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This homemade body butter for glowing skin will leave your skin glowing, smooth, and moisturized while restoring dry, damaged skin.
Homemade body butter for glowing skin can be made with just a few nourishing, all-natural ingredients.
Using this body butter daily will hydrate dry skin and leave it glowing.
Making your skincare products is much easier than you may think. You do not need special equipment or crazy ingredients to make things like homemade whipped body butter, rose clay face masks, or even beauty products like homemade foundation.
Not only do I enjoy making my own skincare items, like my homemade tallow balm recipe, but it is very important to me to know exactly what I’m putting on my skin.
Why You’ll Love It
- This body butter will have your skin looking and feeling better than ever! You’ll love having soft, healthy, glowing skin.
- Making your own skincare products is an excellent way to live more eco-friendly. You can use the same jar over and over again and choose only sustainable, all-natural ingredients for your body butter.
- DIY body butter is so customizable! You can swap out different butters, oils, and essential oils for a product that is perfect for you.
Ingredients
- Mango butter: Rich in antioxidants, fatty acids, and vitamins A, C, and E, mango butter is great for skin health. It is moisturizing and nourishing, and may help protect the skin against UV rays.
- Cocoa butter: Cocoa butter is hydrating and soothing, and it smells like chocolate! It is also high in fatty acids, which help moisturize and improve skin elasticity.
- Coconut oil: This is one of my most-used skincare ingredients because it has so many skin-healthy benefits! It’s deeply moisturizing and may improve skin tone. I also use coconut oil to make homemade coconut oil lip scrub and DIY anti-aging face cream.
- Jojoba oil: You can use any carrier oil for this, but I chose jojoba oil because of its immense benefits for skin health. Jojoba oil is an antioxidant, antibacterial, and it may even have anti-aging benefits, just to name a few.
- Vitamin E oil: A group of fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidants, vitamin E oil is amazing for your skin. It’s moisturizing, soothing, and can help reduce the appearance of scars and wrinkles, which are all important for glowing, healthy skin!
- Arrowroot powder: Adding arrowroot powder to body butter reduces its greasiness, gives it a smooth texture, and improves the overall skin feel.
- Essential oils: I use lavender and tea tree oil for scent and additional benefits for the skin, like moisturizing, soothing irritation, and treating acne.
How to Make Homemade Body Butter for Glowing Skin
Step 1. Cut mango and cocoa butter into small chunks. Melt both butters and coconut oil in a double boiler.
Step 2. After the mixture is melted together, place the bowl in the refrigerator until it is set up a bit. You don’t want it to be completely solid.
Step 3. Add in the jojoba oil, arrowroot powder, essential oils, and vitamin E oil.
Step 4. Using a hand mixer or stand-up mixer, whip the ingredients together for about 5 minutes.
Step 5. Transfer to an airtight container for storage.
Step 6. Use on hands, legs, arms, and back to moisturize the skin.
How to Use Body Butter
You will see the best results when used daily. Whipped body butter can be applied to the skin in the morning, at night, or both.
Apply a generous amount to clean, dry skin. Massage it into the skin in a circular motion to allow the ingredients to absorb.
How to Store Homemade Body Butter
It is always best to store any DIY projects with essential oils in glass or metal. For example, I use a wide-mouth mason jar for all of my whipped body butter recipes.
The wide-mouth jar makes it easier to reach your hand in, even when you only have a little bit left.
This body butter will hold up just fine at room temperature. However, do not leave it in direct sunlight or anywhere subject to extreme temperatures, such as a vehicle.
Any temperature above 85° will require it to be stored in the refrigerator to prevent the body butter from losing its whipped consistency.
When stored in an airtight container, this body butter will last for one year.
Recipe Tips
- Butters such as mango, cocoa, and shea are the most common bases of any homemade body butter recipe. This recipe uses mango butter and cocoa butter, but feel free to substitute shea butter if your skin likes it better.
- If your body butter doesn’t hold the air after whipping, put it in the fridge for a few minutes and try again. It may not have been cold enough.
Frequently Asked Questions
Body butter and lotion are both skin moisturizers, but they have a few key differences. Body butter is thicker and richer, and it’s intended for deep hydration. Lotion is lighter and slightly less hydrating, but it soaks in quickly, perfect for quick moisture on the go. I like to keep both body butter and homemade lotion on hand for different times of the day and skin needs.
Body butter has a shelf life of about a year when stored properly. Be sure to keep it in an airtight container out of direct sunlight.
That’s entirely up to your preference and skin! Some find that body butter is too oily or heavy for their face, while others love the wonderful moisturizing properties. I recommend trying it and seeing how your skin reacts.
What To Make Next
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Homemade Body Butter for Glowing Skin
Equipment
- Airtight storage container
Ingredients
- 1.3 oz mango butter
- 1.8 oz coconut oil
- 0.75 oz cocoa butter
- 0.5 oz jojoba oil
- 1 tbsp arrowroot powder
- 5 drops tea tree essential oil
- 5 drops lavender essential oil
- 3 drops drops vitamin E oil, optional
Instructions
- Cut mango and cocoa butter into small chunks.
- Melt the butters and coconut oil in a double boiler.
- Once the mixture is melted, place the bowl in the refrigerator until it is set up a bit. You don't want it to be completely solid.
- Add in the jojoba oil, arrowroot powder, essential oils, and vitamin E oil.
- Using a hand mixer or stand-up mixer, whip ingredients together for about 5 minutes. Store in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
- For visual guidance, I’ve included the complete step-by-step video tutorial here in the recipe card and photos in the post above!
- Butters such as mango, cocoa, and shea are the most common bases of any homemade body butter recipe. This recipe uses mango butter and cocoa butter, but feel free to substitute shea butter if your skin likes it better.
- If your body butter doesn’t hold the air after whipping, put it in the fridge for a few minutes and try again. It may not have been cold enough.
- Body butter has a shelf life of about a year when stored properly. Be sure to keep it in an airtight container out of direct sunlight.
Can I use fractionated coconut oil or almond oil instead of jojoba oil?
Yes, you can!
I didn’t get to finish my review. I used Bergamot Oil and will never do that again. I hated the smell. For the next batch, I make I’ll use rosemary and lavender. They are my favorite you really don’t need to add the oil the base itself is fantastic. Thank you for a great recipe.
Hi Laura
I found this recipe of yours on youtube bcoz i like watching your videos and that one calls for only 1/2 cup of mango butter & 1/4 cup coconut oil whereas this one has 1/4 cup mango btr 1/8 cup cocoa btr & 1/4 cup coconut oil which one is it meant to be ?
which one will actually work for this type
attaching the video link here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw98gznbXNE
Both work! I just made different amounts.
Thanks 🙂 Cant wait to try these
hi i can’t seem to get my butter to thicken up to a nice light butter consistency! do i need to whipp for longer or am i not letting the blended butter sit long enough before whipping ?
Make sure it is almost solid before whipping and then whip for about 5 minutes.
Can I substitute shea butter for the mango butter?
Yes you can!
Hi! Im looking forward to making this! But can I use cornstarch instead of arrowroot? 😅
Yes!
Can I use a manual whisker that is not electric and how long should I whisk it? Thanks.
It won’t get the pretty whipped texture without an electric mixer but the lotion will still work!
Hello laura, this recipe looks great.
I have 2 questions
1.how do you measure the butters with cups since its not liquid in nature?
2. Does any of the oils react easily with the sun as its sunny here in most parts of the year?
I just estimate and get as close as I can. Most citrus oils are photosensitive and should be avoided in direct sunlight.