Homemade body care products is an exclusive and wonderful gift for everyone you love, but it doesn’t necessarily needs to be expensive and difficult to make. If you read our Homemade Cosmetics Made Easy, you have probably downloaded our Free e-book “Unique Homemade Gift Ideas” already, where among other great and easy to make homemade gift ideas we also show you how simple it is to make your own body care products and homemade perfume.

Now new e-book  “How to Make Your Own Exclusive Body Butters” available for free download.

Let’s look at some ingredients that are used for making body care products. Choose the best for you!

IMPORTANT! It is essential to choose all ingredients carefully and make sure that they are 100% organic and produced using cold pressing method, which means that all the ingredients don’t lose any vitamins and good features.

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Most Popular Body Butters (in alphabetical order)

Cocoa Butter - adds a rich, creamy, and thick consistency to lotions, soaps, creams, and toiletry items to help reduce cutaneous dryness and for the improvement of skin elasticity.

Illipe Butter – adds regenerative and moisturizing properties to your handmade creations. Illipe butter is renowned for it’s incredible moisturizing properties and its ability to restore elasticity to the skin.

Kokum Butter – this naturally white and incredibly smooth butter has enormously high compositions of beneficial materials to help regenerate tired and worn skin cells and further supports elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. A great ingredient to add to healing lotions, creams, and body butters. It can be directly applied to the skin in its solid state, but it may require a mild amount of heating to improve applicability. Highly recommended to those that are crafting cosmetics with the intent of producing a skin healing end product.

Mango Butter – is an exceptional quality base ingredient for body care products and soap making recipes. Mango Butter has beneficial moisturizing properties for lotions and acts as a mild lubricant for the skin, great source of essential fatty acids.

Shea Butter – the first choice in natural skin care and fine body care products, this butter forms a breathable, water-resistant film and is the leading natural product for moisturizing. A wonderful base for cosmetic recipes or used as a stand alone application, this comes highly recommended for those concerned about naturally healthy skin.

Most Popular Carrier Oils (in alphabetical order)

Almond Oil – It is great for all skin types as an acting emollient and is best known for its ability to soften, soothe, and re-condition the skin. It is truly marvelous as a carrier oil and is equally superb for addition to body care products.

Apricot Kernel Oil – suitable for sensitive and prematurely aged skin.

Avocado Oil – contains high amounts of Vitamin A, B1, B2, D, and E, amino acids, sterols, pantothenic acid, lecithin, and other essential fatty acids. Highly prized to those with skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis, and other skin ailments and  sensitive skin, problem skin and other irritations that require vitamin rich oil.

Black Seed Oil – cell structure of this oil, along with its high vitamin, mineral and essential fatty acid content, it is being employed for numerous ailments and deficiencies.

Borage Seed Oil – prized oil for its abundant dietary, health, cosmetic and medicinal benefits.

Camelina Oil – great for the skin, hair and eyes. This oil makes an excellent choice for natural cosmetics and especially hair care formulas.

Castor Oil – A hard and shiny oil found in most cosmetics that acts as a barrier agent and protective medium against harsh conditions and extremes. Very soothing to the skin when included into cosmetic applications.

Coconut Oil – This is a great oil for general moisturizing and serves as a protective layer, helping to retain the moisture in your skin. It also acts as a mild oil suitable for those with inflamed and irritated skin, and those with skin sensitivities. Coconut oil is without a doubt, the number one lather-producing agent used in soaps. And is the first choice for most people in the cosmetics and soap industry.

Evening Primrose Oil – A prized oil for its abundant food, health, cosmetic and medicinal benefits.

Grape Seed Oil – especially useful for skin types that do not absorb oils too well, and it does not leave a greasy feeling. Wonderful for those with skin sensitivities because of its natural non-allergenic properties.

Hazelnut Oil – best used for those who have oily skin but do want to abstain from using oils.

Hemp Seed Oil – absorbs well into the skin, makes a marvelous cosmetic grade oil and because of its high nutritional value, can be used as a base ingredient for skin care recipes which require healing and regenerative ingredients.

Jojoba Oil – great scalp cleanser for the hair, and is equally wonderful for the skin because it has absorption properties that are similar to our skins own sebum.

Kukui Nut Oil – use in helping sooth sunburns and chapped skin. A fabulous ingredient for your cosmetics, or as a stand-alone application Kukui nut oil contains very high levels of the essential fatty acids linoleic and alpha-linolenic. This oil is readily absorbed into the skin, providing tissues the essential elements that it needs and is particularly good for dry skin, psoriasis, acne and eczema.

Macadamia Nut Oil – a fabulous, protective oil with a high absorption rate and has been successfully used as a healing oil for scars, sunburns, minor wounds and other irritations.

Meadowfoam Seed Oil – a highly valuable and effective ingredient to nourish the skin and outer epidermis.

Neem Oil – is anti-septic, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Used widely in creams, dental products, hair care products.

Palm Fruit Oil – a rich source of Vitamin E oil and antioxidants, and is stable against heat and oxidation and is used in cosmetic and body care products to help extend the shelf life.

Palm Kernel Oil – used in a multitude of other cosmetic and bodycare products for its moisturizing properties.

Plum Kernel Oil – high in fatty acids and leaving virtually no residue on the skin, the potential of Plum kernel oil in body care applications is endless.

Pomegranate Seed Oil – deeply nourishing to the outer epidermal layer, Pomegranate seed oil provides powerful anti-oxidant benefits for numerous skin ailments including eczema, and psoriasis and gently challenges free radicals that damage and age the skin. A great ally to have in your cosmetic creations or as a stand alone product to help nourish and develop healthy skin cell regeneration.

Pumpkin Seed Oil – it contains Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, Vitamins A, C, E, and Zinc.

Rosehip Seed Oil – fight against dry, weathered, and dehydrated skin. It works wonders on scars and is the predominant oil used for treating wrinkles and premature aging. Can be used in all fine skin care recipes.

Safflower Oil - A highly moisturizing oil with an exceptionally high amount of Oleic acids.Deeply soothing and one of the first choices for skin care recipes requiring moisturizing benefits.

Sea Buckthorn Oil – A useful, highly prized, and specific oil typically used to treat damaged skin, ulcerations, scar tissue, wrinkles, eczema, burns, etc.

Sesame Oil – is superb in body care products, natural cosmetics and provides a strong stable base for all your creations.

Shea Nut Oil -  leaves a smooth and healthy feel to the skin and offers benefits for numerous skin problems including dermatitis, eczema, burns, cutaneous dryness and other irritations. Highly recommended as a protective agent against harsh weather conditions.

Soybean Oil – An all natural, and certified organic Soybean oil for inclusion within many of your products. High in natural source lecitihin, sterolins, and vitamin E, this oil makes a great base for your products which are being created for outer epidermal healing.

Sunflower Oil – wealthy in Oleic acids with high amounts of Vitamins A, D, and E, also has beneficial amounts of lecithin, and unsaturated fatty acids. Deeply nourishing and conditioning for the skin and it is highly recommended for recipes designed to treat dry, weathered, aged, and damaged skin.

Tamanu Oil – treatment for scarring, stretch marks, minor cuts and abrasions, rashes, sores and much more.

Vitamin E Oil – great for preventing rancidity in cosmetics and it acts as an anti-oxidant in creams, lotions, baby products, cosmetics and more.

Wheat Germ Oil – applied externally for numerous irritations including roughness of the skin, cracking, chaffing and many crafters of cosmetics use it successfully to help reverse the effects of wrinkling. The first ingredient in quality skin care products.

Additional Ingredients for Homemade Cosmetics

Although organic butters and oils are the main ingredients for any homemade body care product, there are additional ingredients you definitely want to try:

Essential Oils for harmony, relaxation and pleasant scents,

Castile Soap is a natural ingredient for homemade shower gels, soaps, shampoos etc.,

Clays for health and exclusive body pampering procedures,

Salts for full cure for your body and soul,

Waxes is an emulsifier for cosmetics and hardener for polishes and balms.

Now it’s time to choose the ingredients and start making your own exclusive cosmetics to give away as wonderful presents for your loved ones. Don’t throw away your old cosmetic containers, wash them, take of the label and fill in your own homemade body care products.

Get recipes and inspiration in our FREE e-book “Unique Homemade Gift Ideas“ and “How to Make Your Own Exclusive Body Butters”. Download it if you haven’t done it yet and tell us what you think.

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Author: Vita Smiley