This decadent Whipped Pumpkin Spice Body Butter is pure autumnal perfection. It’s soft and creamy, and smells deliciously of cinnamon, vanilla, ginger, and cloves. It sinks into the skin shockingly quickly for how thick and luscious it is, and the texture is utterly fantastic. In short, this stuff is amazing and you should make some.
You’ll just need three (well, even two will work if you simply can’t wait until a new order of stuff arrives) to whip up the base of this kick-butt body butter. Not surprisingly, some pumpkin seed oil makes an appearance. I used some lovely bright orange stuff, but if yours is greenish I wouldn’t worry about it—once we whip the butter up it loses its warm tint completely.
The thick, creamy awesomeness comes from a blend of rich shea butter and mango butter. Mango butter really is the star ingredient here in terms of that shockingly fast absorption speed; it feels dry on the skin, and sinks in incredibly fast. This is in stark contrast to shea butter, which hangs out on your skin for ages, leaving you feeling pretty greasy. The inclusion of mango butter is what makes this body butter wonderfully light and non-greasy feeling, so while you can use 75g (2.65oz) of either butter if you’ve only got one, this body butter will be quite heavy and greasy if you use 100% shea butter with no mango butter.
Our essential oil blend is fantastic for fall. It’s mostly vanilla-y, thanks to lovely, sweet benzoin, with spicy hits from cinnamon, ginger, and clove. I’ve kept the spice essential oil amounts quite low as they’re all warming essential oils that can be irritating in large quantities. You might be tempted to use the ground spices instead as there’s a good chance you’ve got those if you don’t have the essential oils, but please don’t—that will make for a body butter that’s really gritty and will leave specks of ground spices all over your skin. Ick.
We’ll wrap up our lovely whipped pumpkin spice body butter by adding a touch of mica to give it a warm, autumnal colour. There’s nowhere near enough mica in there to colour your skin, or even leave a noticeable shimmer behind. The mica is 100% optional, but I really like it for a body butter that isn’t just white.
And that’s it! Whipped pumpkin spice body butter. You’re going to love it 😉
Whipped Pumpkin Spice Body Butter
25g | 0.88oz pumpkin seed oil
25g | 0.88oz refined shea butter (USA / Canada)
50g | 1.76oz mango butter (USA / Canada)
6 “blobs” benzoin essential oil
5 drops cinnamon bark essential oil
1 drop ginger essential oil (make sure you get the CO2 extracted version as the steam distilled stuff smells like old socks)
1 drop clove bud essential oil
2020 update: Given the irritation potential for these essential oils, I’d recommend using a pumpkin spice fragrance oil at 0.2g rather than this essential oil blend; the amount of cinnamon bark essential oil in particular is too high.1/8 tsp gold mica (both micas are optional, they’re just for colour)
1/8 tsp bronze mica (I use these tiny measuring spoons for tiny measurements like this)Weigh the pumpkin seed oil, refined shea butter, and mango butter into a smallish, deep, microwave-safe mixing bowl. Melt the oils and butters together with a few 15–20 second bursts in the microwave, stopping to stir and scrape the bowl down between bursts. Once everything has just liquefied, pop the bowl into the freezer and freeze for 15 minutes.
To whip up this beauty, you’ll need a set of electric beaters. We’ll be whipping for 3 minutes, scraping the bowl down, and then freezing for 3 more minutes. And then doing that a few times. Set timers! The whipping will feel like it’s taking way longer than 3 minutes, and 3 minutes of freezing will whip (ha) past without notice. You’re looking for soft peaks, like you’re whipping cream. Yum
Here’s what I did:
- Whip 3 minutes, scrape down, freeze 3 minutes.
- Whip 3 minutes, scrape down, freeze 3 minutes.
- Whip 3 minutes, scrape down, freeze 3 minutes.
- Add essential oils. Whip 3 minutes, scrape down, freeze 3 minutes.
Add the micas (if using), whip for 1–2 minutes, scrape down, and leave the body butter for about 20 minutes. After twenty minutes, if the body butter is still marshmallowy and soft, you’re done! Lightly spoon it into a 250mL/8oz tin and enjoy!
I have one problem making this kind of body butters – they turn out to be too hard. I don’t know why, because the result is pretty much the same when I add more liquid oils. I’ve made them other way (I don’t melt shea, only cut it to small pieces before whisking) recently to get softer body butter, but then there are lumps, and that is not nice either.
A lot of the too-hard thing is the result of the formula, but some of it can be the whipping—check the link at the bottom of the recipe for some helpful troubleshooting tips 🙂
How many 8oz tins does this recipe make?
Please refer to the recipe, it’s right in there 😉
Wow, you’ve done it again. This sounds absolutely superb and I am so keen to try it straight away, it looks lovely. I just need some pumpkin seed oil…
I have had trouble with my whipped body butters actually, I have made two different types, however one feels super greasy and the other one, which is made of predominantly cocoa butter, needs scraping out with a nail as it is so hard! I have recently discovered an ingredient called Oat Silk 12 though, which is a light powder form (an ultra-fine oat flour) and apparently helps take the greasiness away and feels silky and smooth – have you heard of this or ever used it? Apparently it’s a new top ingredient in British market (or maybe that’s my supplier trying to push me into trying it out!).
Thank you again for sharing your amazing experiments!
Thanks, Christina! From my experience, the formula and the whipping are the two biggest factors. It’s understandable that one made from mostly cocoa butter would be really hard, because cocoa butter is a really hard butter. If the greasy one is mostly shea butter, that would also make sense—that’s a really greasy butter.
I’ve never tried Oat Silk 12 (or heard of it), but it sounds like it does the same thing as adding something like cornstarch or arrowroot starch to a body butter, but I’m guessing for quite a lot more money 😉
I’ve used oat silk powder for many things recently, but not for body butters – great idea, though oat silk is more expensive than corn starch or arrow root powder, as Marie noticed. Need to try that anyway…:)
Good to know! I’ll have to keep an eye out for it 🙂
OMG I need to find time to make things again… this is killing me! I have a question about whipped concoctions: I haven’t tried this whipping/freezing technique, but anything I’ve made of the whipped variety has ultimately solidified. Is the texture supposed to stay fluffy and soft, or is it just the whipped “look” that we’re going for? I never know, and am always disappointed when after all that whipping, it just kind of ends up being deceivingly soft and fluffy but actually just like regular body butter.
Add Tapioca flower to your butter just before you finish whipping. The butter will be soft and yummy.
In my experience the formula is a lot more important than the starch addition; I just can’t imagine a situation where adding tapioca starch to a body butter made entirely from cocoa butter would make that body butter soft :/ The starch can make for a much drier, finish, though!
Ideally, you want it to stay soft and a bit marshmallowy, which this one does (three weeks on, at least!), and not just look whippy. That’s mostly about the whipping procedure and the ingredients—check out the link at the bottom of the recipe for some helpful troubleshooting tips!
Do you think this EO mix would work in CP soap?
I used to have a “pumpkin pie” body wash from TheBodyShop that smelt soooo good, and I’ve been wondering if I could recreate something similar.
(I don’t have access to a brand or distributor that would have “pumpkin spice” fragrance blends so that’s out, but I could get the EOs).
It definitely would! I’ve done it 🙂 Happy making!
Hello, I was wondering if adding the mica leaves a shimmer on the skin or is there not enough for that? Thanks!
Hey Katie! It doesn’t leave any shimmer that I can notice 🙂
Thank you!
I’m wondrtint how long this will store for and how to store it safely.⁷
Hey! You’ll find the answer to your question in my FAQ Happy making!
Wow, this body butter looks amazing my daughter would love this! I love everything pumpkin unfortunately I can’t handle the spicy notes on my sensitive skin. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks, Lynn! You can make it with just the benzoin for a vanilla-scented body butter 🙂
I am going to make it my daughter loves pumpkin spice lotion I will use the benzoin. Thanks so much! I love how you make everything so clear and easy to understand for us (Newbees )
Thanks, Lynn! Happy making and enjoy the pumpkin spice season 🙂
I just finished making this Marie. My DIL is all about pumpkin spice this fall so I thought I’d surprise her. I did substitute 3 g of oil with seabuckthorn oil to produce a very pale yellowish/orange color and in spite of all the whipping, it remained that pretty color so I won’t need the mica.
Thanks
Lynne
Wow, that might be a new speed record! It sounds like yours turned out beautifully 🙂 Thanks for DIYing with me!
I gave the pumpkin spice whipped butter to my DIL today and she was over the moon with joy, used some religious type words to express herself. This is indeed the mother of all whipped butters. I’ve made many many batches of whipped butters over the years but this is the best. It’s the larger amount of mango butter that makes the big difference, along with the beautiful essential oil blend. Thanks Marie for making my Melissa’s Thanksgiving even nicer.
Yay! I’m so thrilled both you and you DIL love it 😀 I still can’t get enough of the stuff, and that’s saying something when you consider I’m basically a one-woman factory haha 😛 Thanks so much for reading and DIYing with me 🙂
Marie, I was just looking at your Instagram photo’s. You always look so nice. How did you learn to do your make-up and hair?
Hey Liz! Honestly, your comment/compliment here gave me the biggest thrill 😀 Seriously. I must confess—I only “always” look so nice because I do not take selfies when I am sitting on my sofa in my PJs responding to blog comments with my hair in a slobby bun, as I am doing right now. So, it is mostly a carefully crafted illusion! Anyhow, I learned most of my makeup application from Lisa Eldridge, who is incredible. I’ve learned a lot of hairstyles from Twist Me Pretty and Annie’s Forget Me Knots, but a lot of my hair happiness comes from having fairly well behaved hair (straight, thick, fine, and will more or less do what I tell it to do), and less of it. Since I chopped off about 10″ of it earlier this year it is SO much easier to work with and have it look nice without much effort! I hope that helps, and don’t think for a minute that I always look nice 😉 I’m very, very human and I LOVE sweat pants 😛
Yay! Body butter! More awesomeness. Would it be wrong to want to sniff it all day? I think I will love this body butter.
Definitely not haha… and if it is, I don’t want to be right!
Just made it! Woohoohoo! Such an awesome body butter! Thank you for sharing this recipe..:-)
Thanks so much, Regina! Enjoy 😀
Thanks…:)
so.. I have an evil plan… to skip the whipping and chilling intervals. I’d like to make this mixture, let it sit out for three or four days to reach full hardness (since it has no wax,) and then whip it up.
would that work or will it be separated and grainy the way your beeswax to liquid oil experiments were?
I really want to find a lazy way to do this!
I’m afraid I don’t know, but if you read the troubleshooting link in the recipe, it really does heartily recommend this method of whipping and chilling. I haven’t tried this particular recipe your lazy way, but I have tried your lazy way with other recipes, and this one easily has the best results!
Was going to make this one after the whipped cocoa chocolate frosting one you’ve got on your baby gift posts for mom, but it broke my mixer.
I wept. I really wanted to make this one! Lately, I’ve been in love with mango butter for some reason. It’s like a magnet for my skin. I’ve found that as much as I love the benefits of shea butter, it’s just too heavy for my skin which is good for my mango butter obsession I’ve got going on.
This one is in my list for later!
Aww, no! I’m so bummed for you 🙁 Hopefully you can get 200 of them off Alibaba for dirt cheap ASAP lol. And I’m 100% with you on mango butter! It is so amazingly light compared to shea, I’m baffled as to why shea seems to get the spotlight all the time 😛
Nah. Went with a Taobao shop. Better warranty!
Finally got it in, but now I’m out of mango butter! And olive oil. And coconut oil. And castor oil. And kaolin clay. And lye. And. And. And.
Your blog is bad on my wallet. But heavenly for my hips! I get to be creative and productive and get an amazing finished product that is calorie free!
My pumpkin seed oil was a greenish orange. I didn’t use the micas, so it made a lovely mint green body butter. My question is, is that the color some pumpkin seed oils are? I expected it to be more orange. I’ve had the oil for about a month or two only. Just checking that my body butter is fine to use and to give to friends!
Thanks! Feels great by the way! Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes!! Oh, made the mermaid soap too! Absolutely awesome!
Shari
My Pumpkin seed oil is green too? Why is that?
Also does it make a difference if you use unrefined shea butter?
You can use either, but unrefined does have a smell to it that you may not want in the final product.
Hey Shari! Yes, some pumpkin seed oils are orange, and some are green. I have no idea why. Wikipedia talks about dichromatism, but if you read the article I’m not sure that applies here as mine is orange no matter how much of it I’m looking at. Weird. Anywho, thanks so much for reading and DIYing with me! 🙂
Hi, Marie:
Regarding the measurements, the pumpkin seed oil is sold as volume, but your recipe measures the oil in grams. How do I measure for the recipe?
With a scale 🙂 Liquid things have mass, too 😉
Wanting to make this but def don’t have room in my freezer for my bowl. Any suggestions? I’d love an explanation of why we are freezing it between whipping, what is that doing to it? Love your videos, thanks!
The chilling part is what really helps us get a light, fluffy texture—check out the link at the bottom of the recipe for more info 🙂
What is the shelf life, would you say? Thank you!
You’ll find your answer in the FAQ 🙂
Can I substitute mango butter with Tamanu butter or cocoa butter. Would any of these work?
thanks!
Eh… tamanu is a “maybe” and cocoa butter is a huge “no”. Check out the entries in the encyclopedia on cocoa and mango butter to start to understand how super different they are 🙂
I just made this tonight! My daughter really likes pumpkin spice. I made this for her and she wants to eat eat so I know it’s a success.
Woohoo! I don’t advise spreading it on toast, but it sure is tempting 😛
Hello Marie! Your blog is so helpful and wonderful, thanks a whole lot! Quick question, I see that you normally use emulsifying wax in these kinds of recipes that contain essential oils (like Winter Wonderland Body Lotion for example) but I see that in this recipe you didn’t use it, although you used essential oils. I was wondering why?
Hey Nisan! The pattern you’re recognising isn’t quite right—it isn’t essential oils that necessitate emulsifying wax in a formula, it’s water. That’s because water requires an emulsifier to blend with oils, and emulsifying wax is that emulsifier 🙂 So, the lotion has water, hence emulsifying wax. This contains no water, so it requires no emulsifying wax. Hope that helps! Check the FAQ for more info, as well as this article on solubility 🙂
Makes sense, everything’s clearer now!! Thank you so much for the super fast response too 🙂 Have an awesome day!
do you think you could make a winter body butter? Also, what could i replace benzoin oil with?
If you can’t find a sufficiently wintery body butter here I’ll be amazed! There’s really no good natural alternative for benzoin—you could try peru balsam, which has a sort-of vanilla scent to it, or vanilla fragrance oil.
Thanks for the recipe! First time using Benson essential oil, and didn’t realize it was so sticky. Any tips on getting it off of your hands? I ended up making a sticky mess!
Yes, it’s definitely very sticky! You’ll need to use some oil to dissolve it; try combining a bit of olive oil with some fine sea salt or baking soda and washing with that, and then following up with soap 🙂
Hi Marie,
I loooooooved this butter. OMG it is amazing. I loved how “dry” and satiny it felt. Are there other non-greasy feeling butters on your blog? I mean I know there is a lot but I just want the ones that have a very similar feel to this one as my hubby detest greasy feeling. Also, my hubby is looking for a thick, non-greasy lotion, do you have one matching that on your blog that you can point me to. 🙂
Thank you so much again for all the wonderful work you do, I cannot wait to get your book.
The Coco Mango Body Balm and the Abyssian Overnight Balm have a pretty dry feel, both mostly thanks to the orange wax 🙂 And I would generally say none of my lotion recipes are greasy—it’s pretty hard for something to be greasy when it’s over 70% water. That said, this one is particularly lovely and macadamia nut oil absorbs very quickly 🙂
Marie, I can’t wait to try this recipe just waiting for a couple of the essential oils to come in. Which leads me to a question concerning the EO you used. Is there any other combination that could be used? In the mean time I did try this whipping method on another body butter recipe and it worked so much better than the method I was using.
Wishing you a joyous Christmas and Happy New years.
Hey Donna! You can really use any EO combo you want—customize away! I know I will be in the future 😀
hi there,,,do u think i could add some colloidal oatmeal & if so when should it be added? thx for ur help,, 🙂
I would be concerned about it potentially feeling gritty as it is water soluble and this is 100% oil based; try a wee bit mashed it with some mango butter first and see how that feels. If you like it, add some colloidal oats towards the end of the whipping and blend it in thoroughly 🙂
hi there…for the pumpkin seed oil did u use organic?
I did, but not really on purpose—I rarely use organic for anything unless it’s the cheaper or only option 😛
Thank you for getting back to me. Hope u had a great day! Btw just luv ur recipes,,,,
Thank you so much! 😀
hi..where did u get the ginger ess oil for this recipe? i would luv to make some looks delish! thx.. 🙂
New Directions Aromatics 🙂
Hi, Marie: Sorry if my question is not in the right category!
Will you have a section on how to formulate various kinds of recipes, e.g. if we want to make a LUSH product, or a perfume we can’t afford, etc.? I don’t know how to determine the right proportions, and I have a limited budget to experiment. C.
I have a bit of a starter article here, but it’s not really a section. It should help start you off in the right direction, though!
You article does help; I refer to it to try to reproduce this recipe by Ariane Arsenault, who is the “Soap Queen” in Quebec. She has a body butter, but I can’t get her quantities right. I have included the link for the “sweet kissed whipped body butters” if you decide to take a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrJlIpxdkjw&t=20s.
If I could learn to formulate recipes like you do from expensive products I would be in 7th heaven.
What a fun looking product! I suspect quite a lot of experimenting, making, note taking, and more experimenting will be required—’tis the way of formulation 🙂 Make small batches, write everything down, and have fun!
Hi Marie! Tried this last night and I love it. Most of the whipped butters I’ve made in the past tend to set overnight and become hard in the morning! Can never get them to keep they’re soft buttery consistency. This one came the closest. I’m wondering what you might add to a recipe like this that would leave a more hydrating feeling to the skin? Butters and oils are great but once they absorb, my skin tends to feel a little dry again. Should I try a little cocoa butter or beeswax? Though these ingredients buy make the butter set even harder. Wondering your thoughts on this. Thanks love!
Hey! So, if you need hydration, what you need is water, not more fats. No amount of adding more waxes is going to make your skin feel hydrated if what it needs is some good ol’ fashioned H2O haha. You will likely notice some improvement if you apply your body butter directly after getting out of the shower or bath, but you may also want to incorporate a lotion into your routine. It’s suuuuuper dry where I live, and when I first got started I used a lot of body butters, assuming they’d be more potent since they’re 100% oils, but over time I’ve found lotions that contain water are really where it’s at for keeping the pricklies at bay. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much! I’ve been intimidated to make a lotion because of the preservative aspect but just might try it out come winter. My body and face oil seem to be working perfectly but I wonder how that will chance come the winter. Have you done a post on this topic? The difference between the skin effects of an oil product vs a water based product? I keep reading all this information on how oils are the new thing. But I often wonder about the hydration factor and on a cellular level what that is doing to our skin if we never use a product with water in it.
The preservative thing really doesn’t have to be intimidating—liquid germall plus is pretty darn foolproof 🙂 Some of the more “natural” preservatives are quick a bit more finicky (they require pH buffering, can be deactivated by certain vitamins/emulsifiers, etc.), but LGP works and is pretty impossible to stuff up!
I haven’t done a post on it, but it is something that’s been swirling around in my brain (along with a ton of other stuff regarding natural skin care and what our skin actually needs, and if there’s much overlap or not… my brain is a scary place to be sometimes lol). From my experience, and from my reading of a lot of testimonials/anecdotes/etc. on /r/SkinCareAddiction, including water and prioritizing hydration in skin care is essential. I know that’s not real research, but I’ll do some at some point, and I’m pretty confident it’ll agree. It makes sense—our bodies need water to survive, why wouldn’t our skin?
Hey Marie! I have a question, now that I’ve used this technique a couple times to make my whipped body butters. I find that when I put the butters in the freezer, condensation forms along the walls of the bowl. Mostly outer but I ran my finger along the inside and noticed it there too. Have you noticed this? I’m extra cautious when I make body butter not to contaminate it with water. I wonder how to avoid this? Thank you!
Hmm. I’m betting this is due to humidity in your freezer, since the product is anhydrous; I’d try covering it with cling film when you put it in the freezer to see if that helps!
This is the most wonderful body butter recipe and so versatile! I will be giving this away as a gift for my massage clients this fall. I didn’t have pumpkin seed oil when I made this; instead I used virgin coconut oil (it was all I had) with the mango and pumpkin butter. The consistency was a beautiful soft and silky and whipped up to perfection. The moment the the butter touches the skin it melts (probably due to the virgin coconut oil) and the richness of the butter lingers ever so gently. The other thing I changed was I infused the coconut oil with cinnamon and clove because I didn’t have the EO but had the whole spices on hand (which I found how to do from another recipe on the site). The smell is subtle but still spicy. I do plan on making the original recipe, but want everyone to know this is a great baseline for using what you have on hand while , of course, still considering the properties of the oils and butters used. Thank you so much Marie!
OOOh, lovely! Your variation sounds downright divine 😀 Thank you so much for sharing and happy massaging!
So, if I can’t afford to buy myrrh essential oil, I can infuse the spice, from my health food store, with an essential oil, e.g. jojoba or coconut oil. Would the properties of the infused oil be similar to the essential oil, Marie?
Hmm. I don’t really know. One would need to know the respective beneficial chemical constituents of myrrh, their solubilities, and any extraction considerations. *Shrugs* It’s only $10 for a small bottle from NDA, but it’s also really not one of my favourites in the scent department. I don’t think I’d ever buy it again, personally.
I normally find body butter greasy, but this one isn’t and I love it. I’d like to do some other scents for the winter, would you still use pumpkin seed oil or is there something else you’d sub that would still keep this non-greasy? Thanks so much, I love your site and your book!
Yay! The non-greasy key here is the mango butter, so as long as you don’t choose something super heavy (like oat oil) instead of the pumpkin seed oil, it should still be quite light. Check out this post for more info 🙂
Thanks so much Marie!!
Neither my daughter, or I can tolerate the mica. What else can I use to make a warm glow to the skin?
Love all of your recipes!! Thanks for all your hard work.
You can just leave it out—there’s nowhere close to enough of it in here to leave any kind of glow on the skin, it just colours the product 🙂
Hi! I whipped and freeze the body butter 4 times but I noticed that the second time was already perfectly soft and yummy looking, much better that the final result, still beautifully soft looking, I was wondering if is it necessary to whip and freeze so many times?thanks!
As long as you’re getting the desired result that’s what matters. However—did you wait over 30 minutes after the second whipping to make sure it stayed soft? That’s the important thing 🙂
My Shea butter smells funky almost burnt. Is this the way it should smell or is it bad? I have tried to use it in body butter and body wash but the smell is all that comes through not even when I use really strong smelling essential oils. Thanks for your help.
Mauri
Raw shea butter can smell sort of smoky and is quite strong, and I guess “funky almost burnt” could fall into the realm of normal, but it’s really hard to say. If you don’t like it I’d recommend getting a refined & deodorized version 🙂
Hi! How many jars does this recipe yield? I’m using 100g jars. Thanks!
From the post: “Lightly spoon it into a 250mL/8oz tin and enjoy!” 🙂
AHH LOVE your website!! <3 Okay, so I tend to write too much so ima keep this short. I have a business, and I don't start selling at farmers markets until June. I'm SOOO impatient and I want to start immediately but I'm scared for my whipped body butter. The recipe that I am using includes Cocoa butter, shea butter, coconut oil, beeswax and essential oil. When I whip it I read that if I put it in the fridge it will stay fresh for a while BUT… will the whipped consistency still be soft and wonderful in a month??? (Also as far as the recipe I mentioned above, I planned on using the same amount of coconut oil, cocoa butter, shea butter and beeswax. Should I leave out the beeswax so I can whip it more easily or leave it in to make sure it stays solid) Sorry for all the questions!!! Thank you 😀
Hey! If you are selling your stuff, you need to be able to answer these questions about your formulations yourself 🙂 It is absolutely imperative that you know your products inside out before marketing them to the public.
Hi! What do you think about using EHGP (liquid cosmetic preservative based on phenoxyethanol and ethylhexylglycerin) for body butters? Is it toxic? Also, I want to ask how much of Cetyl stearyl can you use as an emulsifying agent to body butter? Hoping for your response. 🙂
Is is completely unnecessary to put a preservative in body butter, and cetyl stearyl is not an emulsifier—no need to include it, either, unless you want a thicker end product. Please read today’s blog post 🙂
Hi again! Is it okay to use sodium benzoate in body butter? How much of it should i use? 🙂
There is absolutely no reason to put sodium benzoate in body butter.
Hi Marie,
Thanks so much for the recipe. I just finished making it minus the benzoid oil as I couldn’t get it where I live. But it’s still amazing…
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! Thanks for DIYing with me 🙂
Hi Marie!
I’ve searched high and low for the Benzoid EO and the only thing I can find ANYWHERE, is Benzoid Resin. Is there a suitable substitute? Thanks for the help!
Anything oil soluble and vanilla scented will work—vanilla fragrance oil would probably be the easiest thing to source 🙂
I’m on my second batch of this body butter. I love it. Thanks Marie
Woohoo, I’m so glad! Thanks for DIYing with me!
I’m so glad I found this recipe!! I bought a homemade body butter from a merchant in London, and realized through the use of that that I have a coconut oil sensitivity! I can’t wait to get home to try this out!
Woo! I hope you love it 🙂 Happy making!
Hello Marie
Thank you for this very interesting blog, it is divine, I would like to know if I can substitute benjui essential oil for benjuy tincture, and if I can add corn starch so that the texture of the butter will be less fat on the skin, thanks, hug
myriam
The benzoin resinoid smells of vanilla; if you are going to substitute it please ensure what ever you use has a similar scent.
There’s really no need to add cornstarch thanks to the mango butter!
Hi Marie
Love this cream. I’ve made it three times now. Giving some for Christmas gifts.
Thanks for the great recipe. Helen
I am so thrilled! I bet your friends and family will feel very spoiled 😀