Body Butters are pure nourishment for your skin. The true art of creating body butters has to do with the ratio of butter to oil to wax. To create a butter that is soft and easy to apply, a 6:1 ratio is ideal. Six parts of butters and oils to one part beeswax. The aromatic butter recipe below makes a silky, easily-applied moisturizing butter.
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Ingredients
2 oz Calendula oil
1 oz Neroli infused jojoba
2 oz Palm Kernel oil
4 oz Coconut oil
2 oz Shea butter
1 oz Coco butter
2 oz Beeswax
Directions
- Melt the beeswax and neroli infused jojoba wax together in a glass Pyrex measuring cup (double boiler approach in picture above).
- Add the cocoa butter and gently stir until melted (I use a glass stir rod).
- Add the coconut oil and palm kernel and gently stir until melted.
- Add the shea butter, remove from the heat and stir until melted.
- Add the calendula oil and stir until combined.
Pour into seven wide-mouth 2 oz glass jars, cover and allow to cool (makes about 14 oz.). I keep the ones I am not using in the refrigerator for longer shelf life. The ones I am using I leave at room temperature. The shelf life of this butter could be one year if all your ingredients are fresh. Ask your supplier when each butter/oil was produced.
Enjoy!
