healing. Mango butter has natural emollient, wound healing, and regenerative properties. Coconut oil is suitable for inflamed and irritated skin and has a natural SPF of 4. My essential oil blend with Roman chamomile, lavender and frankincense is a powerful anti-inflammatory and…
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In this homemade coconut oil sunscreen recipe, I use shea butter which has natural sunscreen properties and anti-inflammatory agents. What is not to love about coconut oil or its exotic Polynesian version Monoi! Monoï (pronounced Mah-noy) is an ancient Tahitian word meaning “scented oil” in the Reo-Maohi language. Monoï is often used among French Polynesians as a skin and hair softener. Where to buy monoi online? Be careful, today’s marketplace is full with monoi oil imitations. Authentic Tahitian monoi oil follows a strict manufacturing code that oversees the entire process from handpicking the tiare flowers to storage and shipping of the…
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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…
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Winter can take a serious toll on skin, drying it out so that it looks dull or even cracked. This homemade lavender body butter recipe is perfect to use during the winter months and will even help to get rid of crocodile skin for good once winter is over. This thick body butter is a go-to for winter-ravaged 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. Make this homemade body butter to avoid any unwanted additives or nasty chemicals…
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A common misconception is that homemade beauty products simply aren’t as pretty or don’t smell as nice as conventional ones. I don’t agree! Who said you could not use natural products and still smell divine?! This essential oil blend perfume recipe with cinnamon, cardamom, sweet orange and clove essential oils proves just that. With its warm and sensual scent, this essential oil blend is one of my favorite perfume for winter and evenings out. And unlike your average store-bought perfume, it actually has health benefits! Cinnamon and clove are warming, invigorating and known to improve lymph circulation. These herbs also have…
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I used this easy DIY mosquito repellent recipe in Indonesia and was very pleased with the results as it kept the mosquitoes at bay! Since then, I always carry it in my purse when I travel. I only use 3 ingredients, sunflower oil or lemongrass hydrosol and lemon eucalyptus essential oil and citronella essential oil. You can use the spray or the oil application. I personally like the oil recipe as it stays on the skin longer and offers greater protection. Mosquito bites are uncomfortable and itchy, so I know everyone wants to avoid them when they can! Mosquitoes also…
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