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Body Butter
fragrant the way you like and without harmful chemicals
June 25, 2015
Conventional body lotions can contain loads of harmful chemicals and synthetic fragrances. Instead, try this homemade body butter! It's easy to make, cost-effective and perfect for your skin!
Shea butter thanks to the richness of saturated and unsaturated acids and vitamins A and E, it perfectly nourishes and regenerates the skin, ensuring its silky smoothness and elasticity. It soothes irritations, delays the aging process of the skin and protects against free radicals and harmful external factors.
Jojoba oil rich it is, inter alia, in vitamin E, A and F. Vitamin E protects the skin against loss of fibers collagen and elastin, thanks to which it remains firm and elastic for longer. Whereas vitamin A tighten the skin and smooth wrinkles. WITH turn a vitamin F - otherwise EFAs, i.e. Essential Fatty Acids: linoleic, arachidonic and linolenic acids - rebuilds the lipid layer of the epidermis and supports its regeneration.
Coconut oil, thanks to its content acids fatty, they deeply penetrate and nourish the skin, making it an excellent moisturizing and smoothing cream. Therefore, it is great for dry and dehydrated skin.
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Body Butter
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shea butter (you can buy HERE or HERE ) ;
1/8 cup (about 30 ml) of jojoba oil (you can buy it HERE );
1/2 cup of coconut oil;
20 drops of essential oil (to your liking);
A glass jar.
PROCEDURE:
Put the shea butter, coconut oil, and jojoba oil in a glass bowl, then place this bowl in a pan or pot that is half full of water (too much water can pour into the bowl, which we don't want).
Gently heat on the stove so that the water is warm, but not boiling. And mix all ingredients in a bowl. The fats are supposed to stick together.
When all the ingredients are combined - a homogeneous liquid mass will be formed - put the mixture in the fridge for approx. 1 hour or until the mass hardens (changes from a liquid to a solid).
Remove from the refrigerator and beat with a mixer until the mass becomes fluffy.
Finally, add the essential oils to your liking and mix everything.
Transfer the mixture to a glass jar and store at room temperature.
Reservation:
for each type proposed on this page surgery or recipe for a care product, always do a test to see if your skin is allergic on any of the ingredients of the preparation. This entry is for for information and education. It is not medical advice. If the skin does not respond well to any of the preparations proposed in the recipe you should break his use.
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