Homemade Body Butter Cream (Lavender)
Try this Homemade Body Butter Cream (Lavender) recipe, or contribute your own.
Try this Homemade Body Butter Cream (Lavender) recipe, or contribute your own.
- Carbohydrate 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 108.800000091974 g
- Fiber 0 g
- Protein 0 g
- Saturated Fat 94.1120000795576 g
- Serving Size 1 1 recipe (109g)
- Sodium 0 mg
- Sugar 0 g
- Trans Fat 6.41920000542648 g
- Calories 938 calories
Step-by-step
- Put ingredients into bowl.
- Beat with electric mixer until blended.
- Scrape down sides periodically to make sure it is mixed well.
- Then increase speed and whip for 5 minutes.
- Put your body butter into the jar.
- Add a Label to the top and maybe a ribbon to gift.
Whipping the mixture for a full five minutes at high speed is the absolute threshold between creating a light, airy emulsion and ending up with a dense, greasy sludge that refuses to absorb into skin. Many attempts fail right here because impatient makers stop the electric mixer too early, leaving the coconut oil and shea butter insufficiently aerated to hold a fluffy peak. Temperature plays a critical role during this phase, as solid fats must be soft enough to incorporate air yet cool enough not to melt completely into a liquid pool.
Substituting the shea butter with cocoa butter drastically changes the final texture, rendering the product much harder at room temperature and requiring a strict one-to-one ratio adjustment alongside a longer initial mixing period to break down the brittle fats. Refined coconut oil yields a neutral scent profile that allows the sixteen drops of lavender essential oil to dominate clearly, whereas unrefined alternatives introduce a distinct tropical coconut aroma that competes with the floral notes. If the mixture separates after storage in a warm room exceeding 75 degrees Fahrenheit, the emulsion has broken and must be rechilled before being beaten again at maximum speed.
