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Whipped Homemade Body Butter
Why body butter? It’s scoopable and rich and easy to spread on your skin — all over. It doesn’t wear off or wash off easily like lotion. It works well in summer or winter. I usually double the recipe because you can’t have enough of this stuff! Used with permission from Renee Harris’ My Buttered Life: Summer Edition. Makes 1 quart (depending on how much you whip it).
Ingredients
- 12 ounces organic shea butter
- 3 ounces coconut oil
- 12 drops essential oils
Instructions
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Weigh and place shea butter and coconut oil in a medium sized bowl.
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Melt in double boiler and stir with a wooden skewer.
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Refrigerate until hardened, 2 to 3 hours.
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Whip using stand up mixer, occasionally scraping down the sides. (This takes 10 to 15 minutes.) When the mixture is fully whipped to your desired feel, whip in essential oil(s).
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Scoop into jar(s).
Recipe Notes
Melt first. The melting stage is essential so you don't have little solid bits of shea butter in your finished product. Don't skip it. :)
Storage. I put my body butter in wide mouth half pint jars for our own use. They're easy to hold and it's easy to dip your fingers inside. Or, I use the tiny (and cute) 4-ounce quilted jelly jars for gifting.
Whipping. If your mixture is too cold, whipping is hard. Give it 5 minutes to soften at room temperature and try again. Conversely, if it doesn't whip, it's not cold enough -- so chill it more.