Be kind to your hard-working skin! This homemade body butter recipe will leave your skin moisturized and soft, thanks to rich cocoa butter and coconut oil. We love its whipped consistency that goes on smoothly and feels light to the touch.
Whipped Body Butter
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic coconut oil
- 1 cup organic solid cocoa butter (do not use lotion)
- 15 drops of your favorite topical/aromatic essential oil (we love Cedarwood, Lavender, and Frankincense essential oils)
Directions
- Warm a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, then add coconut oil and cocoa butter. Melt until completely liquefied, about 4–5 minutes.
- Pour into a glass mixing bowl and place in refrigerator for 30–45 minutes to cool and just set but not harden.
- Stir in essential oils.
- Using an electric hand mixer, whip until firm peaks form, about 10 minutes.
- Gently transfer to a seal-able jar or container. Store at room temperature to avoid melting or solidifying.
- Massage into dry skin!
The possibilities are endless. I will probably have Frankincense, Lavender, and Tea Tree. Maybe Stress Away and Release. Or Cedarwood and Valor II. I will make one of each of these. Put a jar in both bathrooms and my bedroom.
I would love to make this with lavender for my son’s arms!
This recipe sounds awesome. Thanks.
I will most likely use tea tree, frankincense & lime.
I would use orange and peppermint.
I love to use geranium, lavender, and frankincense in all of my body care products.
Great recipe!! I will use frankincense, lavender, and patchouli in my batch of body butter.
I use body butter daily, and I add lavender, frankincense, and geranium.
I love Frankincense.. that sounds like a good one to use!
I will be using lavender and copiaba.
Orange and lemon
I would use Live your Passion, I get compliments from sooo many people when I apply that one and I love it! If I was making it for someone else, I would probably do some different oils, like Lavender, Frank and Release!
Another awesome way to incorporate oils with natural ingredients going toxin free as much as possible
I think grapefruit would be nice for a fresh scent.
Peppermint and clove
For an uplifting scent I like to add orange oil. When I want a relaxing scent I add lavender. I love my home made lotions!
I think a blend with cedarwood, rose oil, and frankincense would be fantastic in this body butter.
Frankincense and lemongrass would be my choice, stress away during the holidays.
Eucalyptus and Spearmint
Relaxing and uplifting at the same time.
So many oils I would want to use! Lavender and bergamot or lime or peace and calming. Citrus fresh, eucalyptus, peppermint….I can’t wait to try this out!
I would add orange cinnamon and ginger for a festive fall body butter and i think stress away would be great for a nighttime blend
I would use Stress Away for its soft scent, soothing scent.
Love to receive more oils!
Lavender for bedtime, Awaken or Clarity for day application will be my first batches
I’m gonna try this with white angelica and lavender. Just thinking about it, I’m relaxing!
I would use Frankincense and Lavender in my body Butter!
Geranium, purifacation, lavender
Awaken or Clarity for day, Lavender for bedtime application will be my first batches
I use this oil combination and add vitamin e cream also: sage 2 drops, orange 3 drops, lavender 5 drops, frankincense 5 drops and 3 drops of Roman chamomile. The combination works amazing for me and it’s more of the evening ritual.
Can’t wait make this for my friends and family!!
Lavender and lemongrass.
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I think I’ll use Stress Away for my first batch.
Love this
My favorite oils are Vetiver, Orange and Vanilla. I can’t wait to try them in a body butter!!
Frankincense, Myrrh and a little drop of Lime….Love!
Think I would like to try copiaba and pan away
I would definitely use lemon grass for summer wear, wonderful for sitting on the deck. For winter, I would experiment with some of the oils that I love, but seldom use. What a wonderful way to use frankincense and pan away.
I would use Peppermint and En-er-gee for the pick me up, and a little Frankincense as a treat for my skin!
I would like myrrh, melrose, rose, along with ceederwood, lavender and frankincense
My Favorite diy body lotion scent is Tangerine!
Hi
I created a homemade butter last week with following oils:
– Frankincense
– Tea Tree
– Lavender
– Peace&Calming II
I use this one 2x each day!
I love to add frankincense, copaiba, lavender, and sandalwood. So nice to smell and love the skin support! It’s sophisticated yet yummy at same time.
I’m brand new to YL, bit this sounds amazing! I’m constantly searching for a lotion/moisturizer that actually works and lasts. I think I’d include frankincense, patchouli (my favorite scent) and something for body/muscle pain or agility.
Can’t wait to try!
I would totally use lavender and use before bed.
Patchouli
I would like to try stress away and peppermint as swell as something for the holidays, Christmas spirit.
So hard to choose just one scent…I might have to make more than one batch! I think Jasmine would be my first choice, though.
Hi. I always use frankincense and then add different things per batch. Usually copaiba, geranium and sometimes even stress away.
If like to try it using Neroli. My favorite scent ever! I tell people who are not familiar with the oil that I am sure it is what Heaven will smell like. :)