Tutorial: Homemade Whipped Body Butter

- Contains only 3 natural ingredients (plus essential oils if you want it to be scented)
- Made with rich, nourishing oils that truly moisturize the skin (not just sit on top of it)
- Cheaper than high-end lotions and body butters
- No preservatives or other yucky ingredients
- Super simple to make!
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Whipped Body Butter Recipe
(Disclosure: There are affiliate links in this post. Any purchase you make puts helps keep this blog in business. Thank you!)Ingredients you need (and where to buy them)
1/2 cup raw, unrefined shea butter Unrefined shea butter is extracted from the nut of the shea tree without chemical solvents and contains natural healing properties that would be lost during the refining process. Unrefined shea butter has a naturally, yellowish color whereas refined shea butter is bright white. I purchase shea butter in bulk from my local co-op but you can also find shea butter online. 1/4 cup cocoa butter Buy raw organic cocoa butter disks like you see in the photo above or by the jar. 1/4 cup sweet almond oil I buy mine in bulk but you can easily find it at natural food stores or online. 10 to 24 drops essential oil of your choice Many brands are available but my go-to brands for DIY projects are Aura Cacia and Now Foods.
How to make it
Bring water to a simmer in the bottom of a double boiler. (If you don’t have a proper double boiler, create one by putting a metal or Pyrex bowl on top of a saucepan, keeping bowl well above the water level.) Pack the shea butter into a measuring cup (like you would brown sugar) and place in the top of the double boiler. Add the cocoa butter disks or chunks from your jar of cocoa butter. Allow both ingredients to melt together.


What is your favorite DIY body care product?

Hi Micaela,
Did you ever think of opening up an online store for your nature products? I just wondered because the body butter looks lovely and sell-able (but I can barely squeeze in time lately to shower and don’t want to take on any more DIY projects), and I’m a regular reader at the “Clean” blog of Lusa Organics–she has a whole line of skin care/soaps that she makes (plus her blog is gorgeous). Just thought I’d pass it along as food for thought!
Oh – thanks so much for saying that Joy! I haven’t really considered selling my products because it seems like too much work. I love Lusa Organics though – she is from my hometown of Madison, WI!!
Very interested in your body butter. Please share if this absorbs into your skin without leaving you
feel greasy!
It absorbs pretty quickly but not immediately. Leaves your skin super soft!
Does it harden up afterwards or keep its whipped texture?
Good question – due to the shea butter, it will be softer when warm and harder when in cold temperatures.