The Most Effective & Non Greasy DIY Body Butter For Dry Skin | Organic & Natural
This organic body butter, made with cocoa butter, shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, glycerin, and tapioca starch is non greasy, gluten free and perfect for dry skin, eczema, and glowing skin. It's also perfect to make and sell if you want to!
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Servings: 28 oz
Cost: $34
Equipment
- 1 Stainless steel mixing bowl *or heat-safe glass bowl
- 1 Scale
- 1 A pot
- 1 Cake batter mixer
- 1 Mixing utensil- spatula, large spoon, etc.
- 1 Tbsp measurement
- Glass jars to put the body butter in
Ingredients
- 8 oz Shea Butter
- 8 oz Cocoa Butter
- 8 oz Coconut Oil preferably unrefined, but refined is good
- 6 Tbsp Jojoba Oil
- 6 Tbsp Tapioca Starch
- 2 Tbsp Glycerin
Instructions
- Measure out 8 oz of cocoa butter and cut into smaller chunks and place in stainless steel bowl
- Measure out 8 oz of shea butter, cut into smaller chunks, and place in the stainless steel bowl
- (Double Boiler Method) Take a pot and fill it with about 2-3 inches of water and place it on the stove to boil
- Once it begins to boil, place the stainless steel mixing bowl on top of the pot and stir the butters until they are fully melted.
- Remove stainless steel bowl from the pot and add 8 oz of unrefined coconut oil (we add this after to bring the butters back closer to room temperature)
- Place bowl in freezer for 20 minutes until the mixture has a thin top layer that has hardened but is still liquid underneath this (this time might vary for different variables such as bowl used, type of freezer, etc.).
- While the bowl is in the freezer, mix your 2 tbsp of glycerin and 6 tbsp of jojoba oil to prepare them for mixture. Also prepare your 6 tbsp of tapioca starch in another container. (It is good to have these ready to go since the mixture continues to harden after coming out of the freezer).
- After 20 minutes, or until your mixture looks like the provided picture, take your bowl out of the freezer and begin mixing with the cake batter mixer
- Add in your glycerin and jojoba oil and continue to blend
- Add in your tapioca starch and continue to blend
- Once tapioca starch is fully mixed into the butter, begin to slowly mix together the butter with a spatula or large spoon. The mixture will continue to harden and will become the final product!
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Notes
*If you don't have a stainless steel bowl for the double boiler method, you can use a heat-proof glass bowl. If you use a glass bowl, be sure to take it out of the freezer a few minutes earlier than we have listed as glass tends to hold temperatures better than stainless steel. This means it will make the butters harden quicker after you take it out of the freezer, so taking it out a few minutes early will help combat this.
Also, we don't recommend microwaving any of the ingredients as this will harm the nutrients!
Recipe in Percentage For Sizing
Want to make this recipe in bigger or smaller batches? No problem! Just be sure the ingredients in the mixture stick to the following sizes (Percentages are rounded).- Shea Butter: 26%
- Cocoa Butter: 26%
- Coconut Oil: 26%
- Jojoba Oil: 10%
- Tapioca Starch: 10%
- Glycerin: 3.5%