Soft, Smooth, and Hydrated Skin
Why Mango Butter Should Be Your Skincare Essential
I love mango butter. I use it to make moisturizers, lip balm and deodorant. I love the way it looks and feels and makes my skin feel. You can find it on Amazon. I like to get it in a tub. Here are a few reasons why you should use it and some recipes to try.
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Mango Butter
Mango butter contains natural antioxidants, vitamins A, C, and E, and essential fatty acids. Mango butter moisturizes dry skin, itchy skin, skin rashes and peeling. It moisturizes and smooths rough skin, small skin wounds and skin cracks. It works on fine lines and wrinkles, blemishes, and stretch marks. Use it in a shaving cream for a smooth shave. It treats sunburn, insect bites, poison ivy, poison oak, eczema and dermatitis.
7 Ways to Use Mango Butter for Your Skin
After Sun Care
This recipe contains aloe which contains water. You can add a preservative to the recipe, use it soon after you make it, or just leave the aloe out completely.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mango butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon rosehip seed oil
10 drops lavender essential oil (optional, for calming and soothing)
5 drops peppermint essential oil (optional, for cooling effect)
Directions:
Melt the mango butter and coconut oil in a double boiler or a heat safe bowl in a pan of simmering water. Take the mixture off the heat and add in the oils. Let the mixture cool slightly and add in the aloe and mix well. Then add in the essential oils. Put in the refrigerator until mixture starts to solidify but is not hard. Use a hand mixer to beat the mixture until it’s fluffy. Put it in an airtight container.
Body Scrub
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mango butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 cup granulated or brown sugar
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon rosehip seed oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil (optional)
10 drops essential oil of your choice (optional)
Directions: Melt mango butter and coconut oil in a double boiler. Remove from heat and stir in oils and essential oils. Add the sugar and mix well. If you would like it whipped, you can let it cool in the refrigerator a little while and whip it with a mixer. This is not necessary. Keep your body scrub in an airtight container.
Cuticle Cream
Vitamin E has been used for a long time to strengthen nails and moisturize skin. Some essential oils you might like to try are lavender, lemon, frankincense, cypress, helichrysum, or tea tree.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons mango butter
1 tablespoon beeswax pellets
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
5-10 drops essential oil (optional)
Directions: Melt the mango butter, beeswax, and coconut oil in a double boiler. Take off the heat and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir and store in an airtight container.
Foot Balm
Ingredients:
1/4 cup mango butter
2 tablespoons beeswax pellets
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 tablespoon shea butter
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon sweet almond oil
10 drops peppermint essential oil
10 drops tea tree essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil
Directions: Mix the butters, coconut oil, and beeswax together in a double boiler. Take off the heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into an airtight container.
Lip Balm
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon mango butter
1 tablespoon beeswax pellets
1 tablespoon coconut oil
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 drops essential oil (optional)
Directions: Melt the mango butter, beeswax, and coconut oil in a double boiler. Take off the heat and add the oils. Use a pipette to put lip balms into empty tubes.
Moisturizer
Mango butter can provide moisturization for dry or sensitive skin and you can use it by itself or use it in your moisturizer.
Ingredients
1/4 cup mango butter
1 tablespoon beeswax pellets
2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon rosehip seed oil
Directions:
Melt butter and beeswax in a double boiler or a heat safe bowl in a pot of simmering water. Add the oil and stir. Pour into an airtight container.
Stretch Mark Cream
Mango butter has the ability to deeply hydrate the skin. It is full of antioxidants including vitamins A, C, and E which help collagen production. This helps improve skin elasticity and reduce the appearance of stretch marks. The essential fatty acids help nourish, regenerate, and repair skin. The anti-inflammatory properties of mango butter can help with the redness of stretch marks and calm skin irritation.
Essential oils you might like to try for feet are lavender, frankincense, geranium, cinnamon, clove, or lemongrass.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mango butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup sweet almond oil
1 tablespoon rosehip seed oil
1 tablespoon Argan oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil (optional)
up to 30 drops essential oils
Directions: Mix the mango butter and coconut oil in a double boiler. Remove from heat and add in oils. Let cool for a while in the refrigerator until it begins to become solid but not completely hard. Use a mixer to whip the mixture until it is fluffy. Store in an airtight container.