Sharing a super easy but amazing Wild Orange Body Butter Recipe that you can make at home. Makes a great gift and leaves skin feeling smooth and soft.
ESSENTIAL OILS
Another spa recipe? You bet! I just love coming up with new ways to use my doTerra essential oils. And…living in a dry, desert state has me craving some super yummy lotions and body butters, especially with the approach of summer time.
If you have been following along with me for a while, you will know of my love for my doTerra oils and of all things citrusy. One of my favorite oils is doTerra’s Wild Orange essential oils. It smells amazing. Sometimes I will just dab a little drop on my neck so that I can smell it all day long!
BODY BUTTER
I decided to take it one step further and make a lovely, creamy cocoa body butter with it. You could substitute mango butter or shea butter instead of cocoa butter and it would be equally as delicious. But, since I already had some cocoa butter on hand, I used that. I actually really loved the final outcome because the cocoa butter gives the body butter a hint of cocoa smell…so it smells like chocolate oranges…and you can’t go wrong with that.
This homemade whipped body butter is a rich moisturizer, easy to make, and smells amazing! This cream is rich in vitamins and leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth. Give it a try with our recipe below!
HOW TO MAKE BODY BUTTER
This homemade body butter is a great basic recipe and you should be able to substitute any essential oil with the Wild Orange oil to make a number of great smelling body butters! For instance you could make chocolate lavender using a lavender essential oil. You could make chocolate mint, chocolate raspberry, or any other citrus flavor. You can never go wrong with citrus oils! There are many essential oil blends that you could use as well–the options are endless! So, if orange isn’t your favorite, experiment with something that you are going to love!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup Cocoa Butter
- 1 to 2 TBSP of Sweet Almond Oil (Coconut Oil)
- 8 drops of Vitamin E oil (optional)
- 8 drops of Wild Orange doTerra Essential Oil
DIRECTIONS:
- Soften Cocoa Butter in the microwave if yours is hard. Do this by melting it in 5 second intervals. You want it soft like butter…not liquid.
- Whip up the cocoa butter with a hand mixer (or stand mixer) and slowly add your almond oil. I use less almond oil and just slowly add it till I have a good consistency.
- Add in the Vitamin E oil and your essential oils and stir together to fully incorporate.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Only scoop the body butter out of the container with clean hands to prevent bacteria from growing in the body butter.
- Should last for up to 3 months.
- Use as a body lotion to make hands and skin soft, smooth and smelling amazing.
WILD ORANGE BODY BUTTER
This makes a perfect gift for friends and family! Put it in a cute container and add this adorable printable Wild Orange Body Butter Label to finish it off nicely!
Wild Orange Body Butter Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cocoa Butter1
- 1 to 2 TBSP of Sweet Almond Oil2
- 8 drops of Vitamin E oil optional
- 8 drops of Wild Orange doTerra Essential Oil3
Instructions
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Soften Cocoa Butter in the microwave if yours is hard. Do this by melting it in 5 second intervals. Make sure not to melt it all the way--you want it soft like butter...not liquid.
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Whip up the cocoa butter in a bowl with a hand mixer (or stand mixer) to obtain that airy texture. Slowly add your almond oil. I use less almond oil and just slowly add it till I have a good consistency.
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Add in the Vitamin E oil and your essential oils to the mixture and stir together to fully incorporate.
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Store in an airtight container4 out of direct sunlight.
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Only scoop the body butter out of the container with clean hands to prevent microbial growth in the body butter.
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Should last for up to 3 months5.
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Use as a body lotion to make hands and skin soft, smooth and smelling amazing.
Recipe Notes
- If you are substituting the cocoa butter for shea butter, it is a 1:1 ratio so just use 1 cup shea butter instead.
- Instead of using sweet almond oil, you can use coconut oil, jojoba oil, or sunflower oil.
- The more drops of essential oil you use, the stronger the scent will be. I found that 8 drops gives it the perfect amount of scent.
- Any airtight container will work. You could use a lotion or body butter container. Mason jars work great too!
- Of course, adding preservatives would extend the shelf life of the product, however, since I was looking for an all-natural product, I did not add any preservatives. It may not last as long, but I love the fresh feeling of it and knowing that it is made of all natural products!
- If you find the body butter is too greasy, try adding 1 tsp arrowroot powder, cornstarch, or tapioca starch and that should do the trick! I can't speak to the success of it because I haven't tried it out myself, however I have done a lot of research and this is what people suggest.
FREE PRINTABLE LABELS
The labels can be printed off from here, which I am happy to share with you below. Simply print the label (which comes in a couple of different sizes to fit your needs) on white computer paper or white cardstock on your colored laser printer (this is keep it from bleeding ink if wet). Then cut it out with a circle punch or scissors and glue onto the container lid or side of the container with a simple glue stick. The labels look just like a real sticker label! If you want to reuse the container, all you have to do is soak the label in warm water and it comes right off!
If you would like to download the Wild Orange Body Butter Labels, click on the link below:
{Wild Orange Body Butter Labels}
SUGAR SCRUB AND BATH SALTS
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- Coconut Lime Sugar Scrub
- Peppermint Sugar Foot Scrub
- Candy Cane Sugar Scrub
- Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub
- Lemon Sugar Scrub
- Brown Sugar Scrub
- Citrus Bliss Sugar Scrub Cubes
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Hi! I have a question for you. I made the sugar scrubs and LOVE them! But I am working on butters and can’t smell the essential oils over the Shea or cocoa butters. All I can smell is chocolate. And while I love chocolate as much as the next girl, I am not crazy about smelling like that all day long. I tried doubling the essential oils to get a stronger smell with not much luck. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Ps. Really like the feel of your butter recipe. Just want to change up the scents a bit. :)
I would check to see if you have a old or rancid cocoa butter. It does have a smell for sure, but it shouldn’t be too overpowering. You can also try a shea butter base or a mango butter base if you aren’t crazy for the cocoa butter smell.
That looks amazing!
xoxo
This looks so amazing! I will definitely be trying it. I made your grapefruit sugar scrub for all of my mother’s day gifts and everyone loved it!!
I LOVE hearing that you made the grapefruit scrub and loved it! Thanks for sharing that! I hope you love this one too!
I bet this stuff smells amazing! What a great gift idea!
Link to labels doesnt work. Directs to “page not found”. Any way to correct this?
Try refreshing the page. This is a known issue we are trying to correct.
When I clicked on to print the labels it directed me to a Facebook page, I then clicked on that link and it took me to another page, there it said the labels would be available soon. Are they available somewhere else?
Thank you
The labels should be available now. I have been busy with kids stuff and then my internet was having issues. The labels are up and available now! Thanks for your patience!
Looks easy and I’m sure it smells so yummy! Thanks, Amy!!
Where can I purchase Shaved Cocoa Butter?
I was wondering the same thing! Where did you purchase the shaved cocoa butter? Thanks!
I was wondering if this was the same thing? I’d love to be able to go to my local hobby lobby and grab it instead of having to pay for the butter and then the same amount for shipping….
I didn’t see a warning about sun exposure with the use of the orange oil. Just want to make sure you are aware that all the citrus oils (I believe grapefruit might be the exception to this) that are cold pressed (instead of distilled) can be very photo toxic (photosensitive skin – skin treated with citrus oils – will cause you to burn much faster with exposure to sunlight). doTERRA recommends that you avoid sunlight for for 12 hours after applying these oils to an exposed area. doTERRA uses specially processed citrus oils (steam distilled) for it’s products intended to be used during the day. So while I love this butter you made and plan to make some myself, I’ll be using it in the evenings before I go to bed and not during the day while I’m out working and playing. thanks for the amazing recipes and keep up the hard work. Love your site!!
just a thought, while yes if you are going to apply lotion/body butter, then I would hope you hands would be clean but if you are using doTERRA oils as talked about your favorite rep, the oils aren’t the oils antiseptic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal? That’s what I am being taught anyways.
Who doesn’t love a little body butter??? And orange flavored–yum!
I ordered cocoa butter from bulk apothecaries but it is in a jar so I can’t shave it. Is the jar form of the butter going to be too soft?
No…it should work great.
Your body butter looks fantastic! Be careful when using citrus essential oils in butters and lotions as they are photosensitive and increase your chance of sunburn.
I made the orange body butter but it hardened and I have to dig it out of the container then softened it in my hands before I can apply it. Did I do something wrong?
I had the same problem! The photo of Amy’s looks soft. We need help!
where do I get shaved coco butter? or just coco butter that I can shave?
Could I sub grape seed oil for almond oil?
So mine got rock hard. I have to scoop out with a sooo and then soften before using.
*spoon
adding a little extra almond oil to the ratio might make it stay softer – not solidify so much when it cools. Cocoa butter gets very hard as it cools, whipping in the oil makes the butter less solid—the more oil involved the less solid…soften your batch in the microwave or in a hot water bath and whip in some extra base oil (almond, coconut, olive, etc.) that should make the mix stay “buttery” just a suggestion.
I Pinned your recipe. Looks so good! I just got this at a demo this past week. I also referred to in with a picture on one of my boards.
You are so creative! Thank you for the inspiration!
Gail Pickens-Barger
I am making this for a gift for a bunch of ladies this week… can you tell me where you got your containers and what size they are? I need to make 15 and making them with the Creamsicle Scrub as well, so will make a smaller quantity- 4 oz each, I’m thinking. How many lbs. of cocoa butter should i buy for that?
Hi! Love this! Where did you get your jars from?
Hobby Lobby!
Hi Amy,
Thank you for sharing your ideas, love all,
Greets from Germany!
What do you think about using a combination of mango butter and cocoa butter?
Is it solid or fractionated coconut oil for this recipe? Sounds amazing!!
Fractionated. It smells amazing! Enjoy!
I am so dissapointed that my body butter smells like chocolate. No matter how much essential oil I put in it doesn’t smell like orange. Also the body butter came out yellow. Not white as pictured.
Hi!!! I love this! I can’t wait to try it. My question to you is where do get these jars? They are perfect!
Thank you!
Tina- I got them at Hobby Lobby. Thanks.
Help.
My cocoa butter comes in a solid chunk form. How much does 1 cup of shaved cooca butter weigh? Knowing the weight would help with any issues of the final product being too hard or too soft.
Thanks.
Jackie- I believe its about half a cup. Hope this helps. Thanks.