Got Dry Skin? Try This Easy DIY Shea & Coconut Oil Body Butter Recipe

Tools and materials:

• Mango butter
• Shea butter
• Coconut oil
• Avocado oil
• Container
• Water
• Pan
• Stove
• Spoon
• Heatproof bowl
• Large bowl
• Electric whisk
• Spatula

1. Heat up some water

So the first thing that you're going to do is place some water in a pot and set it up to warm up.

2. Cut up your mango and shea butters

While everything is warming up, you can go ahead and chop all of your butters. Now let's talk about measurements and why I don't measure my ingredients.

There's a super simple rule of thumb, which is: if you want your body butter to come out more solid, you use more shea butter; if you want it to be more soft or more like a lotion, then you can use more oil. 

Now that you have this information, don't worry if you don't have a measuring cup, or if you don't have a specific scale to weigh your ingredients - you can do it by sight. I prefer a solid body butter, therefore I’m using more butter than oil.

3. Place the butters over the heat

After cutting my butters up, I'm going to place them in a bowl, then carefully place the bowl over the water. Notice how the water is not boiling, it's just hot enough. It's bubbling up just a little bit so that we can melt all of the oils and marry them together. 

4. Add the avocado and coconut oils

Now that the butters have partially melted, I’m adding a tablespoon of coconut oil. Coconut oil has a higher melting point than avocado oil, so I’m adding it at this stage so it has time to melt. If you live in a hotter climate, your coconut oil may already be in liquid form.

Lastly, I add in around a tablespoon of avocado oil, which is already liquid.

5. Cool the mixture

Once all of the ingredients have melted together, you can put them in a larger bowl. I like to place the bowl on my countertop to cool down, or even in the fridge, to cool the body butter faster. 

After about a half-hour in the fridge, this is how my mixture looks. If I dip my spatula into it, you can see the kind of texture that you need. 

You don't want it to be fully solid; you want it to be somewhere in between, because when you whisk it, it's going to be much easier and of course, the results are going to be better. 

6. Whip the body butter

Whip the body butter with an electric whisk until you get the texture that you want. 

Like I said, I prefer body butter when it's a little bit more solid, so this is how mine came out.

7. Decant the mixture into containers

I got these 4 ounce / 120ml containers from Amazon. You could use mason jars as well, or whatever you prefer. I love these little tins because they're the perfect size. I'm going to tightly pack all of the butter into the container using my spatula.

Shea and coconut oil body butter recipe

There you have it! Your DIY body butter is going to melt right onto your skin. I love this shea butter and coconut oil recipe; it's super soft and leaves my skin feeling so good. 

I really hope that you all enjoyed learning all about making homemade body butter for dry skin. Let me know in the comments down below if you tried this recipe, or what other body butter recipes you’d like to see in the future. Thanks for joining!

This tutorial is by Paloma.