Servings: 6 x 50g Bars or 1 x 335ml Tub (Approx)
Cost: $10 - $15
Equipment
Heat Resistant Inner Bowl (Silicon, Stainless Steel or Glass)
Ingredients
2 tsp Carnauba Wax (28g)
6 Tbsp Shea Butter (85g)
9 Tbsp Cocoa Butter (130g)
9 Tbsp Coconut Oil (130g)
14 drop Essential Oil (of your choice)
Instructions
- Make sure you have all of your materials and tools ready to go. You need to use a double boiler to melt the 2 tsp Carnauba Wax, 9 Tbsp Cocoa Butter, 6 Tbsp Shea Butter and 9 Tbsp Coconut Oil If you don't have a double boiler you can use a saucepan of water with another bowl sat on the top.
- Add all the ingredients, apart from essential oils to your double boiler. heat all materials (excluding essential oils) over heat until fully melted and combined. The reason you’re using a double boiler is because you want to make sure the materials are properly sterilized as well as fully melted. This ensures that you are producing the safest products for all skin types when creating your fantastic body butter.2 tsp Carnauba Wax, 6 Tbsp Shea Butter, 9 Tbsp Cocoa Butter, 9 Tbsp Coconut Oil
- Now that you have all of your materials in melted form, it’s time to move them off the heat. Make sure you allow the mixture a cooling time of 10 minutes before placing in the fridge or freezer. This ensures the mix is not too hot and will not produce moisture in your mix. After 10 minutes you put the mix in the fridge or freezer for 20 minutes. Make sure to keep a close eye on it. Take the mixture out once the melted wax, oil, and butters have slightly solidified into a thick but still fluid consistency. Ultimately, you are not looking to freeze these ingredients, they need to be completely cool but not solid, so keep that at the back of your mind during this step.
- When you determine the mix is cool enough to progress, it’s time to remove your mixture of butters, oils, and waxes from the fridge or freezer. Take out an electric mixer, or hand whisk, like one you’d use to make mashed potatoes, and begin gently whisking the mixture. During this stage of the process, you are looking to create a creamy texture with the mixture. You want it to become more creamy, whipped, and fluffy. Ultimately you want it to look more like you would expect from body butter and definitely not like a frozen Popsicle.
- Once your mixture has become glossy, creamy and thick, it’s time to add 14 drop Essential Oil. You can add one type to the mix, or more than one. Use whatever blend of you love or feel is best suited to the DIY body butter. Some popular essential blend options include lemon and lavender, coconut oil and peppermint, or almond and avocado. It can be yours, or others, favorite essential oil blend. Once you add them make sure to only very gently whisk. You want the essentials to be completely blended but you don't want to loose the thick and creamy texture.14 drop Essential Oil
- The mixture is now complete. You can pour it into an attractive or cute container. Your body butter is ready to use! You can also divide the mix into smaller soap molds. If using molds I recommend you compact as much as possible into each, place in the fridge for 20 minutes. Then compact again and top up. Finally cover each with a thin layer of melted beeswax. This will make them airtight. Once the beeswax has solidified place them in the freezer for at least 2 hours. They will now be wonderful body butter bars!
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Notes
I recommend silicone molds if you intend to make body butter bars. So easy to use and simple to remove!
This DIY body butter is effective, organic, natural, and it’s hard to believe that it’s even homemade. Plus, it’s really going to be an amazing solution to help you with your dry skin.
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