Whipped Mango Body Butter

Recipe, Skin Care

Mango Butter is extracted from the hard kernel of the mango fruit, it is semi-soft, off-white and unscented. It is rich in Vitamins A and C, and anti-oxidants, so it’s a fantastic vegan and natural solution to keep your skin soft and hydrated.

Its moisturizing and healing properties are beneficial to all skin types including the most sensitive baby skin. It will even help soothe your baby’s diaper rash -simply apply to baby’s diaper area when red or irritated, or use regularly as a preventive cream.

Then there’s a more fun way to use mango butter on your skin, and that’s to mix it with other oils and botanicals that together will really give your skin the vitamins, antioxidants and nourishment it needs to be healthy. Customizing your beauty products is like cooking a meal the way you like it, using the ingredients you choose and tweaking it however you feel like it.

Mango butter is becoming popular among the most health conscious consumers that are looking for:

truly transparent skin care and
ability to customize their beauty products by making them at home.

Whipped Mango Body Butter

Prep Time: 60 Minutes

Total time: 1 Hour

Ingredients

Required

18 grams of Mango Butter
12 grams of Cocoa Butter
44 grams of Shea Butter
40 grams of Safflower Oil
6 grams of Arrowroot Powder
Coloring: Beetroot Powder and Turmeric Powder

Instructions

1. Melt the three butters in a glass bowl. Mix the arrowroot powder with the safflower oil and stir.

2. Mix it all together in a glass bowl and put it in the refrigerator for about 45 minutes until the mixture begins to become cloudy.

3. Whip the mixture with an electric hand mixer until it starts to thicken and look like frosting.

4. Divide the whipped mango body butter into two portions. Put the turmeric powder in one portion and the beetroot powder in another.

5. Put the body butter on cellophane. Roll it and put it into a pastry bag. Pipe it into a container

6. It you want to use your mango body butter over an extended period of time store it in an airtight container and put it in a dry cool place.

To use, take a small amount of Whipped Mango Body Butter and rub / massage it into your skin

Because of the richness of the Whipped Mango Body Butter, only a pea size amount is needed for hands and slightly more for rubbing into legs, elbows, arms and chest.

Cocoa Butter: Cocoa butter is a natural, vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa seeds. Cocoa butter is rich in antioxidants, which help repair damage to the skin caused by free radicals. The natural antioxidants also give cocoa butter a long shelf life, making it ideal for your DIY products. The smooth texture and emollient property of cocoa butter make it suitable for skin care products.

Mango Butter:Mango Butter is a soft butter, obtained from the mango kernels. It has excellent emollient properties combined with good oxidative stability, which makes it highly suitable for DIY skin care products. Mango butter´s long-lasting emollience nourishes the skin and boosts its elasticity as well as its suppleness, thereby making your skin look smoother and firmer.

Arrowroot Powder: Arrowroot powder is starch extracted from the root of tropical plants. This silky powder aids in the rapid absorption of the carrier oil, so your skin feels smooth and silky.

Hints

When making DIY body butters, it is a good idea to use a fast-absorbing carrier oil, in order to get a non-greasy body butter. Safflower oil is considered a fast-absorbing oil.

Another tip to making a less greasy body butter is to add a natural ingredient that absorbs excess oil, such as arrowroot powder or corn starch.