Homemade Whipped Body Butter Recipe
Cut the Cost of Buying This Expensive Treat for Your Body
The recipe below is a very simple, basic and easy recipe for whipped body butter. You can play with recipes and make them as elaborate as you like or as easy as you want. This recipe is for making a deliciously softening body butter that you will just love to slather all over your body.
I have chosen the ingredients bellow to make this whipped body butter because they are more easily obtained locally with out having to order them online. You can find shea butter in health food stores, dollar stores and walmart even at times or any store that sells soap making supplies.
1 and 1/3 Cups of Shea Butter
½ Cup of Olive Oil
1 tsp. Of Vitamin E Oil
½ ounce of fragrance oil*
You will want to heat the Shea Butter up slowly in a medium sized sauce pan until the Shea is in liquid form add in the olive oil onceyou achive liquid form of Shea Butter. Let the mixture then sit and cool for about 30 to 40 minutes. Do not let it set fully back up though. At this point you are going to add in the Vitamin E and the Fragrance Oil.
You will now want to use a stick blender to whip the mixture until its very light in texture. It will give off a "mousse" like consistency. Make sure you have blended your fragrance oil and vitamin E oil in well. When selecting your fragrance oil choose something you will like as this whipped body butter will be an all over body delight.
When you have reached the desired consistency you can spoon your finished product into some kind of container. I have used everything from glass jars to glad containers. You can use any type of container as long as it has some sort of lid you will not want to expose this to air for long periods of time. Do not over pack the whipped body butter or you will defeat the purpose of it being whipped and light.
* When choosing a fragrance oil. Its very important that you choose a fragrance oil that is safe for body and bath items. If you can not find anything locally you can skip putting this in. As the finished product will still smell good.
It is always wise to do a little research on the property of oils and butters you will be using. This way you can taylor your whipped body butter to the needs you would like it for. ex: extra dry skin, non-greasy, etc.
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20 Comments
Post a CommentFYI: the raw, unrefined 100% yellowish shea butter naturally contains vitamin e, so technically it is not required in the recipe if using this type of shea butter. However, the white-toned shea butter has been refined and does not contain as much of the vitamin benefits. Great recipe none the less! I hope to try it.
How many ounces of body butter does this actually make?
It helps to chill your bowl before trying to whip the ingredients. Try putting the bowl in the freezer for 10 minutes, then whip and then back in the freezer for another 10.
Could you be more specific on the fragrance? I would love to try this but HATE the smell of shea. I would need to add some natural fragrance as I am very sensitive to chemical additives including fragrance. Thank you!
Sometimes we don't get to pick the pictures that are put up :) Use the regular blender attachment and move it up and down at a slight angle. This will help bring more air into the oil. As for how long, this varies. I have noticed, and don't laugh, a lot on humidity. I can sit there and blend for 30 minutes in the summer and 10 in the winter. But to be honest, with those stick blenders its trial and error, the one I have is a very expensive one and it seems to take about 10 minutes to blend and the other which was not a very good model (bought at a cheaper dept store) would take about 30 minutes. But my best tip, is to move it up and down and keep it at an angle, keep trying to bring air into it.
Thanks Ambriel - Yes, I know what a stick blender is, that's why I was confused when the image showed a hand blender but your article says stick...It would be great if you could post some clarifying points here in the thread so that others who come across this recipe (and i have seen it posted on other sites) know what to do for greater success. So if you do have a stick blender, which attachment would you use? The regular blade or the whisk? For how long should you whip before getting to the mousse consistency? I would def. be interested in trying again with more info (I didn't make it with the full amount b/c that's much more than I want to have on hand). I did cut it exactly into fourths, although I doubt that was the problem. Please post any info you think folks should know to get the desired result. Thanks!
Laurie, also, you said you added water. Water and oil do not mix, they will separate, and unless you used some sort of sterilized water you can contaminate your product. Try letting your oils cool a little bit longer prior to whipping them, the idea of a stick blender is because it allows air into the the oils you are whipping to bring them to the mouse consistency. http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/87/73/40/00/0087734000125_215X215.jpg this the type of stick blender you need to use.
Laurie sorry to disappointed you but I have indeed made this myself. It is my recipe. I switched up the weight to the cups, to help people, as people prefer it different ways and I figured to some it may be helpful. Personally it should always been done by weight, but many people do not have scales. A stick blender is a hand held blender that looks like wand. A hand blender is a different style blender commonly found in a kitchen but many people o not have a stick blender on hand. Depending on the style and the speeds of your blender is will depend on how long you will have to blend; it’s a lot of trial and error unfortunately. If you need help or needed more clarification, all you need to do is register and send me a note and I would be more than willing to help you! I have been doing this for more than 10 years and I am always will to lend a helping hand! In fact I have received many emails through AC of people asking for help and I have never turned anyone away.
I have to be honest...I don't think the person writing the article has actually made this product. First, in the opening paragraph she says "As this all the measurements here are to be done in weight" and then she gave measurements in cups not weight (which is much easier when dealing with Shea Butter, etc). Also, she says to use a stick blender but maybe she doesn't cook - a stick blender is something you put into a pot for soups & sauces - I think she meant a hand blender? And...I wish she had said what speed & how long to mix b/c I mixed on high for 10 min. and still had a limp oil. I added some slightly warm water (do not add cold) and it did emulsify but never got to the "mousse" consistency she refers to. I think this recipe needs some work or clarification. If anyone has had success pls let us know what you did! Thanks!
You need to make sure the butter is cool enough and whipped long enough if you are not making sure it is whipped long enough while cool it will return to liquid form.