DIY Body Butter Recipe {That Is Not Greasy and Absorbs Fast} (2024)

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DIY Body Butter Recipe {That Is Not Greasy and Absorbs Fast}? ›

BONUS: A little trick that will help relieve greasiness is adding arrowroot powder (or tapioca starch) to your body butter. It is a light powdery substance with no smell. Adding just a small amount can make a big difference when it comes to keeping that “greased pig” feeling at bay!

BONUS: A little trick that will help relieve greasiness is adding arrowroot powder (or tapioca starch) to your body butter. It is a light powdery substance with no smell. Adding just a small amount can make a big difference when it comes to keeping that “greased pig” feeling at bay!

Adding 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, arrowroot powder, or tapioca starch will help the body butter feel less greasy. I also find applying it directly after showering and letting it sink into your skin for a few minutes helps it absorb and not feel greasy.

Pick beeswax to make your body butter more solid.

Beeswax is a great ingredient to use in body butter since it dries as a solid. It's considered a “hard butter,” not a soft butter, since it doesn't melt until it reaches 144 °F (62 °C).

Apply to Just-Washed Skin

Damp skin acts like a sponge, quickly absorbing whatever comes its way. (That's damp, not wet.) This rule applies to almost every product—even retinoids.

Typically, shea butter is a thick and heavy butter that takes longer to absorb into the skin compared to lighter creams and lotions. It can take anywhere from 15-30 minutes for the skin to fully absorb shea butter, but this can vary depending on the factors mentioned above.

Arrowroot powder can be added to anhydrous body care products including body balms, salves, and butters to enable the end product to have a more appealing lightweight texture while leaving a non-greasy finish to the skin.

Thickeners for skin feel and viscosity

Plant-derived waxes are added at a low percentage to raise the melting point of the whole entire blend of butters and oils. This will help prevent them from melting or changing texture in warmer climates.

The most common cause of a cream or lotion separating is that emulsion was not maintained during the cooling stage. It is very important to whisk your cream very frequently (once every minute or two) to ensure that all the ingredients stay emulsified until it has fully cooled.

A few common things that can be sticky/tacky: Products with high concentrations of glycerin (though definitions of “high” vary! I have made lotions with 30% glycerin that I love. Others can't stand that.)

How do you make body butter stay fluffy? ›

If for any reason the shea butter becomes grainy, simply remelt it and let it cool to room temperature before trying to whip it. Step 4: Next transfer the chilled body butter into the chilled mixer bowl. Chilling the mixing bowl really helps the body butter fluff up when you whip it.

Ritamulse SCG (Emulsimulse, ECOMulse), BTMS-50, or Emulsifying Wax NF will work instead of Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate, though they won't feel as nice. BTMS-25 and Olivem 1000 will also work, though I find they thicken up faster and it is harder to make a smooth emulsified body butter with them.

It takes this heavier moisturizing product a little longer to absorb into your skin than lotion, so give it time, and make those few minutes a treat.

Shea butter is absorbed rapidly into the skin.

If it's so soft that it tends towards liquid, you won't be able to whip any air into it. If your body butter liquifies in the bottom of the bowl from the get-go, you need to increase the percentage of solid ingredients and reduce the percentage of liquid ingredients.

Body butter tend to be more natural, as they are usually less processed, and use plant fats as the main ingredient. They are also more intensive as they are much thicker and take longer to absorb into the skin. However, it is best not to use body butter too frequently.