Homemade Body Butter Cream

by Eva
(Tampa)

This Body Butter Cream is amazingly moisturizing, and the ingredients are so good for your skin. The Cocoa butter has often been called the ultimate moisturizer. It quickly melts and absorbs into the skin, and its really good for anyone suffering with eczema or dermatitis.

The Shea butter leaves your skin feeling really soft and smooth. It contains both vitamins A and E and has been known to fade stretch marks.( suitable for all skin types).


What you will need
- 3 oz (75g) of cocoa butter
- 6 oz (150g) of shea butter
- 3 oz (75g) of Jojoba Oil or any other liquid carrier oil
- Cosmetic jars or any containers with lids (I rinse out my old skin cream pots and reuse them)


Method
First you need to blend all the ingredients together, and then gently melt them. You can ether melt them in a double boiler or in a microwave oven.

Once all the ingredient is melted, give it a quick whisk with a electric hand blender. Then pop it into the freezer for five minutes to cool ( if you cant fit it in your freezer you can put it into a bowl full of ice to cool it.)





Take your mixture out of the freezer, and if you want to add any fragrance add a few drops of essential oils at this point( this is optional it smells pretty good on its own)
Give it another good whisk so you get lots of air into it.

Put it back into the freezer/bowl for five more minutes, take it out and whip again, repeat the process once more until your body butter begins to make little peaks (like whipping frosting).

Once you are happy with its consistency, spoon it into cosmetic jars or containers and leave to set for 24 hours before using.


Tip
If you prefer a softer body butter cream, next time you make this add a little more liquid oil.

If you prefer a harder body butter cream, next time add a little more cocoa butter.