Body Butters and Scrubs Recipes

Bodacious Body Butter by Deb Baker

24 oz. Butter(s) of your choice (I've used Kokum, Mango and/or Shea)
18 oz. Oils of your choice (I've used Fractionated Coconut Oil, Virgin Coconut Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Babassu Oil...)
2.2 oz. Stearic Acid
6.6 oz. Emulsifying Wax
2 lbs. Floral Water, Distilled Water or Aloe Vera Juice
3 oz. Glycerin
Liquid Germall Plus
Additives of choice like Skin Flow C, color or ??

Directions:
Make as you would your creams and lotions, oils w/butters, then the water/glycerin mixture drizzled in and whip, whip, whip! Add preservative and fragrance last. Color if desired with Crystal Colors. Scent with FO / EO of your choice.

NOTE:
Melted Butters & Oils as well as the liquids should be quite warm - nearly hot - when incorporated.


 
Rich Foot Butter
by Heather K.
Adapted from a recipe from Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair by Dina F.

2 parts Butter (Shea, Avocado, Mango, or other)
2 parts Coconut Oil
1 part Cocoa Butter*
4 parts Jojoba Oil
1 part Candelilla Wax or 1 1/3 parts Beeswax
30 drops of EO per 4 oz of the above (100 drops = 5 ml = 1 teaspoon)

Directions:
Temper your butters by melting and holding at 170-180 degrees for 10 minutes. Melt in the rest of your ingredients except the EO. Cool to below 160 degrees and add EO. Pour into jars of your choice and let cool.

*NOTE:
I use peppermint EO with regular cocoa butter for a revitalizing foot butter and lavender EO with unscented cocoa butter for a soothing foot butter. I just don't like the chocolate scent with the lavender.
 

 
Susan's Brown Sugar Scrub

1/2 cup Ground Oats
1/2 cup Finely Ground Almonds
1 cup lightly packed Brown Sugar or Natural Raw Sugar
5 Tablespoons Almond Oil
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Glycerin
1/2 teaspoon Brown Sugar Fragrance Oil

Directions:
Combine ground oats, ground almonds and brown sugar and mix to incorporate. In a separate container, combine oil & glycerin & FO stir well. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones and mix well. This should be pasty and if it doesn't hold together in your hand, add another tablespoon of oil.

To Use:
Scoop out about 1/8 cup mixture and use as a facial scrub, to exfoliate rough spots or as an all over body scrub. Rinse with warm water.



Bettie's Peppermint Foot Scrub

10 oz. Distilled Water
pinch Borax
2 oz. Vegetable Glycerin
1 oz. Emulsifying Wax
1 oz. Mango Butter
1 oz. Shea Butter
1 oz. Coconut Oil
1 oz. Meadowfoam Oil
1 oz. Jojoba Oil
1/2 oz. Stearic Acid, Palm
10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
20 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
10 drops Spearmint Essential Oil

Directions:
Heat water and borax together until just before boiling point and borax is dissolved. While that is cooling, heat the rest of the ingredients (except the shea and mango butters) together until just melted. Add the shea and mango after all of the oils are melted and stir until they melt. Let the water mix and the oil blend cool until just warm to the touch. Slowly add water to the oils while beating with the stick blender. Then add in Essential oils. Beat for 1-2 minutes, scrape sides often. Let it sit for 5 minutes and beat some more. Continue this process until it's almost completely cooled, then mix some more before placing into containers.