People ask me what is the best moisturizer out there that won’t kill a girls budget. I always say whipped body butters! So you think you can hop on over to the nearest drug store and pick up a tub of anything that says body butters… well you can but you are probably only getting between 1% and 10% of the actual butter in your product. That’s it! Just a smidge of the good stuff. Does it even make a difference? Sure, it makes the product feel creamy and thick. But I say go for the pure 100% body butters! You can buy real whipped body butters by the pound online at great prices!

Body butters comes refined or unrefined. The unrefined version has a yellowish tint and a slightly odd nutty smell. I prefer to buy refined body butters. It’s bright white and has no smell. Perfect for adding my own essential oils.

The texture of body butters is NOT like a regular lotion. Since you’re dealing with pure body butters you have to think of it like an oil… not like a lotion or cream. It melts to an oil very easily. When it is not melted it is slightly crumbly, and even hard depending on the temperature. If you take a pea sized amount and rub it between your hands, it melts to an oil at body temperature. Spread it all over and massage dry areas like cracked heals or elbows. Whipped body butters quickly absorbs into the skin so it does not leave a greasy feeling. You will be amazed at all the different uses for pure body butters in your home!

I keep it body butters in the kitchen cabinet in a small jar for burns and scrapes. body butters has wonderful healing properties. The shea I keep in the kitchen has lavender and tea tree oil in it for their antiseptic and healing properties too. I am so clumsy in the kitchen sometimes!

body butters is edible and is used often as a cooking oil in west Africa. Shea is great for healing scars and blemishes, eczema, acne, severely dry skin, skin discolorations, chapped lips, stretchmarks, wrinkles and in lessening the irritation of psoriasis.

Whipped body butters provides natural UV sun protection, although the level of protection is extremely variable, ranging from none at all to approximately SPF 6. (You should not rely on body butters alone for sun protection.) It’s great as a deep moisturizing conditioner for your hair and is luxurious in the bath tub. Just spoon out a small scoop and let it dissolve in the warm bath water. Soak it all up! We love the butter!