How to : Easy Homemade Shea Body Butter

Making body butter at home is a special feel you get to experience. It is as though your life has changed forever. When you make a jar full of whipped body butter, you know what has gone into it and enjoy everything until the last bit of it without any worries. Today we will let you know how to prepare easy homemade shea body butter.

Easy Homemade Shea Body Butter

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Skin is the largest organ in our body exposed to the nature. What we slather on the skin is directly absorbed inside. If you have been buying several tubs of body butters which all those famous brands market very impressively, then be aware that you are giving your skin many of the chemicals like preservatives, fragrances, parabens, colour, flavour additives, etc. So, in my opinion, it is always best to prepare your own home made products for skin care.

You might be convinced that DIY beauty recipes are complicated to prepare. But, give it a shot and just try making them once; your life will really get changed.

Today, let us try preparing Homemade shea butter body.

You will need

• 1 cup raw shea butter
• 2 spoon of coconut oil
• 4 spoon of almond oil
• 2-4 drops of pepper mint essential oil

Procedure to make shea butter body butter

1. Add shea butter in a heat proof glass jar/bowl. Place it in a vessel that holds the boiling water. Make sure there is place for the steam to escape.
2. This is an alternate arrangement for the double boiler. If you have double boiler, then it is easy to melt down the solid shea butter.
3. When shea butter and coconut oil are completely melted, add almond oil and pepper mint essential oil and mix well.
4. Allow for few minutes to set everything well and then allow it to cool. Put this mixture in the refrigerator to get back to solid form.
5. You may choose your own essential oil. They give great aroma experience and lifts the mood.
6. Choose tea tree or pepper mint essential oil if you want to care for any skin problems. Add sandalwood or rose essential oil for fragrance and refreshing. Note that not all essential oils are skin friendly, so choose the essential you add to the body butter carefully.
7. It will form a semi solid mush like substance when frozen. Now, take a hand blender or mixer and whip well.
8. You will arrive at a fluffy cloudy consistency. The silky texture you get by whipping the solid butter is beautiful and smells delicious.
9. Scoop it out into a clean jar. Use air tight containers to store for longer days. Protect from moisture and sun light as well.
10. When you slather this homemade body butter on your skin, it melts like butter in a hot pan. Skin feels soft and velvety.

You may experiment and work on the ratio of the ingredients to change the consistency according to your skin needs. Make in small quantities, as you can always prepare the homemade shea body butter again and again.

*Written By Chand