Say Goodbye to Dry Skin with 9 Whipped Body Butter Recipes

Body butter is the best. The absolute best. The rich texture, the wonderful scents, the ease with which you can make it. Especially in winter, when the skin needs an extra hand hydrating, a whipped body butter recipe is an essential in every gal’s beauty bag. And since we mentioned they’re so easy to make, here are some recipes that we think you’re gonna love. Oh, and they make great gifts too.

9 Easy Body Butter Recipes

1. De-Stress Magnesium Body Butter

It really doesn’t get any better, does it? You moisturize your skin AND relieve stress at the same time. The magnesium oil in this recipes helps you up your daily magnesium intake, and the essential oils create a fragrance that can boost mood and ease tension.

2. Two ingredient body butter

How easy is this? You just whip two of our favorite ingredients together – coconut oil and shea butter – and you’re ready for a spa-worthy experience with super hydrated skin.

3. Citrus Whipped Body Butter

This is probably our favorite winter body butter: the wonderful scent of citrus plus the skin benefits of coconut oil.

4. DIY Shea Baby Butter

Make your own baby butter at home with two natural ingredients that are wonderful on sensitive skin.

5. DIY After-Sun Butter + The Benefits of Cocoa Butter

Reap the healing benefits of cocoa butter with this DIY after-sun butter recipe. Plus, why cocoa butter belongs in everyone’s natural medicine cabinet!

6. Frankincense Beautifying Body Butter

Not only does frankincense support healthy and glowing skin, it helps to repair it too! This rich body lotion helps to reduce the appearance of scars, stretch marks and dark spots. Use it every day, right after the shower, to lock in moisture.

7. DIY Hot Cocoa Body Butter Scrub

This scrub does it all: exfoliates, moisturizes, soothes irritation. And did we mention it smells like a cup of hot cocoa?

8. Jasmine + Tea Tree Deodorant Body Butter Bar

These bars are just as moisturizing as your daily lotion with an added bonus – they work great as deodorant! You can omit the baking soda and cornstarch if you simply want to make moisturizing lotion bars. And because these bars don’t have water in the recipe they will keep for at least a year.

9. Whipped Coconut Oil Butter

You only need one ingredient to make a body butter – coconut oil. We’ve been whipping up this coconut oil-based lotion for years, and this recipe adds skin-healing vitamin E and essential oils. It’s still one of our favorite body moisturizers!

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