Non-Toxic Body Butter

150 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Place a steel bowl (such as a KitchenAid bowl) over a boiling pot of water.
  2. 2Cut up the pound of mango butter into smaller pieces.
  3. 3Add the cut mango butter and the cacao butter wafers into the bowl.
  4. 4Wait for the butters to melt down, stirring occasionally.
  5. 5Once the butters are melted, add a cup of coconut oil and let it melt down.
  6. 6Add a cup of jojoba oil.
  7. 7Add half a cup of castor oil.
  8. 8Add about a third of a bottle of vitamin E oil.
  9. 9Add about a third of a bottle of rosehip oil.
  10. 10Give all the ingredients a good stir.
  11. 11Place the bowl in the fridge for an hour and a half to two hours until it hardens up on the side.
  12. 12Add 25 drops of orange essential oil, 15 drops of vetiver essential oil, and 15 drops of frankincense essential oil to the mixture.
  13. 13Whip the mixture in a stand mixer until it forms a light, whipped consistency.
  14. 14Add a tablespoon of arrowroot powder to the whipped body butter to make it less oily.
  15. 15Scoop the finished body butter into a jar for storage.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound cocoa butter
  • 1 pound mango butter
  • 1 cup coconut oil
  • 1 cup jojoba oil
  • 0.5 cup castor oil
  • 0.33 bottle vitamin E oil
  • 0.33 bottle rosehip oil
  • 25 drops orange essential oil
  • 15 drops vetiver essential oil
  • 15 drops frankincense essential oil
  • 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder

Equipment

steel bowlpotknifecutting boardmeasuring cupswhiskstand mixerjar

Tips

  • Shea butter can be used instead of mango butter, but mango butter helps with the smell.
  • The essential oils are optional, but orange, vetiver, and frankincense provide a spa-like scent and have healing properties for the skin.