12 Decadent Homemade Body Butter Recipes: Heaven in a Jar

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When your skin is screaming out for some love, DIY body butter is sure to please. Making homemade body butter just requires a few ingredients, but essential oils can be added for additional soothing and healing properties. I know you'll love these body butter recipes!

My skin has been crazy dry the last few months, so this morning I decided to whip up a few remedies for this. I pulled out a few of my favorite body butter recipes and got busy.

I started with the Wellness Mama's Organic Homemade Lotion recipe (find below) using almond oil, coconut oil, beeswax and cocoa butter. This recipe is super easy. The longest part was just waiting for the beeswax and cocoa butter to melt.

The results looks more like a balm than a lotion, but it absorbs really well.

Then I moved on to Mommypotamus’ recipe for Mint Chocolate Whipped Body Butter. Sounds like something you can eat… At least my daughter thought so. She kept asking for a bite. This recipe is a bit more involved than the previous and dirtied a lot more dishes, but the end result was pretty sweet.

Body butter is so fun to make and the end result is truly decadent.

Are you interested in making your own body butter?

The heavenly recipes below are sure to get your creative juices flowing.

But first…. What will you need to make your own body butter?

Where to Find Ingredients for Body Butter Recipes

There are a few staple ingredients that you may need when making these delectable recipes. Most can be found quite easily on Amazon or Mountain Rose Herbs.

We also have a large library of natural ingredients here.

Where to Purchase Quality Essential Oils:

When I first began using Essential Oils, my focus was on finding the cheapest price. I would scour the web and Amazon comparing prices for individual oils.

But, I have since learned, that with Essential Oils, cheaper isn’t always better.

I know where the grass fed meat I feed my family comes from along with the fresh produce I buy from local farmers.

Now on to the recipes…

Wellness Mama's Organic Homemade Lotion

For this recipe you will need:

• Almond or Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Beeswax

Find the complete recipe here.

Bronzing Whipped Body Butter

What's better than a luscious body butter that's also a bronzer?

For this recipe you will need:

• Shea Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Olive Oil
• Cocoa or Cacao powder
• Nutmeg
• Cinnamon Essential Oil

 Find the complete recipe here.

3 Ingredient Whipped Body Butter

What could be simpler that just 3 ingredients?

For this recipe you will need:

• Cocoa Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Jojoba or Almond or Olive Oil

Find the complete recipe here.

Whipped Mango Body Butter Recipe

Not only is this DIY recipe so simple and easy to make, but you're going to love the smell as well. If you're looking for a lovely body butter that is natural and simple, this is the one for you. 

Find the complete whipped mango body butter recipe here.

Whipped Coconut Oil Body Butter

The only ingredient absolutely necessary for this recipe is:

• Coconut Oil

How sweet is that?

Find the complete recipe here.

Whipped Body Butter Recipe

For this recipe you will need:

• Shea Butter
• Cocoa Butter or Cupuacu Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Almond or Jojoba Oil.

Find the complete recipe here.

Simple Shea Body Butter Recipe

This is another recipe that only uses 3 ingredients. I love it!

For this recipe you will need:

• Shea Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Almond Oil

Find the complete recipe here.

Mint Chocolate Whipped Body Butter

This body butter looks good enough to eat. I know because I just made it and had to resist taking a lick. 🙂

For this recipe you will need:

• Cocoa Butter
• Mango or Shea Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Jojoba or Olive Oil
• Peppermint Essential Oil
• Cocoa or Cacao powder

Find the complete recipe here.

Peppermint Body Butter

For this recipe you will need:

• Coconut Oil
• Cocoa Butter
• Peppermint Essential Oil

Find the complete recipe here.

White Chocolate Peppermint Body Butter

For this recipe you will need:

• Cocoa Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Avocado Oil
• Red Raspberry Seed Oil
• Peppermint Essential Oil

Find the complete recipe here.

Magnesium Body Butter

For this recipe you will need:

• Magnesium Flakes
• Coconut Oil
• Beeswax Pastilles
• Shea Butter

Find the complete recipe here.

Jessica's Scrumptious Homemade Body Butter

For this recipe, you will need:

• Shea Butter
• Mango Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Grapeseed Oil
• Beeswax
• Distilled Water
• Aloe Vera Gel

Find the complete recipe here.

I hope you've been inspired to whip up some of your own body butter! Please come back and share you body butter experiences! I would love to hear about them!