Body butter is a concentrated moisturizer and more hydrating than other common lotions. It is imperative to exfoliate dry and dead skin and nourish the new skin underneath. The deficiency of hydration in skin is healed by this butter in an amazing way. It smoothens and softens your skin and removes dry or dead skin.
Preparing it at home is more fabulous because it contains certain natural ingredients and you can made changes to the recipe, according to what suits to your skin. In this way, you can eliminate allergy-inducing ingredients and can save yourself from various allergenic effects of synthesized common lotions available in the market. It is free from chemical ingredients and preservatives. So, you will love to slather this homemade softening butter all over your body.
Let your skin get softer, smoother and silkier through the following steps:
Complexity Level: Easy
Time Required: 55 to 65 minutes after extracting the seeds and the working time is 15 to 20 minutes
Materials Required:
1. Shea seeds for extracting 1 and ¼ Shea butter
2. Medium sized sauce pan, cosmetic jar or lid-container to heat the butter or use a microwave oven.
3. Wooden spoon or electric hand-blender
4. Half cup of olive oil
5. Half ounce of fragrance oil
6. Around one tea spoon Vitamin E
Recipe to Make Homemade Body
1. Extract the shea seeds from shea tree: Use the cold pressing way and extract the shea seeds from shea trees. Blend the ingredients together.
2. Heat the shea butter in a sauce pan: Use a microwave or double boiler to heat around eight ounces of butter over boiling water and melt the blended ingredients.
3. Add in olive oil: After getting the liquid stuff, stir in half a cup of olive oil to thin the shea butter. Mix around 2 tea spoons of corn-starch in the oil to make the butter less greasy. You can also add half an ounce of lavender oil and peppermint oil to make it more soothing.
4. Cool the mixture: Put the body butter into a refrigerator for around 6 to 8 minutes in a plastic or glass container. In the absence of freezer, use a bowl that is full of ice-cubes and let the mixture cool. Now, let this mixture settle but do not let it set fully.
5. Add fragrance oil and vitamin E: Add the essential oil drops with fragrance.
6. Back into the freezer: Transfer the bowl of body butter out of the freezer and whip it. Repeat this process until the body butter starts making peaks. Now, spoon it into any lid container or cosmetic jar and leave it for a day to let it set.
Now, your homemade body butter is ready to serve your skin with vitamins A and E. It will give give you soft and smooth skin, free of stretch-marks.
Frequently Asked Questions: What type of butter is convenient and suitable the most?
Shea Butter: There are many types of butters, with fascinating fragrances available in the market like cocoa butter, mango butter, shea butter and aloe butter. You can use various types of oils as well; such as almond oil, olive oil and avocado oil. Among these,shea butter is the most preferable because it can be extracted by crushing, cold pressing and boiling shea seeds. Cold pressing is the optimum way to turn out the butter. Its melting point is low so that it gets absorbed by your skin easily.
Quick Tips:
- You can purchase shea butter directly from a food store.
- You can use an egg-beater to whip the body butter for giving it fluffy consistency.
- Make your body butter softer or harder by varying the amount of oil.
Things to Watch Out:
- Do not add more than half a cup of mixture of oils.
- Make sure, that you are not allergic to any of its ingredients and after testing it on a small area of skin, start using it.