Last week I created my body butter and I enjoyed it so much! Here’s the recipe to it 🙂

If you follow me on Instagram, you must have seen the video I posted while I was whipping my body butter. What a fun task it was and I am loving my own handmade body butter a lot this month. I was supposed to put this up over the weekend or latest by Monday. But I happened to lose my phone! and eventually did get it back with a lot of tracing. These thieves, I tell you! Anyway, my phone is with and that is what matters 😀

Yes so lets get on with this recipe now.

DIY BODY BUTTER:

Ingredients required:

• Shea Butter - 4 tbsps
• Coconut Oil - 2 tbsps
• Bees wax (melted) - 1/2 tbsp (You can skip this if your Shea butter is in the right consistency, mine was too soft and melt’y)
• Fragrance Oil - Few drops, depending on how strong you want it
• Colorant - I have used Alkanet root oil for a beautiful pink color
• Rose water - 4 tbsps
• Vitamin E soft gel - 1 capsule

Procedure:

• Ok so first, on a double boiler melt 1 tbsp of Shea butter and immediately transfer it to your blending bowl (do not heat it up a lot)
• Add remaining Shea Butter and coconut oil to it. Also add the colorant oil here.
• Whip it slightly with a spoon and then later with a hand blender. At this point you should see the butter getting mixed with the oil.
• If you feel it too hard to blend you can add 1 spoon of rose water here and blend again.
• Once it is properly blended, add melted bees wax and blend again!
• Now add the rose water Vitamin E Capsule and fragrance oils, and do what? well, blend! (Yes, this requires a lot of blending)
• You should now start seeing the butter in a whipped form (Check out my video on Instagram)
• If you are still finding it hard, add little more oil. You will see you butter just in the right consistency.
• Try it out on your hand and check it spread-ability!

Points to keep in mind:

1. This body butter will harden after sometime, so keep that in mind when you decide on the consistency
2. Even if your body butter is hard, it works beautifully for dry hands and feet
3. Blending is very important here, so don’t give up! (Your hands will pain)
4. You can add any oil to change the color! It’s fun 😀
5. This body butter will be highly nourishing, so a little will go a long way 🙂

P.S. I bought Shea Butter from Moksha lifestyle, Bees wax from Anaha (amazon), coconut oil from Patanjali and alkanet root oil from my trip to Manali 🙂

So this is it! Will you make this and let me know? Trust me it feels awesome to use your own handmade body butter 🙂

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