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DIY Body Butter Recipe

By Kristi 40 Comments This post may include affiliate links, you can read my Privacy Policy

I absolutely love body butter, but my all-time favorite brand isn’t cheap. In hopes of saving money this year, I’ve started using my own DIY body butter recipe.This is an easy DIY craft that you’ll love!

Making your own body butter is not only easy but free of harsh chemicals and extremely cost effective.  Incorporating this recipe into your daily beauty routine will leave your skin silky smooth and smelling amazing. The lemon aroma with a hint of vanilla lasts all day long!

The best part of all is that you can whip this recipe up in under 30-minutes from start to finish.

Seriously, this diy body butter recipe smells so good and is so easy to make. A must try!

DIY Body Butter Recipe

You are going to love this homemade lemon vanilla body butter recipe!

Ingredients:

1 Cup Coconut Oil

½ Cup Shea Butter

½ Tsp Lemon Extract

5 Drops Vanilla Extract

This homemade DIY body butter recipe smells amazing and is so easy to make! A must try.


Directions:

1. Take a cooking pan and add in coconut oil and shea butter. Place it on the stove using medium heat and cook the oil/butter combination until it becomes turns to liquid.

2. Remove from heat and allow to sit at room temperature for 10-minutes and then pour into a glass bowl.

3. Place your glass bowl in the freezer for 10-minutes and wait for the liquid to solidify just a bit. Spoon the mixture into a stand mixer (or hand mixer) add in your lemon and vanilla drops, then whip on the highest speed for 2-3 minutes.

4. Once you are happy with the consistency spoon the body butter into a glass jar and apply the lid tightly. The body butter will last for up to six months.

Give this DIY Body Butter a try!

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  1. Heather @ My Overflowing Cup says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:19 pm

    It looks good enough to eat.

    I love making my own skincare. Thanks so much for sharing this, Kristi!

    Pinning.
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    • Kristi says

      February 18, 2015 at 9:58 pm

      You are welcome!! You’ll love this.

      Reply
  2. Mia says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    What a great gift idea! I’m having girls night in with some friends and I may actually try to make a couple of batches for them to take home.
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    • Kristi says

      February 18, 2015 at 9:57 pm

      Oh they would love it! It’s seriously so easy to make.

      Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    February 19, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    I just happen to have all the ingredients at home so this is a must try! Looks luscious, good enough to eat! My daughter recently made a body scrub with similar ingredients.

    Reply
  4. Clare says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    Wow that looks amazing! I’m making 2015 the year of the Handmade Gift so I’m adding this one to my list of things to make 🙂
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    • Kristi says

      February 19, 2015 at 10:28 pm

      Thank you!! I can’t wait to see your list of handmade gifts.

      Reply
  5. Jennifer @ The Jenny Evolution says

    February 20, 2015 at 6:18 am

    Congratulations! You were featured on my Friday Flash Blog on The Jenny Evolution. Feel free to grab some swag for your post showing you were featured!

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  6. Mary Denman says

    February 21, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    That looks wonderful! I’ve done some sugar scrubs but this looks great too! Adding it to my to do list!

    Popping over from The Jenny Evolution.
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  7. Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas says

    February 22, 2015 at 6:38 am

    How wonderful, it looks so creamy and it must smell lovely. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
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  8. Mandee Thomas says

    February 23, 2015 at 9:12 am

    Ooo, this looks so nice! What a fun gift idea. Stopping by to let you know that I’m featuring this post tomorrow night at the Create & Share Link Party (7:00 PM MST)! Congratulations!!! Can’t wait to see what you share with us this week. 🙂
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    • Kristi says

      February 23, 2015 at 9:17 am

      Thank you so much! I’ll be sure to stop by and link up some new content!

      Reply
  9. Lou Lou Girls says

    February 23, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    This looks incredible! I need this right now. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for taking the time to party with us. We hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you! Lou Lou Girls
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  10. Kathy says

    February 25, 2015 at 10:40 am

    This body butter sounds amazing! I will be featuring your post in this week’s Home and Garden Thursday,
    Kathy
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  11. Paula says

    November 6, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    I just came across your recipe, and it sounds lovely. Most of the Body Butter recipes out there are made with more Shea or Cocoa Butter, than Coconut Oil. I like your recipe because it is the other way around. More Coconut Oil and less Shea Butter. I will definitely be making this as some lovely Christmas gifts.

    Reply
  12. Kai says

    November 23, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    About how much butter does this recipe make? I’ll be making this for gifts and need to see how much of each ingredient I need 🙂

    Reply
  13. Candy says

    December 20, 2015 at 6:56 am

    How much does this recipe yield? Or how many mason jars does it fill up? If using mason jars what size mason jars are you using?

    Love the idea!

    Reply
  14. Tracy says

    December 20, 2015 at 10:17 am

    I just made some but seems greasy. I put in citrus EO for scent and,still have coconut smell .

    Reply
  15. ellice says

    December 21, 2015 at 7:37 am

    has anyone actually made this and tried it?

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      August 14, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      I tried this and followed directions. turned out great. but left it at room temp and it went back to completely oil. tried to whip it again but it wouldn’t fluff back up. any thoughts? does it have to stay in frig???

      Reply
  16. Jacqueline says

    January 2, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    I just tried the body butter and loved how creamy it was especially compared to an other recipes I tried as well. I needed to leave it in the freezer longer then 10 min and I could not get the Lemon sent to come through. Is there something I can do different?

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    • Kristi says

      January 16, 2016 at 4:54 pm

      I made another batch and I also had a problem getting the lemon scent. I ended up adding more the second time around.

      Reply
  17. Jessie Walther says

    January 4, 2016 at 11:41 am

    I halved the recipe and used the lemon extract but had to use so much more to catch any scent. Is it extract or essential oil? The Shea is overpowering any of the extract. Thank you.

    And 8 used remnant out of the bowl to smear all over my hands and arms. 😉

    Reply
  18. DavetteB says

    May 25, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    Do the extracts stay blended or do they separate out?

    Reply

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