BODY BUTTER
Ingredients
½ cup Shea Butter
¼ cup Coconut Oil
¼ cup Sweet Almond Oil
30 drops Essential Oils
INSTRUCTIONS
Melt the shea butter, coconut oil and sweet almond oil in a saucepan or double boiler over medium heat.
Add essential oils and stir to mix well.
Transfer to a mixing bowl and place in fridge to let cool. Allow mixture to cool completely until the oils solidify (I usually leave mine in the fridge overnight... You can place it in the freezer to cool quicker, but be sure to set a timer so you don't forget about it and let it freeze!)
Once mixture is completely cooled, use a hand beater or stand mixer to whip the mixture.
Spoon into a clean Mason jar and seal with a lid (you can reuse an old lid for this).
Add a pretty label and/or tie a piece of twine around the lid to dress it up (You can grab the printable labels I use from my Free Resource Library) and you've got a beautiful homemade gift (for yourself or someone else!)
HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE ESSENTIAL OIL COMBINATIONS FOR HOMEMADE BODY BUTTER:
SPICED ORANGE
20 drops orange
5 drops cinnamon
5 drops clove
SOOTHING LAVENDER
20 drops lavender
10 drops frankincense
WARM GINGERBREAD
15 drops ginger
5 drops cinnamon
5 drops nutmeg
5 drops clove
SWEET CREAMSICLE
15 drops orange
5 drops ylang ylang
10 drops vanilla