3 Must-Try Shea Butter Homemade Lotion Recipes

It’s quite easy to make shea butter homemade lotions with a smooth easily absorbable consistency using just a few ingredients. But unfortunately, most shea butter homemade lotion recipes I’ve come across don’t usually have the right consistency and rather look hard, greasy and more like body butters instead. Now if you’re like me and would love to make a shea butter lotion with a smoother consistency, then come explore these 3 shea butter homemade lotion recipes that I’ll be sharing with you today! I’d love you to try any of the 3 soon and give your feedback!

Note: Please use organic ingredients to prolong the shelf life of these shea butter homemade lotions which can last for more than 6 months!

3 Shea Butter Homemade Lotion Recipes for Beautiful Skin

1. Easy Olive Oil Shea Butter Lotion Recipe

I hope you fall in love with this easy – probably the easiest – shea butter lotion recipe like I did! It’s intensely moisturizing and incredibly cheap to make at home. However, as you’ll see from the ingredients, this shea butter homemade lotion will turn out less liquid than the next two as it contains only shea butter and olive oil, plus I’ve also added lavender essential oil for its skin soothing properties. Let’s see the benefits of each of the ingredients below:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – A great emollient, olive oil is also rich in vitamin E and healthy fatty acids that nourish, moisturize and protect the skin from impurities.
• Lavender Essential Oil – Soothing and  calming, lavender is good for sensitive skin types and helps calms inflammation if you suffer from inflammatory skin conditions like eczema. It also has a fresh slightly floral scent that’s okay to use for both men and women.

Ingredients

• 5 oz of raw shea butter (get it here)
• 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil (get it here)
• 5 drops of lavender essential oil *optional* (get it here)

Directions

1. Melt the shea butter in a double boiler. Make a makeshift double boiler by resting a small bowl containing the shea butter in a pan of water heated by a low flame.
2. Once melted, add the olive oil and lavender essential oil and stir well.
3. Pop the bowl containing the ingredients in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
4. When you get it out, it should be at least partly solidified.
5. Using a hand mixer, whip the ingredients for about 5 minutes till you get a creamy texture.
6. Voila! Your homemade shea butter lotion is ready! Use just a tiny amount to moisturize your whole body.

2. Orange Blossom Shea Butter Lotion Recipe

What an amazing citrusy homemade lotion! If you’re the person who loves citrus scents, this shea butter lotion is for you! Check out the ingredients of this homemade lotion and their benefits for skin:

• Orange blossom water – I’m extremely excited to be using orange blossom water, which is a popular Arab flavouring ingredient for both sweet and savory dishes! It’s got lots of beauty benefits for skin including: toning the skin, regulating sebum, cleansing skin, controlling acne and lots more.
• Grapeseed oil – I’ll also be using grapeseed oil because I really like that it has a light consistency and helps enhance the moisturizing qualities of the other ingredients. It is a great moisturizing agent for those with dry skin and also has skin protective and healing qualities that keep germs, acne causing bacteria and pollutants away from the skin.
• Sweet orange essential oil – This citrus essential oil has many skin healing properties including preventing premature aging, treating sensitive skin and fighting acne and pimples.

Ingredients

• 5 oz of raw shea butter (get it here)
• 4 tbsp of orange blossom water (get it here)
• 5 drops of sweet orange essential oil (get it here)
• 1 tsp of grapeseed oil (get it here)

Directions

1. Melt the shea butter with the grapeseed oil using a double boiler.
2. Place the melted liquids in a blender/food processor and let it cool down completely. Keep it near an open window to speed things up.
3. Once cooled, turn on the food processor and while it’s running, slowly pour the orange blossom water into the open end (of the food processor). You’ll see the ingredients forming an emulsion and becoming a thick white lotion!
4. Now add the drops of essential oil. After 3-5 minutes or once all ingredients are well incorporated, stop blending.
5. Transfer to a clean container. Enjoy!

3. Romantic Rose Shea Butter Lotion Recipe

Anyone who uses the rose water + shea butter combo will instantly fall in love with it! Rose water will make your shea butter lotion smell so amazing and since we’ll also be adding rose essential oil, you’ll have a fresh rose flower scent lingering on your skin all day long! Now let’s look at some of the benefits of all the ingredients we’re going to be using:

• Rose Water – Rose water provides a cooling and soothing sensation when applied to skin which makes it an ideal ingredient for this shea butter homemade lotion. It’s also a natural astringent which keeps your skin fresh by controlling sebum.
• Rose Hip Oil – Rose hip oil contains significant amounts of vitamin C, which boosts collagen and it also contains a high level of fatty acids that helps heal stretch marks, scars and burns. Rose hip oil is known to be very effective against wrinkles and speeds up the healing process of sun damaged skin.
• Rose Essential Oil – This sweet smelling essential oil is known for its amazing ability to increase the skin’s permeability which makes it a great in this shea butter homemade lotion recipe as it helps increase the absorption of nutrients in the other ingredients as well. It is known to beautify the skin, treat acne, promote radiance, heal inflammation, get rid of acne scars and much more!
• Raw Honey – It’s optional but I really recommend using raw honey for its skin nourishing, soothing and healing properties. It’s also a natural humectant, which means it traps moisture from the air and perfectly moisturizes dry skin. Raw honey also helps bind the rest of the ingredients together.

Ingredients

• 5 oz of raw shea butter (get it here)
• 4 tbsp of rose water (get it here)
• 1 tsp of rose hip seed oil (get it here)
• 7 drops of rose essential oil (get it here)
• 1 tsp of raw honey *optional but recommended!* (get it here)

Directions

1. Into your food processor, add the raw shea butter, rose hip seed oil, raw honey and organic rose water and blend for about a couple of minutes till smooth.
2. There you are! Your shea butter lotion is ready!
3. Now all you have to do is transfer to a clean container and stir in the essential oil. Store in a sterilized glass container in a clean dry place.

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