Cinnamon Vanilla Body Butter
Now that the weather is cooling off and the air is a bit drier, I find myself using more lotion. One thing I always like to have at night to put on before bed during this season is a good body butter. I’ve made my own in the past and I decided to again recently! I whipped up a batch of Cinnamon Vanilla Body Butter!
It’s fun to make and smells really good! It’s simple to make also once you have all of the ingredients. I had a few of them on hand and only had to buy a couple. For the base it has shea butter, coconut oil, cacao butter, and almond oil, then you just add in the scents.
It takes a little while to make, so it’s a good chill day at home activity, since you have to melt it all, cool it and let it chill until it starts to solidify. Then you whip it like frosting! That’s exactly what it looks like too! It smells sooo good, like dessert! If you would like to make a fun body care item and have something good for moisturizing your skin this winter, definitely give this Cinnamon Vanilla Body Butter a try!
Cinnamon Vanilla Body Butter
Makes about 3 1/2 cups
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup raw cacao butter
- 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil
- 1 cup shea butter
- 1 vanilla bean, slit lengthwise
- 20 drops vanilla essential oil
- 15 drops cinnamon essential oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sweet almond oil
Directions:
- Melt the cocoa butter, coconut oil, and shea butter in a bowl over a pot of boiling water (double boiler) until smooth and all liquid. Remove the bowl, and let the mixture cool for 45 minutes.
- And add the essential oils, and almond oil. Whisk to combine.
- Place in the freezer for about 30 minutes, or until the mixture begins to become completely opaque and starts to solidify (you want the middle to still be a bit soft, but the outside will start to be solid, and the whole mixture should be pretty cold).
- Whip with a hand mixer until the mixture becomes like a frosting.
- Scoop into jars with lids and enjoy! It should keep for about 6 months (since there are no preservatives).
