Whipped Shea Butter Brown Sugar Scrub {Recipe}
Friday, August 8, 2014This post contains affiliate links.
This is a recipe for a whipped scrub using Shea Butter. It goes on smoothly, exfoliates, and heavily moisturizes, so this is a good recipe for extremely dry skin, eczema, or psoriasis problems. It's whipped texture belies its balm-y nature, and helps the mixture spread more easily, while the brown sugar is a gentle exfoliator to help remove dry, dead skin. Use it in the shower for great results. It's easy to make and all you need are four ingredients and a hand mixer.
A note about fragrance: I'll include it in the recipe and tell you when it add it, but if you're using this for skin problems like Eczema or Psoriasis, I would skip it. It could make the problem much worse. You can also skip the brown sugar for a whipped moisturizing balm you can use in the shower.
Whipped Shea Butter Brown Sugar Scrub
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Shea Butter (I used this one)
- 3 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 Tbsp. Virgin Coconut Oil (I used this one)
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- Essential Fragrance Oil of choice
Directions:
- Fill a large pot with about an inch of water and set it to simmer on medium-low.
- Melt the coconut oil (if solidified) and mix with the olive oil. Put it in the fridge until chilled, about 15 minutes.
- Measure out a level 1/2 cup of shea butter and put it in a large metal or glass bowl (It will be sticky!)
- Set the bowl over the steaming pot just long enough to soften the shea butter. If it starts to liquefy on the bottom, remove the bowl and stir well.
- Using a hand mixer (or a stand mixer if you have it) on high, beat the shea butter until it whips up to the consistency of meringue or thick whipped cream, about 2 minutes.
- Dribble the coconut and olive oil mixture into the shea butter mixture *slowly*, while beating on high. Once the oils are incorporated, continue mixing on high for about 4 minutes. The mix will be thick, but fluffy, and will be about double the starting volume.
- Add in the brown sugar, making sure to avoid adding lumps, and mix on low just until incorporated.
- If adding in fragrance, add it in now and mix until just incorporated.
Put into a container and enjoy!
What are your favorite dry skin remedies? I love to read your comments!
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