Body butter is formulated with lots of heavy moisturizers like cosmetic butter. But you can offset this with a few tricks to create a non-greasy body butter recipe.
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Place the butter into a heatproof beaker and gently melt the butter in the microwave using 20-second blasts.
148 g Mango Butter
Transfer the melted butter to a medium size mixing bowl.
Quickly add your Camellia seed oil and Isopropyl Myristate to the melted Butter. Followed by the vitamin E. Give the whole thing a good stir so that it's thoroughly combined. Then place it in the Refrigerator to cool and thicken, giving it a quick stir from time to time.
28 g Camellia Seed Oil, 2 g Vitamin E Oil, 20 g Isopropyl Myristate
As the body butter cools, it will become thicker and creamy. You want it to be stiff, so be patient as this may take a few hours. When the butter has thickened and is looking fairly stiff and almost solid, remove it from the fridge. Give it a good stir to loosen it up a bit, before adding the essential oils, and turmeric (if using).
1.5 g May Chang Essential Oil, 0.5 g Grapefruit Essential Oil, Pinch Turmeric
Grab your electric whisk and set it to a low setting then start whipping the butter up. This shouldn't take much more than a few minutes, depending on the power of your eclectic whisk. If you need to you can up the setting on the whisk, but you don't want to create too much heat, as the butter may start to melt again. If the body butter is too soft or runny, pop it back into the fridge for a while, then try again.
Once the butter is fluffy and creamy, transfer to a clean, suitable container, ready for use.
1 Cosmetic Jar 8oz
Notes:
Shelf life is around a year depending upon the shelf life remaining of your oils.