Along with making your own Shea Whipped Butters, I also like to adapt a body butter to include some additional skin nourishing properties as well, in particular Borage Oil, which is particularly beneficial for dry and more mature skin types. borage oil is a rich source of the essential fatty acid GLA (gamma linolenic acid), which helps to nourish and strengthen skin and is widely used in natural skin care ranges.
Body Butters Recipe
250g Shea Butter
250g Cocoa Butter
50g Beeswax
50mls Borage Oil
50mls Coconut Oil
50mls Vegetable Glycerine
5mls Vitamin E Oil
2 x 5ml Fragrance Oils (Optional)
- Instructions to make : • Chop the Cocoa and Shea Butters into small pieces.
- Melt the Cocoa Butter slowly and gently first, once melted take off from the heat and add the Shea Butter.
- When melted, turn the heat back on and add your beeswax and allow to melt.
- Once all melted, slowly add the Coconut Oil, Vitamin E and Vegetable Glycerine, stir thoroughly.
- Adding fragrance, if you wish to make 2 or more different fragranced butters, simply divide your elted mixture into different bowls, then add your chosen fragrances to each bowl. NEVER add the fragrance whilst the mleted mixture is still hot, as the fragrance will simply evaporate - wait at least 10 minutes then add and stir.
- Voila! Once cooled spoon into your chosen containers and you have some delicious skin drenching and nourishing natural body butter.
Top Tip - don't foget when moisturising your skin, to include your hands, we often forget and neglect them and frequently complain how they give our ages away!
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