Make body butter yourself: recipe and instructions

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Dry skin tensions and may even form annoying flakes. It lacks fat and moisture and needs appropriate care, for example body butter is suitable. This simple recipe for making body butter yourself shows that it doesn't always have to be a body butter from the trade.

Make body butter yourself – the ingredients

For your homemade body butter you need:

  • 40 grams of shea butter
  • 40 grams of cocoa butter
  • 40 grams of coconut oil
  • 40 grams of almond oil
  • Essential oil on request (e.g. lavender or rose)

In addition:

  • Pot and bowl for a water bath
  • Sterilized container

Practical tips

  • You can use a mason jar or another glass jar for the body butter, a silicone mold can also be used for this.
  • Here we show you how to sterilize glasses.
  • Essential oil can cause skin irritation, so you should put it in one place beforehand (e.g. a drop in the elbow) check for compatibility!

Instructions for homemade body butter

For your self-made body butter, you proceed in the following steps:

  1. Put all ingredients (except the essential oil!) In a water bath.
  2. Warm it up slowly until everything is liquid. Stir in between.
  3. Let the mass cool down a bit.
  4. Now you can add a few drops of the essential oil and stir in as desired.
  5. In the next step fill in the resealable container and finally
  6. Place in the refrigerator to harden.

If the butter is too "unwieldy" for you, you can open it. All you need is a commercially available hand mixer that you use to whip the butter for several minutes.

Shelf life of body butter

If you are careful when preparing and preparing (sterilized glasses, clean tools, etc.), your DIY body butter should be stable for up to six months. Keep them dry and dark.

DIY cosmetics made easy-peasy

Doing cosmetics yourself is not that difficult! And it has a lot of advantages: you know which ones ingredients are included, you save in the long run packaging waste and you finish your cosmetic and care products your needs and desires on.

If you are interested in self-made cosmetics, beauty hacks or experiences with wellness treatments, then have a look at the Brigitte Community and talk to others about skin care & Co.!