How to Make Your Own Homemade Body Butter

Difficulty:

 

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Beeswax
• Cocoa Butter
• Shea Butter
• Double Boiler or Microwave Oven
• Olive Oil
• Jojoba Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Essential Oil (your choice)

1. • 1
     The first step in making homemade body butter is to gather the ingredients. This is possibly the most difficult part.

     Body butter is made from an assortment of oils, as well as beeswax and cocoa butter and shea butter. You'll need those, as well as olive oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, and any essential oil you would like.

     Fortunately, many of these items are readily available online - and usually for less than you'll pay in local stores for the same products.
   • 2
     For preparing the body butter you will need either a double boiler or a microwave oven. You will also need a hand mixer.

     Once you have all of these ingredients, measure them out. You'll need two ounces each of the butters and one ounce each of the beeswax and each of the oils, with the exception of the essential oil; you only need a few drops of that.

     Take these and mix them together by hand in either the top pot of your double boiler or in a microwave safe bowl.
   • 3
     Having combined the ingredients, proceed to melt them down slowly. If you are doing this in the microwave, do it in short chunks of time, stirring and checking the mixture frequently.

     If you're melting them in a double boiler, then it will be easier to keep track of the melting rate.

     Neither melting technique should take very long since you are only actually melting a few of the ingredients and the rest are already liquids.
   • 4
     Once the ingredients are combined and melted, remove them from the heat source and mix them with the hand mixer while they cool.

     In making homemade body butter, like making actual butter, you will see peaks in the surface of the mixture when it has reached the correct thickness and temperature and is ready.
   • 5
     With your homemade body butter complete, put it into a jar or container of your choice and put it away for use. Slather it on after your next bath or shower to experience the soft skin that your hard work has earned you!

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How To Make Coconut Body Butter for Dry Skin

1. Prepare the ingredients—2 ounces of cocoa butter, 2 ounces of shea butter, 1 ounce of extra virgin olive oil, 1 ounce of virgin coconut oil, 1 ounce of jojoba oil, 1 ounce of beeswax and drops of your favorite essential oil.
2. Prepare the tools or equipment—a double boiler or microwave oven, a bowl and a mixer. In case a microwave oven and a double boiler are not available, you can make use of your pot and your mixing bowl. Put your bowl on top of the pot with boiling water. Water level should not reach the bottom of your mixing bowl.
3. Mix all the ingredients listed above in a bowl. Melt the mixed ingredients, preferably in a double boiler or microwave oven. This would not take too long. Be careful to overdo the melting process lest it would have an effect to the consistency of your coconut body butter.
4. Once melted, remove it from the double boiler. Using an electric mixer, blend it while being cooled until it forms a peak. This is like making a meringue. Once the mixture forms a peak, it is ready.
5. Transfer your coconut body butter into your prepared container. This would also be an ideal gift for your friends, family members and even giveaways for parties.

A thirsty dry skin can be pampered by applying coconut body butter. It is a real treat for your dry skin because it soothes rough, flaky and itchy skin. A commercially made body butter, which is more expensive, has the same effect with your coconut body butter in providing an intensive body moisturizing effect to your dry skin. With your homemade coconut body butter, you are spared from buying an expensive body moisturizer.

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Body Butter Bar with Mastic and Olive oil

ingredients
1 part beeswax
1 part cocoa butter
1 part olive oil
1 teaspoon mastic
about 15 drops of lavender essential oil

i have used 1/2 cup or 4 oz of each of the first 3 ingredients and it produced 6 bars of 50 gr or 1.75 oz. each.

melt the beeswax, cocoa butter in a bain marie, add the olive oil and the mastic.
remove from heat while whisking and add the essential oil of choice.
pour into molds and when they set, wrap in cling film and store way from heat and moisture.

they can be used as a body butter, they moisturize and soften dry feet skin or any kind of dry or harsh skin of the body.

enjoy!

Body Butter, 8 Ounces

Body Butter is an all-natural, nutritive, emollient skin lotion that does not contain chemical preservatives,
synthetic fragrances, or other artificial ingredients. This recipe is the property of Pallas Athene Soap &
Natural Skin Care and may be printed “as is,” without alteration and without removing the Pallas Athene
Soap logos. The lotion recipe is for personal use only. The actual recipe and the lotion made from this
recipe may not be sold for profit or otherwise.


Supplies Required
Two covered pots or covered double boilers, cooking thermometer, stovetop or reliable
heat source, electric mixer, mixing bowl, 8-ounce jar or container, tongs, serving spoon
or ladle, measuring cup, measuring spoons, liquid vegetable oil(s), solid vegetable
fat(s), vegetable wax(es), borax, vegetable glycerin, distilled water or herbal infusion,
and ¼ teaspoon essential oils (optional).

Step 1: Prepare the Container
Sanitize a glass jar or other 8-ounce container by using tongs to momentarily dip the
container in boiling water. Allow the sanitized container to air-dry upside-down.

Step 2: Combine & Heat the Ingredients
Pot # 1:
Combine these ingredients in a pot or double boiler. Heat on stovetop at 165°F until
vegetable waxes are completely melted. Do not heat over 165°F because ingredients
may burn or catch fire over 165°F.
Liquid vegetable oils.............................................................3/8 cup + 2 teaspoons
Liquid vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature (68°F) and include almond oil,
avocado oil, borage oil, castor oil, corn oil, evening primrose oil, olive oil, safflower oil,
sunflower oil, wheat germ oil, and others. A combination of different liquid vegetable oils
may be used. Olive oil is highly recommended as the majority liquid vegetable oil
because of its historic uses, nutritive properties, and long shelf life. Soybean oil is not
recommended because of its comedogenicity (affinity to clog skin pores).
Solid vegetable fats ..........................................................................1½ teaspoons
Solid vegetable fats are solid at room temperature (68°F) and include coconut oil, palm
oil, palm kernel oil, mango butter, shea butter, and others. A combination of different
solid vegetable fats may be used. Shea butter is highly recommended as the majority
solid vegetable fat because of its nutritive properties and long shelf life. Cocoa butter is
not recommended because of its comedogenicity (affinity to clog skin pores).
Vegetable waxes..............................................................................3¾ teaspoons
Vegetable waxes include candelilla wax, carnauba wax, palm wax, and others. A
combination of different vegetable waxes may be used. Candelilla and carnauba waxes
are highly recommended as the majority vegetable waxes. Soy wax is not recommended
because of its comedogenicity (affinity to clog skin pores).

Pot # 2:
Combine these ingredients in a second covered pot or covered double boiler. Heat on
stovetop at 165°F until borax is completely dissolved. Keep covered and do not heat
over 165°F to help prevent water from evaporating.
Borax....................................................................................................½ teaspoon
Borax (sodium tetraborate = Na2B4O7•10H2O) is a naturally-occurring crystalline salt
compound of elemental boron, oxygen, salt, and water molecules. Cosmetic grades and
ultra-refined grades of borax are recommended, but the commercial grades of borax,
available in grocery stores as 20 Mule Team®, will suffice.
Vegetable glycerin............................................................................1¼ teaspoons
Vegetable glycerin (glycerol = C3H8O3) is a natural emollient, humectant, and lubricant.
Simplistically, glycerin can be thought of as the “water-soluble portion of vegetable oil.”
Distilled water....................................................................3/8 cup + 2¾ teaspoons
Distilled water may be substituted with an herbal infusion, as long as the herbal infusion
is made with distilled water, is freshly made, and is filtered with an extra-fine strainer or
filter paper to remove excess herbal sediment.

Step 3: Mix the Heated Ingredients While Both are 165°F
When ingredients in both pots are 165°F, carefully, pour all of Pot # 1 (oils/fats/waxes)
into a mixing bowl. While mixing with electric mixer on lowest setting, slowly add some
of Pot # 2 (glycerin/borax/water) to the mixing bowl. Continue to slowly add Pot # 2 and
mix with mixer until all of Pot # 2 is blended into ingredients in mixing bowl.
As the ingredients thicken slightly (takes about 5 minutes), increase mixer speed to lowmedium.
As the lotion thickens more (takes about 5 more minutes), gradually increase
mixer to medium speed. Continue to mix with mixer on medium speed until lotion cools
to lukewarm or under 100°F.

Step 4: Add Essential Oils (Optional)
For unscented lotion, skip this step. For scented lotion, add ¼ teaspoon essential oils
to lotion that has cooled to below 100°F. (Most essential oils are volatile and will
evaporate too quickly if lotion is over 100°F.)

Step 5: Final Mix
Blend lotion on highest speed for 2 minutes to prevent separation and to thoroughly
incorporate essential oils.

Step 6: Spoon or Ladle Cool Lotion into Sanitized 8-Ounce Jar or Container

Final Notes: Body Butter does not contain preservatives and should be used within two
(2) months of being made. Refrigeration will increase the Body Butter’s shelf life but will
also stiffen the Body Butter. Enjoy!

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How to Make Olive Oil Body Butters

This is a recipe i have found on the 'ehow.com' 

there is the link 

http://www.ehow.com/how_6557058_make-olive-oil-body-butters.html

i just made it and i wanted to share it cause it's awesome.

i have tried many body butter recipes and by far i think this is the best!

instead of carnauba or palm wax i've used beeswax and it worked fine.
for fragrance i have used 10 drops of lavender essential oil, but you can use whatever you like, or just leave it as is.

the outcome is a soft, silky butter which leaves the skin regenarated and moisturised.

Things You'll Need:

• 
  
• ¼ cup distilled water
• ½ teaspoon borax -- preferably cosmetic grade
• ½ cup organic, cold-pressed virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons organic, virgin coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable wax -- examples: carnauba or palm wax
• 20 drops of high quality essential oil -- example: lemon balm or lavender essential oil
• Heavy duty whisk
• Heavy bottom pot
• Double boiler
• Spoon
• Sterilized 8 oz. jar

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• ¼ cup distilled water
• ½ teaspoon borax -- preferably cosmetic grade
• ½ cup organic, cold-pressed virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons organic, virgin coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable wax -- examples: carnauba or palm wax
• 20 drops of high quality essential oil -- example: lemon balm or lavender essential oil
• Heavy duty whisk
• Heavy bottom pot
• Double boiler
• Spoon
• Sterilized 8 oz. jar

1. 
   
   
   
   Simmer distilled water and borax in the heavy bottom pot just until borax has dissolved. Cover and remove from heat.
2. 
   
   Add about an inch of tap water to the bottom of your double boiler and bring the water to a simmer. When water has reached temperature, add the olive oil, vegetable wax and the coconut oil to the top of the double boiler.
3. 
   
   Whisk oils and wax mixture until melted. Remove pan from heat. Continue to gently whisk the olive oil mixture while adding the water and borax at a very slow drizzle. Whisk until water is well incorporated.
4. 
   
   Continue whisking the olive oil body butter as it cools and increase whisking speed as it begins to thicken.
5. 
   
   Add your essential oil fragrance to the olive oil body butter when the mixture feels slightly warm but not hot. Mix well until body butter reaches room temperature.
6. 
   
   Spoon your new body butter into the sterilized jar and cover.
   
   
   
   

   Tips & Warnings

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   • To prolong shelf life, keep the body butter  in the refrigerator. Use within 60 days.
   • Double or triple this recipe and give decorative containers of olive oil body butter as gifts. Be sure to give instructions on how to keep the body butter.
   • You may use an electric mixer in place of a whisk. Set the speed to low for the first part when incorporating water/borax mixture to the olive oil mixture. After about 5 minutes, when the body butter has thickened, increase speed to medium and continue mixing until body butter has cooled to room temperature.