Make a shea butter almond oil body butter recipe for gorgeous skin! This shea butter body butter recipe uses only 2 main ingredients: shea butter and sweet almond oil! Sweet almond oil is one of the best oils to mix with shea butter because of its light and easily absorbable consistency. It’s not like the heavier oils such as coconut oil or olive oil that can rather leave a slight greasy coat on the skin/hair. To me, this shea butter almond oil body butter recipe is perfect with just two skin healing ingredients, however, you may add optional ingredients such as essential oils like the one I’ve listed below to Continue Reading
My Favorite Carrier Oils for Essential Oils
Carrier oils, also known as base oils, are vegetable oils got from the kernels, nuts, seeds or fruit of a plant. They are called carrier oils because they simply ‘carry’ the essential oil onto the skin. Most carrier oils are extracted from the fatty parts of the plant which can be squeezed to get oil. Since essential oils are very potent and concentrated, you must blend them in a carrier oil before application. There are many carrier oils for essential oils you can use but there are also many differences why you would choose one particular carrier oil over another including the cost, availability, nutrient Continue Reading