Homemade Peppermint Body Butter!

Ingredients: 6 oz Coconut Oil 2 oz Cocoa Butter Peppermint Essential Oil (or fragrance of your choice)– use therapeutic grade oils if you can. They are safe for topical use. Red colorant (optional) Rubbing Alcohol (optional)

Directions: Spray a storage container with rubbing alcohol and set aside to dry. (This will just sanitize your jars and is an optional step). In a double boiler, melt both the coconut oil and cocoa butter. Once oils are melted, remove from heat and refrigerate. {Do not place in freezer!} Once the oils appear opaque, remove from fridge and using a stand or hand mixer whip. The oils will get creamy fast. Once oils are creamy, refrigerate for 5 minutes, and then continue to whip again. Add in essential oils, and whip until you get stiff peaks.

Separate into two bowls, and color one with the red colorant. Using a spoon or piping bag, add a layer of white body butter, then red, alternating until container is full. You can skip the coloring and just keep this white and it will still look really pretty. Some other fragrance ideas would be cinnamon, lavender, citrus, vanilla, coconut, eucalyptus… the possibilities are endless!

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