I love the idea of home-made natural body creams, but in reality... well they can be very thick - more like a balm really, or they separate after a few weeks - (in our warm climate)... or worse.. go rancid. Or if using shea butter - it goes gritty (it doesn't like being heated much). So this is my version of an all natural body butter / cream that works - even with shea butter! It is absolutely awesome, with oils, and butters added, perfect to keep your skin in fabulous condition over winter. (And cheap to make to - but nobody needs to know that!).
Ingredients:
2 Tbls (30ml) Rose-hip Seed Oil
2 Tbls (30ml) Jojoba Oil
1 Tbls (15ml) Avocado Oil
2 Vitamin E capsules
10g Shea butter
10g Cocoa butter
1 Cup Good Quality Aqueous cream (or a basic cream)
1 tsp Honey
1 Tbls Witch hazel
16 drops of essential oils of your choosing (I used Rosemary and Lavender)
Method:
* Gently the heat the Rose-hip, Jojoba and Avocado Oils until warm.
* Take off the heat, and add the vitamin E and the 2 butters, mix until butters are combined with the oils.
* Add the aqueous cream, honey and witch hazel. Mix by hand using a hand whisk.
* Lastly add in your essential oils, and whisk some more.
* Bottle in whatever looks fabulous.
* This cream will last a long time without the need to refrigerate. (over 6 months)
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I love this cream - pinning!! Stopping by from Social Sunday....now following you on FB, G+ and Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a rich body cream and one that I will be making. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt looks almost good enough to eat! I bet it smells so wonderful. I'll be sharing this post!
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This looks wonderful! Following you now too :)
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Wow, it just looks lovely!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Will be purchasing the needed ingredients and trying it soon. Thanks for sharing!
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Oh, what a great tutorial - just what I've been looking for. I'm a new follower through GFC - hope that you'll follow back. Would be so great.
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I have to try making cream sometimes. Thanks for the inspiration! Linda
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Looks like a really good idea. I was just wondering about making my own lotion. What is aqueous cream?
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KC
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI'm stopping by from 'Brag About It' to check out your cream. I love making my own scrubs but haven't attempted creams yet. I'm pinning this to my DIY board.
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Ohhh yum! It looks so good ~ I bet it feels divine!
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Thanks so much for linking this post up to Create It Thursday…this post was featured this week! I appreciate you sharing such a great idea!
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Love to smell this wonderful cream and looks so smooth... great post!
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I love this idea of making your own cream. I saw it on vmg206 brag about it. I am going to pin this. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteI have also pinned your project to VMG206’s Brag About It Features Pinterest Board. I can't wait to see what you've been working on this week!
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My wife just bought some shea butter whipped body cream. She absolutely loves it! She uses it almost every single day!
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