How do you make natural whipped body butter?
Homemade Whipped Body Butter Recipe
- 1/2 cup shea butter.
- 1/2 cup cocoa butter.
- 1/2 cup coconut oil.
- 1/2 cup light oil (like almond, jojoba, or olive)
- optional: 10-30 drops of essential oils of choice (I use lavender)
How long does it take to whip body butter?
Whip about 5 minutes, or until you have created fluffy white clouds. Spoon it into a clean jar or container. It will keep for 3 months.
How do you keep whipped body butter from hardening?
But many times the fluffy consistency tends to harden in a couple of days making it harder to apply. Our solution to keep our whipped shea butter soft and fluffy is to add a little bit of jojoba oil to the whipped shea (less than 10% of the mixture).
Why is my body butter not fluffy?
tip: If you are having trouble getting it to whip up, you might have to blend a bit and put back in fridge for 20 minutes or so to get cold enough again to get stiff enough. If the mixture won’t whip or stay whipped, you need to chill it longer.
Why is my homemade body butter hard?
Too much cocoa butter, though, could make your body butter feel waxy and hard to apply. Try to re-heat your butter gently over a double boiler to keep them as intact as possible. If you feel that the product has lost its scent, you could try adding a little more of the essential oils without going overboard.
How do you make body butter less thick?
If you find that you’ve added too much oil into your body butter mixture and now its consistency is a little too runny, you can fix it by adding a wax such as a beeswax. You can also reformulate your recipe by increasing the amount of hard butter used in the concoction, such as mango butter or cocoa butter.
How do you make body butter for dry skin?
Homemade Body Butter Recipe for Glowing Skin
- 1/4 cup shea butter.
- 1/4 cup cocoa butter.
- 1/4 cup coconut oil.
- 3 Tbsp apricot kernel oil.
- 30 drops favorite essential oil (optional – I recommend Lavender or Ylang Ylang )