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!
Ooo! This sounds fantastic! I’d like to use these, my skin has been feeling particularly dry lately since the cold weather has come and we had to turn the electric heat on in the house again.
I will be making one with Lavender and one with Lemon Myrtle and Joy!
Awesome recipe! I’m thinking Christmas gifts! Thank you for sharing!
I will try Joy & Bergamot!
My husband and I absolutely LOVE Frankincense so we will definitely make a batch with that oil….. We’ll probably try several batches…. so a “focus blend” batch of vetiver, cedarwood, peppermint, and lavender sounds ahh-mazing!!
How about frank and myrrh
I think I would try Peppermint and Wintergreen. It would be invigorating.
Oooo maybe a stress away sounds great!
Love, love, love body butter! And mostly Cedarwood, Lavender and Frankensence!
I’d probably do lavender and valor. I love me some valor!
I love it with White Angelica!!
I’m so excited to make this! I think I’ll use Ylang-Ylang!
I’d want to add Helichrysum!
Oh so many possibilities lavender comes to mine and all the oils friendly to skin plus joy and abundance. Oh so many possibilities.
I am SO in love with grapefruit! I can’t get enough. I would so the scent wou,d stay with me all day. I would also add a bit of Vitamin E oil as it has tons of benefits for the skin.
Ohh I am making a big batch of this for my me and my girlfriends…We all have kiddos, soo I’m going with Stress Away!! A daily dose of that heavenly scent calms us down and we’re ready for the day or night, or maybe I’ll just sniff my lotion jar whenever I need it (hahaha).
Peppermint for the holidays and Lavender and Lemon for the spring.
lavender
I love to add Myrhh and Frankincense for my skin and a wonderful scent!
I would love to make one batch with Stress Away and another batch with Frankincense.
I love coco butter and coconut oil lotions, I like to add Myrrh and Frankincense to it for my skin and it smells wonderful!
I like Stress Away and Orange smells so yummy!
I would love to try this with Ylang-ylang & Lavender. I made some DYI laundry soap. Heavenly smelling.
thanks for the change to win!! I love YL
I would add my patchouli oil
Can’t wait to make a batch of this. Think I’ll start with the suggested Frankincense, Lavender and Cedarwood.
I would use lavendar, Frankensense, and Christmas Spirit for the upcoming holiday season in my body Butter!
I want to try this with helichrysum or tea tree oil!
I would try this with lavender, citrus fresh & sage, or white angelica.
Ginger and orange,mmm
I really want to try this & add some Helichrysum!
Lavender is my go to, but I do like vetiver, lemongrass, or maybe citrus fresh for a body butter!
I love body butter. I would use tea tree and frankincense.
I personally love stress away and orange or lavender for a calming smell.
Abundance. Love wearing abundance, esp during this season
I am going to make it and try it with Copiaba, Frankincense and Bergemot! I can’t wait to go get some cocoa butter! Thank you for these wonderful recipes!
I also love making homemade lotion using YL Lavender and YL Frankincense. Also Frankincense and Myrrh. Cannot go wrong with Bergamot. Also in the summer love using fruity cents like, orange, citrus fresh, tangerine, lime, etc.
Frankincense Essential Oil, Lavender Essential Oil, Gentle Baby would be a nice combination.
Lavender and Frankense. Relaxing and good for the skin!
Aroma Siez I love the smell.
I would like to try Joy plus Orange for a springtime scent or Christmas Spirit with Lemon for a winter scent. I also LOVE the Lavender, Cedarwood, and Frankincense scent and the added benefits!! Looking forward to making this and giving some away for Christmas! Thank you!
I will do a batch with just lavender for the winter months for me. Then a batch with just Joy for the little one (who’s so stubborn). Then I may do a few with Orange and Cinnamon for the guests at Thanksgiving.
Mine will most likely include one or more of Cedarwood, Lavender, Gentle Baby or Manuka, as I’m trying to support my skin as it stretches and changes.
Lemongrass with stress away
Love YL EOs! I want to try this recipe.
Since it’s fall….of course nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon for a pumpkin spice indulgence!
I’d love to make a blend for my hubby with Shutran – his skin gets so dry during the winter! For myself, I’d likely make a batch with Awaken blend, for a lightly floral scent.
Add some frankincense, myrrh and gentle baby for the best stretch mark reducer ever!
I am going to use Sacred Frankincense and Lavender in my Body Butter.
I’m alwas looking for new ways to use my oils! Would make perfect Christmas gifts as well. Can’t wait to try it!