Homemade Body Lotion for Glowing Skin
The base for this DIY body lotion is made with hydrating shea butter and cocoa butter to leave skin feeling soft and supple. You can customize the body lotion with essential oils, such as peppermint, lavender, vanilla, or grapefruit. The homemade body cream for glowing skin is also a lovely and inexpensive wedding or party favor.
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Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sweet almond oil
- 1 tsp cocoa butter
- 1 tsp shea butter
- 5-10 drops essential oils (I use rose, lavender, and geranium)
- 1/4 cup Olivem 1000
- 1 cup Lavender water
- 10 drops Optiphen Plus
Instructions
- Measure 1/4 cup (around 60 ml) of the sweet almond oil and 1 cup of lavender water and add both into two heatproof jars or containers.
- Add the Olivem 1000, shea butter, and cocoa butter to the jar with the oil.
- Warm both jars in a water bath until the Olivem 1000 and butters have melted. Stir occasionally to speed up the process.
- Add the essential oils to the oil phase and combine. Then, mix the Lavender water and Optiphen Plus. Keep whisking and slowly pour the warm hydrosol into the oil phase. Whisk the emulsion for 2 to 3 minutes until well blended.
- Then Transfer it into a pump bottle or an airtight container.
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