Whipped Creamy Shea Body Butter
Rich, light and creamy. With a Shea butter base and a touch of coconut, this body butter will treat your skin while the aroma takes your mind to a tropical beach. Shea
Ingredients
- 1 cup unrefined shea butter
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup light carrier oil such as olive oil, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil or grapeseed oil
- Optional: 10-15 drops of your favourite essential oil (such as vanilla, lavender, orange, mint, etc.)
Instructions
- Melt your oils and butters (coconut oil, shea butter and carrier oil) in a double boiler. We like to add the ingredients to a glass bowl and place over a pot filled one-third with water. Turn the stove on to medium-high and stir the oils frequently. You can buy shea butter from the official Baraka store; it is unrefined, strained and filtered only.
2. When fully melted, remove from the heat. Let the mixture cool a little and then stir in your essential oils.
3. Put the mixture into the fridge or freezer until solidified to ensure a good whipping temperature. The ideal texture is solid but soft. Don’t worry if it is too cold or not cold enough, you can always cool it further or let it sit in a warm place to soften and try again.
4. Once solidified, remove from the fridge or freezer. Whip with a hand mixer for about 10 minutes until you have a creamy butter that looks like whipped cream.
5. Spoon or pipe the mixture into a clean jar or container.
Your whipped body butter is all finished! Perfect as a gift, or just for yourself! This formula is super nourishing and perfect for dry skin. We love to use it before bed to wake up to hydrated skin. Shea butter has many use cases, and using on skin is just one not to miss out.
If you liked our whipped creamy shea body butter recipe, then we suggest you to check out more of our shea butter recipes:
Experimenting further..
This whipped body butter is a great base but you can try adding other ingredients such as a tablespoon (15ml) of neem or rose oil. You could even experiment with adding Manuka honey or aloe, or use a combination of shea and cocoa butter. Contains water, so make small batches, keep it cool and throw it out if it smells or looks off.
Tweak this simple recipe to your DIY heart’s content – we would love to see your adaptations!
Order Shea Butter and Coconut Oil HERE.
Quick answers
How to make natural body lotion?
Melt 1 cup (237ml) unrefined shea butter, ½ cup (118ml) coconut oil and ½ cup (118ml) of a light carrier oil (olive, sweet almond, jojoba or grapeseed) in a double boiler. Cool it a little, stir in 10-15 drops of essential oil if you like, chill until solid but soft, then whip with a hand mixer for about 10 minutes. This makes a whipped body butter, a richer and thicker alternative to a lotion, and it suits dry skin.
Whipped shea butter
Whipped shea butter is shea butter melted with coconut oil and a light carrier oil, chilled until solid but soft, then whipped with a hand mixer for about 10 minutes. It ends up creamy and looks like whipped cream. Spoon or pipe it into a clean jar.
Shea butter recipe
Whipped creamy shea body butter uses 1 cup unrefined shea butter, ½ cup coconut oil and ½ cup light carrier oil, plus 10-15 drops of essential oil if you want a scent. Melt the oils and butter in a double boiler, let them cool a little, add the essential oil, chill until solid but soft, whip for about 10 minutes and spoon into a clean jar.
Raw shea butter recipes
This whipped body butter is a simple raw shea butter recipe: melt unrefined shea butter with coconut oil and a light carrier oil, chill, then whip until creamy. Baraka's shea butter is unrefined, strained and filtered only, and women's producer groups at the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Wa, Ghana, make it by hand. Its colour can vary from ivory to pale yellow between batches, and a mild nutty smell is normal.
Homemade shea butter
A simple homemade shea butter product is the whipped body butter in this recipe: melt shea butter with coconut oil and a light carrier oil, chill it, then whip it until creamy.
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