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