Shea and Mango Body Butter Recipe

Credit: by Jennifer Kott from the Soapmaker’s Garden.

(Makes about 10 oz.)

Ingredients:

6 oz. Refined/Unrefined Shea Butter or Mango Butter

1 ½ oz. Olive Oil

1 ½ oz. Jojoba Oil

1 oz. Babassu Oil

1 tsp. Vitamin E Oil

1-2 tsp. Coconut Fragrance oil (to your liking)

Directions:

Place Shea Butter in a microwave-safe bowl and heat just until melted. Add Olive Oil, Jojoba Oil, and Emu and heat just until mixed and translucent. Add Vitamin E Oil and blend with stick blender. Let cool for about 10 minutes, and then place in freezer for approximately 5-10 minutes. Blend again for a few minutes and place again in freezer for another 5-10 minutes. When mixture begins to thicken, blend your Fragrance Oil in and pour into clean sterilized containers.

*This recipe does NOT require preservative. This recipe will make a body butter with the consistency of tub margarine. Olive oil is used because of its ability to reduce the effects of sunburn.

Source: http://bathnbody.craftgossip.com/shea-and-mango-body-butter-recipe/2009/03/23/