Homemade Whipped Body Butter
Author: Diana / Dreams Factory
Recipe type: DIY Beauty
Serves: 1 cup
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sweet almond oil or olive oil
- 1/3 cup Shea butter
- 1/3 cup cocoa butter
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 20 drops of your favorite essential oils
- a vintage French apothecary jar
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients and measure 1/3 cup each.
- Put them in a glass or porcelain bowl.
- Melt them using a double boiler or over a pan of boiling water. Whisk until completely melted.
- Remove from the heat, let it cool down a little (for about 10-15 min) and add the essential oils. Whisk again. Put the bowl in the fridge for about 1 hour, until the mixture hardens.
- Remove from the fridge and start whipping the mixture using a hand mixer for about 1-3 minutes.
- While whipping, its texture and color will gradually start to change from flat yellow-ish to creamy and silky white.
- Spoon it into a lovely jar or glass recipient and apply it after taking a bath, while your skin is still wet.
- Enjoy!
Notes
This will make about 1 - 1 1/4 cup of homemade whipped body butter, if you want to make more, you can double, triple, etc. the quantities.
Recipe by Dreams Factory at https://bydreamsfactory.com/homemade-whipped-body-butter/