The name body butter has always made me laugh. I don't know why, maybe because it sounds a little dodgy. Like something a food fetishist would want on their Christmas list.
Lotion is a much more pleasant word :-) I have dry skin, seriously, it is like something my bloke 'brit' conditioning is screaming at me not to talk about... but... I do have some dream cream which I use sometimes when I remember.
Your recipe looks much better and maybe cheaper to make too. I might look into this lotion making malarkey ;-)
Great post @llfarms and behind all my joking I really am probably going to try making my own skin lotion so thanks for the knowledge :)
It’s true.. I find men hear the word body butter and they aren’t quite sure what they hell you are talking about hahah. The real difference is lotion contains water and body butter just contains butter/oils etc.. no water. For that reason it’s normally a more intense moisturizer.
The reason I personally prefer the body butter is anytime you add oil and water together you need a preservative (which I don’t want to use) to make it last more than a week before going bad. I do have an amazing lotion recipe but it has to be kept in the fridge and that only extends its shelf life to 2 weeks... I find that to be a pain.
So with this recipe.. no water means it lasts a long time (about 6mth shelf life). That is way more up my alley than making lotion every week and keeping it in the fridge.
Hey dry skin happens to all of us! I hope you do try this, it’s so easy to make and I think your skin will thank you!
Thank you!
Ha ha, that is good because I hardly ever remember to use lotion. Apart from when I go to a hot climate where my Irish ancestry means I'm like a two applications of sun cream a day kind of guy. No choices on that one otherwise it would be lobster time ;-)