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Homemade body butter with beeswax in a jar and large block of wax image.

How to Make Beeswax Body Butter Step by Step

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
Make your own body butter with beeswax. Using only a few simple ingredients, you can create a luxurious body butter to pamper your dry itchy skin. A great gift idea but please keep some for yourself!
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  • Use your scale to measure out the beeswax, shea butter and coconut oil. I only create beeswax crafts using net weight – not volume. However you can measure in any way you wish.
    Small beeswax bars for body butter recipe image.
  • Using the double boiler melt the ingredients gently until all are liquid. Then blend well to mix ingredients.
    Chunks of shea butter melting in pot image.
  • Remove the top pot from heat and let cool for a couple of minutes. Then, add the Vitamin E and Essential Oil if desired – stir well.
    Essential oil and Vitamin E oil for recipe image.
  • Place in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes. We want the mixture to begin to cool.
    Body butter recipe ingredients cooling image.
  • Using a mixer of your choice, (I used a hand mixer) continuously whip the ingredients as they continue to cool and thicken. At this point, I often add a pinch of corn starch to reduce greasiness. Stop when you are pleased with the texture.
    Using blender to mix body butter recipe image.
  • Once the mixture cools enough to create a peak when stirred with a spoon – it is time to spoon it into the jars or containers of your choice. Store in a cool place.
    Cooling jars of fresh body butter image.

Notes

  • I measure beeswax crafts in units of weight. For this project, you can measure in any way you wish – our goal is to have 1 part beeswax – 2 parts Shea Butter – 4 parts coconut oil.
  • *Substitute any oils you desire – I chose these for the easy availability
  • *If you don’t have a bottle of Vitamin E for crafting – you can’t cut open a few vitamin E capsules.
  • *The safest way to melt beeswax is always in a double boiler. Use extreme care when making any project that involves hot oils or waxes.
  • *A stand mixer makes creating beeswax body butter much easier. However, if you don’t have one – don’t let that stand in your way.
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