I have always liked the belly butter I have used before with my previous pregnancies. I used Bella B tummy butter with my other three. This one I wanted to try something home made to save and to know exactly what was in it. I have really gotten into making my own skin products as you have probably noticed with all of these blog posts.
I found this one from Wellness mama and I had most of the ingredients anyway. I had to buy ginger root and that was it, so I thought I would give it a shot and so far I love it.
Here is the recipe
- 1/4 cup Shea Butter
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 3 Tablespoons Apricot Kernel Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Calendula flowers (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon dried ginger root
- I added some Doterra oil called Immortelle its supposed to really help with anti aging and wrinkles just overall good for the skin. I figured this was a perfect place to put this oil and try it out.
You do a double boiler where you put the measuring cup inside of the pot of boiling water and melt down the butter, oils and I already had some Calendula infused oil made from previous recipe so I just added the already made oil.
Then I put in the ginger root and waited until it cooled off a little before I added in the immortelle oil.
I use a skewer wooden stick to stir my stuff usually. It works really well. It turned out really nice. I was a little runny for a week or so but then as the weather got colder it has firmed up a little bit. Its still pretty soft and easy to apply. I put it on at least once a day if not more. If I can remember.
I'm not terribly worried about stretch marks because I already have some from having three babies already but I really like it for the itching and not feeling so stretched out.
I feel like this is great for my skin and it smells good too.
