Want baby-soft skin naturally? Definitely yes, who doesn’t want soft and smooth skin? Here is the 1 luxurious natural product for your skin that is designed specially to get rid of rough and flaked skin in order to get super smooth and soft skin. You don’t have to buy those expensive products that claim your skin will feel softer and smooth just after one application. They contain chemical and harsh agent that slowly damages the skin. Here you are on the right platform to achieve your dream with homemade body butter.
What is body butter?
The body butter is a skin moisturizer that typically contains shea butter, coconut oil, and other vegetable-based oils. Body Butter is most notable for being thicker than body lotions and moisturizers
Why spend a heavy amount on chemical products when you can easily make it at home with some natural ingredients?
Read on for two amazing rich body butter, one is lemon body butter and the other is orange body butter that will hydrate your skin and leave your skin super moisturized and baby soft.
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First have a look for the benefits of body butter for the skin.
Benefits Of Body Butter
Body butter has many benefits for the skin. Some of them are mentioned below:
- Moisturize skin, even in the driest climate.
- Forms a protective layer around the skin
- Rich ingredients than a normal moisturizer
- Reduce wrinkles
- Reduce stretch marks
- Helps soothe skin rashes and sunburn.
- Nourish and revitalize your skin and improve healthy skin complexion.
- Learn how easy it is to make your non-greasy body butter at home for Glowing skin | Soft skin | Smooth skin | Hydrate skin with only simple natural ingredients!
Homemade Body Butter Recipe
I love discovering DIY products for the skin, which are all tried and tested. In this article, I have shared my two different body butter easy recipe for smooth and glowing skin. Both body butter ingredients are all-natural with zero chemical and harsh agents. This is suitable for all the skin type even for the sensitive skin and for the teenager.
1.Homemade Body Butter For Glowing Skin (Orange Body Butter)
Ingredients:
- Fresh Orange peel (1 medium-sized orange)
- Coconut oil (1 cup)
- Beeswax (2 tablespoons)
- Turmeric (1 pinch)
- Glycerin (1 tablespoon)
- Almond Oil (1 tablespoon)
- Aloe Vera gel (2 tablespoons)
- Orange essential oil or any essential oil of your choice
How to make body butter for flowing skin?
- Take a pan, add coconut oil (in the lowest flame)
- Add fresh orange peels in the coconut oil.
- Cover the lid (for 2 minutes)
- Then stir for few seconds again cover the lid (for 2 minutes).
- Turn off the flame.
- Strain the oil and immediately add bees wax into hot oil.
- Stir for few seconds, allow it to melt completely.
- Now add aloe Vera gel, turmeric powder, almond oil, glycerin, and any essential oil of your choice.
- Now whip it with a hand mixer until fluffy
- Perfect homemade orange body butter is prepared. Simple?
- It is easy yet very effective with all the natural ingredients.
- Enjoy!
Tip:
- Don’t sit back and relax when the pan is on the flame. Keep stirring in between for the perfect body butter.
- Extra virgin coconut oil is best for body butter but, you can use coconut oil as well.
- Coconut oil, beeswax, orange peel, and aloe Vera gel are necessary for the body butter.
- Rest of the ingredients like (turmeric, almond oil, glycerin, and essential oil are optional.
- You have no idea how affected this body butter will turn out with all the ingredients mentioned above.
2. Homemade Body Butter For Glowing Skin (Lemon Body Butter)
Ingredients:
Shea Butter Lemon Peel Coconut oil Vitamin E Oil Vitamin C Aloe Vera Gel
- Shea butter (2 tablespoons)
- Fresh lemon peel (1 medium-sized lemon)
- Extra virgin coconut oil (4 tablespoons)
- Vitamin e (1 teaspoon)
- Vitamin C tablets (3-4)
- Aloe Vera gel (2 tablespoons)
- Lemon essential oil or any essential oil of your choice.
How to make body butter for glowing skin?
- Take a pan, add coconut oil (in the lowest flame)
- Add lemon peels and cover the lid for 2-3 minutes.
- Turn off the flame.
- Strain the oil.
- Immediately add shea butter, stir well, let it melt completely.
- Now add aloe Vera gel, vitamin c tablet (powdered form), vitamin e oil, and any essential oil.
- Keep in a refrigerator for 3 hours.
- After refrigerating, whip with a hand mixer until fluffy.
- The perfect homemade lemon body butter is ready to use.
- Enjoy!
Shea butter is one of the best agent for the moisturization. If your skin is dry and rough, try this shea butter moisturizer for face.
Tips:
• Don’t sit back and relax when the pan is on the flame. Keep stirring in between for the perfect body butter.
• Extra virgin coconut oil is best for body butter but, you can use coconut oil as well.
• Coconut oil, shea butter, lemon peel, and aloe Vera gel are necessary for the body butter.
• Rest of the ingredients like (vitamin c, vitamin e oil, the essential oil is optional.
•    You have no idea how affected this body butter will turn out with all the ingredients mentioned above.
In summer season make sure to add bees wax in order to get creamy texture.
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FAQs about body butter
Q. How do you use body butter?
A. The best way to use body butter is to apply it after your daily shower or bath. Pay your attention to your elbows, knees, hands, and feet.
Q. Do you wash off body butter?
A. No. Body butter is a moisturizer like a moisturizing lotion or cream. Leave on your skin.
Q. Why can’t I use body butter on my face?
A. Body butter is made from different types of oils, shea butter, beeswax so you probably shouldn’t use it on your face if you’re prone to oily skin or combination skin. It can make your skin oily. If you have extra dryness on the face, you can apply it on the face too.
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Q. How often to use body butter?
A. If you have dry skin, it’s best to use body butter daily. Meanwhile, if you have normal or oily skin you may only need to use body butter every 2-3 days, as a weekly treatment or just to treat problematic dry patches.
Q. How long does homemade body butter last?
A. Since, it has no preservatives so its shelf is not longer than a commercial body butter.
Stored away from moisture and light this homemade body butter should last 1 month in a clean, dry airtight glass jar. To use, always use a spoon or spatula to dip rather than your fingers will extend the life of the body butter.
Q. Can body butter get rid of stretch marks?
A. Yes. But it is not possible to completely remove stretch marks naturally. Applying raw Shea butter can diminish their appearance and help to prevent their development. By applying unrefined Shea butter two to three times a day can work to significantly reduce their appearance.
Shea Butter has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties with highly moisturizing and its regular application can make your skin healthy and repair damaged cells
It is always recommended to make a small number of homemade products because of no preservatives. Always do a sniff test before use.