How to Make Body Cream at Home
Body cream can make your skin feel soft and smooth. The ingredients found in the body creams in the store contain many different kinds of chemicals that can make your skin feel worse. You can make your own body cream at home using natural ingredients.
How to Make Body Cream at Home
Materials Needed
- Pot
- Cocoa butter
- Spoon
- Blender
- Olive oil
- Avocado oil
- Sesame oil
- Essential oil
- Bottle with a lid
- Place a pot on the stove. Add 1 ounce of cocoa butter to the pot. Turn the stove on and make sure it is on a low setting. Slowly melt the cocoa butter. Frequently stir the cocoa butter until it is melted.
- Turn off the stove and remove the pot. Add cocoa butter to a blender. Pour 2 ounces of olive oil in with the cocoa butter. Follow the two ingredients with 1 ounce of avocado oil.
- The cocoa butter will soften your skin while fading away the marks. The olive oil will moisturize your skin while the avocado oil will hydrate your skin.
- Add 1 ounce of sesame oil to the blender. This oil acts as a sunblock to protect your skin from sunrays.
- Put in 6 drops of essential oil such as orange, lemon, rose or lavender. You can choose any essential oil and you can add as many drops as you desire. This oil will add a nice fragrance to the body cream.
- Once all of the ingredients are added, place the cover on the blender and turn it on. Blend the ingredients until they are well mixed.
- Pour the mixture into a bottle and cover it. Store the cream in the refrigerator for up to six weeks.