Lavender Whipped Body Butter Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 g beeswax
- 45 g shea butter
- 50 g lavender (Lavandula spp.)-infused oil
Instructions
- Grate your beeswax or use beeswax pearls. Weigh the appropriate amount of wax on a kitchen scale.
- Set-up or create a double boiler.
- Add the wax and shea butter to the double boiler and heat until melted. Stirring occasionally can help keep the shea butter from overheating on the edges as it goes from solid to liquid. Be sure the wax is fully melted, or the butter may turn grainy.
- Reduce the heat on the stove to the lowest setting while gradually adding the oil. Stir continually.
- Slowly add your lavender-infused oil a bit at a time until the oil, butter, and beeswax are thoroughly mixed, then remove from the heat.
- Continue stirring while cooling. Shea butter can separate causing a grainy texture if not stirred throughout the cooling process. You will know when it’s cool enough to stop stirring because it will seem to turn more solid abruptly and stirring will leave a trace on the top of the butter.
- Use a spatula to transfer it to sanitized jars.
- Let the jar sit on the counter until the body butter is completely cooled, then put the lid on the container.
- Make a label. List the ingredients and the date the body butter was made. Think up a special name for this batch. Wipe the container well before putting the label on.
Notes
This recipe can be made with any combination of herbal-infused oils to suit your preference. The total weight of all of the oils combined is 50 grams. This recipe makes 100 g, which fills a 4 oz jar.
I recommend finding an unrefined, organic, and ethically sourced shea butter, such as this one from Mountain Rose Herbs.