This easy Homemade Lotion Recipe will leave your skin ultra smooth. Just three ingredients are used for a wonderful non-greasy formula. I am in LOVE!
Homemade Lotion Recipe
I have finally added this DIY moisturizing lotion to my homemade beauty products. I love, love the easy lotion bars that we made this Winter.
But I wanted to make a lotion that didn’t contain coconut oil. Not that I don’t like coconut oil, I just wasn’t sure if it would be too oily for the Summer months.
This lotion is just 2 base ingredients. Shea butter and a skin-nourishing oil like, Sweet Almond Oil, apricot oil, or jojoba oil.
Then just adding in your favorite essential oils to give it the fragrance you love.
I added the following essential oils to this batch and I love it.
5 drops Frankincense essential oil
5 drops Bergamot essential oil
5 drops Lavender essential oil
INGREDIENTS
½ cup (4oz) shea butter
2 Tablespoons of a skin-nourishing oil such as apricot, sweet almond, jojoba or avocado
10-15 drops of your favorite essential oil.
DIRECTIONS
Fill a medium sized pot with water ¼ – ½ full.
Place a glass measuring cup in the water and add the shea butter.
Heat water until boiling and completely melt the shea butter.
Stir in the skin nourishing oil.
Pour the mixture in a bowl and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or freezer for 10 minutes. It will start to look more “solid”. When you can touch it and make a finger print in it, it is ready. Be sure not to leave it in too long or it will get too hard and you will have to start over.
Add the essential oils.
With a kitchenmaid mixer with the whisk attachment (or hand mixer), whip for 1 minute or until it becomes fluffy and creamy.
Scoop into a cute glass jar or mason jar.
Apply to skin as desired.
ENJOY!!
Emily
Do you have problems with sun sensitivity with the Bergamot? Or do you mainly use it when you’ll be inside? I just got the Joy blend and would love to make lotion with it, but am concerned about using it in the summer when I’m outside.
Jessica
I love DIY things! Do you purchase the containers for the lip gloss and lotion at the same place you purchase the ingredients? I am so excited to try these 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
April J Harris
What a fantastic natural recipe! I also love the combination of essential oils you have used in this recipe too. Featuring your post at this week’s Hearth and Soul Hop. Thank you so much for being a part of our party!
swathi
Looks like creamy lotion. very useful post, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.
Jann Olson
This does look wonderful! I have a different homemade lotion recipe that my sis gave me. It’s easy and nice as well. Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Naomi@WhatJoyIsMine
Sherri…I am so going to try this. I have been wanting to make my own lotion. Thank you for sharing this at Monday’s Musings. 🙂
Cathy Lawdanski
Looks really creamy. And I like that you can your own oils and get a scent that you like.
Anita
This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
lorraine Williamson
love the simplicity of this recipe need something like this allergic to alot of skin lotions ingredients thanks for sharing pinned and shared
Grandmas House DIY
Saving this to my Handy Tips board so I have it for later. I make homemade body butter out of coconut oil but I’ve been wondering about shea butter for a long time now! This sounds wonderful.