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Jade Shutes

The Ultimate Massage Body Butter!

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massage butterLast year I received a massage from my favorite massage therapist here in North Carolina. Throughout the massage I kept thinking, “Boy I sure do like whatever she is using for the massage”. LOL. So after the massage ended, my first question was:  What did you use for the massage? and she shared this incredible line of body butters made locally in Raleigh, NC.  As usual I then thought to myself, well I could make this! So I purchased one of the butters and for the next few months and on into this year I fiddled with the ingredient deck so I could work out a formulation that was similar in texture as that massage butter.  And finally, many jars later, here it is.  This massage body butter can be used during a massage as the ‘lubricant’ and what is so awesome about it, is it does not leave the skin oily!

As with all the recipes throughout this course, you should feel free to improvise with different vegetable and/or herbal oils to achieve different therapeutic benefit whilst keeping the general framework the same.

The Ultimate Massage Body Butter Recipe

To make 4 ounces: (2 2 ounce jars)

  • 40 grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 40 grams Shea butter
  • 8.3 grams Beeswax
  • 14-15 grams Organic Cornstarch (can use tapioca starch)

Essential oils: approx. 45 – 60 drops

I made a synergy of: 25 drops Lavander (Lavandula angustifolia) and 30 drops Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) ct. cineole and it came out beautifully!

Other essential oils to consider: Peppermint, Bay Laurel, Spike Lavender, Fir, Spruce, Ginger, Vetiver, Tangerine, oh….the list is endless!

To make 16 ounces:

  •  160 grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 160 grams Shea butter
  • 33 grams Beeswax
  • 56-60 grams Organic Cornstarch

Essential oils: 180 – 240 drops (approx. 7 – 9 mls)

Babys Bottom Salve

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Babys Bottom Salve

Here is a great recipe for a baby’s bottom salve. Although it was rare for my son to have an issues with a dry or irritated bottom, it did happen at least once or twice and this is the salve that really helped!

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To make 2 – 2 ounce jars.

  • 1/8 cup Lavender herbal oil (infused in Organic Olive Oil)
  • 1/8 cup Calendula herbal oil (infused in Organic Olive Oil)
  • 1/4 ounce of beeswax
  • 3 drops Roman chamomile essential oil (Chamamelum nobile)
  • 4 drops Lavender essential oil (Lavandula angustifolia)

**Please note: you really don’t need to add essential oils into this as it is quite effective without them but can be a nice addition.

How to make:

  1. Have your herbal oils pre-made and ready for use.
  2. In a double boiler or 8 cup pyrex cup, place beeswax. Gently melt down.
  3. Just before the beeswax it completely melted down, add in herbal oils.
  4. Stir well with a stainless steel fork.
  5. Remove upper pot or pyrex measuring cup from bottom pan. Wipe all moisture from sides and bottom of container.
  6. Set on table. Add in essential oils and stir until well combined.
  7. Pour mixture into sanitized jars.
  8. Cap jars and let sit to harden.
  9. Once hardened, remove caps. Place jars on baking sheet.
  10. Turn your oven broiler on.
  11. Place baking sheet with jars in oven for about 2 seconds (up to five seconds). This will melt the tops a little so that when they harden back up they are all smooth!
  12. Set aside to harden. Cap. Label.
  13. Ready for sale.