Aloe vera gel is my current obssession and I’m really excited to share with you this whipped shea butter and aloe vera cream recipe that also contains my favorite hydrosol and essential oil – ROSE! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that anything rose-scented just tickles my fancy! Aloe vera gel is a great sealant which locks moisture into dry skin/hair. It’s also soothing and cooling and can be used on inflamed skin. Combined with shea butter, aloe vera forms a non-greasy and healing mixture, that is also nourishing, to promote beautiful skin and hair.
Here are the rest of the ingredients I will be using and their benefits for skin:
Beautymunsta’s Ingredient Profile
➝ Shea Butter – Rich in Vitamins A, E, K and F, shea butter is one of the most nutritious skin and hair foods out there! It is intensely moisturizing and extremely good for dry and itchy skin/scalps. Read more beauty benefits of shea butter here. You can find 15 amazing skin benefits of shea butter here.
➝ Aloe Vera Gel – Aloe vera gel cuts down any greasiness in this whipped shea butter and aloe vera cream recipe and it also helps balance the skin’s pH due to its alkalizing properties. It also protects the skin’s outer layer from pollutants and germs.
➝ Rose Water – Rose water is refreshing, cooling, soothing and mega rich in Vitamin C which fights premature wrinkles as well as boosts collagen. It also makes this shea butter and aloe vera cream smell oh-so-amazingggg.
➝ Argan Oil – Argan oil comes from Morocco, where for centuries, people have been using it for various beauty benefits including to nourish skin and hair, treat rashes, for wound healing, soothe bug bites and infections and so much more! Argan oil boosts the healing and moisturizing properties of this whipped shea butter and aloe vera cream recipe.
➝ Rose Essential Oil – It scent is exotic and romantic but that’s not all rose essential oil is good for! It’s incredibly rich in Vitamin C and other nutrients that make it one of the best essential oils for aging skin!
➝ Vitamin E Oil – Vitamin E oil is great for preventing premature aging and it also helps lengthen the shelf life of this whipped shea butter and aloe vera cream since it is a powerful antioxidant.
Recipe: Whipped Shea Butter and Aloe Vera Cream
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp of raw shea butter
- 3 tsp of aloe vera gel
- 2 tsp rose water
- 1 tsp argan oil
- 5 to 7 drops of rose essential oil
- ½ tsp or 1 capsule of vitamin E oil (optional)
Directions
- Scoop out the shea butter and place it in a medium sized mixing bowl. If your shea butter is hard, soften it using a double boiler.
- Whip it with a hand mixer or egg beater for a minute till its smooth and fluffy.
- Add the aloe vera gel and whip again till mixed. While whipping, slowly add the rose water little by little till fully incorporated.
- Finally, add the argan oil, vitamin E oil, rose essential oil and blend the mixture into a soft cream for about 7-10 minutes, then place it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes then take it out and whip again for 10 minutes. Your whipped shea butter and aloe vera cream is ready!
- Spoon it into a clean jar – any will do as long as its sterilized, and store in a clean dry place.
- Apply liberally on your face, neck, hands and whole body. You can also use it to seal moisture into your beautiful hair!
Where to Get Your Ingredients
If you want to buy organic non GMO and skin and hair friendly ingredients, just click on the links below. As you may already know, I buy East shea butter (Ugandan) and I love it for its softness, non-greasiness and slightly nutty & pleasant scent, but you could use West shea butter and it will work fine – however, you must soften it using a double boiler to make it easier to mix (since the raw form is hard).
♥ 100% Pure Aloe Vera Gel from Roots Herbal
♥ Organic Moroccan Rose Water from Gaia Purity
♥ Pure Organic Argan Oil from Fox Brim
♥ Rose Essential Oil from Eden’s Garden
♥ Vitamin E Oil from Greatfull Skin
Other Essential Oils to Mix with Shea Butter
There are very many essential oils out there and many of them blend well with shea butter but only a select few make excellent essential oils to mix with shea butter. Here are a few:
- Lavender Essential Oil – Soothing and calming, to me, lavender essential oil is one of the best essential oils to mix with shea butter.
- Frankincense Essential Oil – Frankincense essential oil is very VERY good for scar fading and treatment and when combined with stretch mark erasing shea butter, it creates a powerful anti-scar formulation.
- Ylang Ylang Essential Oil – Originating from Indonesia and the Phillipines, this essential oil has a mysterious and exotic scent and it is known to be a powerful aphrodisiac.
For more essential oils that mix well with shea butter, read my list of best essential oils for shea butter!
My Favorite Tried & Tested Shea Butter Recipes Ebook
Do you love shea butter and want to make your own beauty products with it?! Check out this ebook “My Favorite Tried & Tested Shea Butter Recipes for Luscious Skin & Hair” for 30 awesome recipes, complete with step-by-step instructions, beautiful pictures and other valuable shea butter info!
Hello honey 🙂
Firstly, love your blog to bits.. came across it about 2 weeks ago..
So.. I’ve tried out the whipped shea butter with the aloe vera gel.. question is… does you aloe gel come in a very watery form or is it completely gel like? Could not get mone to blend with the butter as it was completely liquid 🙁
Hi Poohpie ? Thanks for loving the blog!
Your aloe Vera gel should be a solid gel and not runny or watery…But if you have the runny type of gel then I think you could try adding it in small portions and then blending your mixture on high speed using a hand mixer. I’m guessing this would help mix everything together without separating. Also, reducing the amount of Aloe Vera gel will surely make it get mixed up better. Please try that out and see if it works! Hope I helped!
do you know how long it will last? shelf life
Hey yozi. It’ll keep for at least 3-4 weeks. But if you refrigerate it, it’s going to last longer. Just make sure to store it in a cool dry and dark place. And don’t dip dirty or wet fingers into it. xoxo
I made this but became sold after a day, is this normal or did I not understand how to make it.
Hi Joy, did it become very solid that you can’t scoop it out of the jar? It’s supposed to be at least somewhat soft that you can dip your fingers in and scoop some out.
Hi I love your blog I’m making this cream right now I used jojoba oil instead and yang yang & orange essential oil hope it turn out nice ..thanks
Made this today but swapped argan oil for my favourite liquid oil, hempseed 🙂 mine is a bright yellow colour as my shea butter was very yellow so next time i make it i might select a lighter shea but the colour doesn’t stay on my skin so it doesn’t really matter. this is definitely not a light moisturiser but is perfect for my winter skin. might play around with ratios of shea butter and aloe vera for a lighter summer moisturiser. thanks for the recipe 🙂
Morris, how long did you use this body cream? did it go rancid after 4 weeks? Did rose water and aloe vera gel really make it go rancid?
Hi Uche. I only made one tub of it so it wasn’t a huge batch and i finished it in about a month or so from making it. it didn’t go rancid but i kept a close eye just in case. i stored it out of sunlight in my bathroom cabinet or in the bottom of my bag when travelling and it stayed fine 🙂