6 Mango Body Butter Recipes You Can Make at Home

Want to make your own mango body butter? Mango butter is an alternative to cocoa and shea butter, which you typically find in body butter recipes. Mango butter is especially excellent for dry skin types. 

Mango butter is extracted from the de-shelled fruit kernel of the mango tree. Once the mango butter is obtained, it is heated up and boiled to get the right consistency. The resulting butter resembles cocoa butter and has a slightly sweet scent. It is semi-solid at room temperature and melts on contact with the skin.

Mango butter has similar qualities as shea and cocoa butter, but it's higher fatty acid content makes it a more intensive moisturizer. It has a lighter feel than shea butter, so if you find shea butter too heavy, give mango butter a try.

Mango butter offers protective effects against UV radiation and helps with rashes, insect bites, eczema, and skin irritations. High amounts of oleic and stearic acid act as emollients that soften and soothe the skin and hair. 

Due to its high antioxidant content, mango butter offers anti-aging support. Triterpenes present in mango butter help heal and prevent aging of the skin by reducing the look of lines and wrinkles.

Mango butter is especially excellent for anyone with dry skin.

• helps restore the skins protective barrier
• replaces lost moisture
• easily absorbed
• antiseptic, healing and soothing
• repairs dry skin
• high in antioxidants as well as Vitamins A, C, and E.

Read on to learn how to make your very own mango body butter! 

Ultra Moisturizing Whipped Body Butter 

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Combine butters and coconut oil in a double boiler and melt. Once the mix has completely melted, keep the butters at the same temperature for 20 minutes.
2. Remove the melted mixture from the heat and pour it into a bowl and place the bowl into an ice bath.
3. In a separate container, use a fork to mix the remaining carrier oil with vitamin E and arrowroot powder.
4. When the butter blend is about halfway hardened (still some liquid on top), pour in carrier oil/arrowroot mix.
5. Blend with a hand blender or stand mixer until there are no pieces of hardened butter left, scraping the sides and bottoms of the container.
6. If the oil and arrowroot mixture was added too soon and the mixture is not solid enough, place the bowl back into the ice bath for one or two minutes and blend it again.
7. When the body butter is solid enough, use a spoon to place it into your final container.
8. The body butter will firm up overnight.

Mango and Mandarin Body Butter 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup mango butter 
• 1/8 cup coconut oil
• 1/8 cup jojoba oil
• 5 drops mandarin essential oil

Directions:

1. In a double boiler, or a saucepan with water over low heat, place a jar containing mango and coconut butters.
2. Once the butters are melted, pour them into a bowl and mix in the jojoba oil and let cool in the fridge for 30 minutes.
3. Use a stand mixture or blender to blend and whip the mixture.
4. Once the butters are whipped, add in the oils and mix.
5. Transfer to a glass jar or plastic container.

Citrus Mango Body Butter

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Heat the cocoa and mango butter in a double boiler over low heat until it is just melted. 
2. Remove from heat and whisk in the coconut oil and sweet almond oil.
3. Whip the body butter on high-speed for 5 - 8 minutes. 
4. Add the essential oils and beat the mixture again.
5. Transfer to the final container. 

Mango Butter Whipped Body Butter 

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Melt the shea, mango, and coconut oil in a double boiler.
2. Once completely melted, remove from heat and let the mixture cool at room texture until it is opaque, but not solid. 
3. Combine with the olive oil, arrowroot powder, and Vitamin E oil in a stand mixer and whip until ingredients are well combined and the consistency gets light a fluffy. 
4. Transfer to a glass jar for storage. 

Mango, Peppermint, Olive Oil Body Butter

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup almond butter 
• 1/2 cup olive oil 
• 1/2 cup mango butter 
• 2 tbsp of peppermint essential oil

Directions:

1. Combine the mango butter, almond butter and olive oil.
2. Melt over medium heat.
3. Let it cool and add peppermint oil.
4. Whip for about 10 minutes with a hand mixer.
5. Store in an air-tight jar.

Body Butter From Heaven (Ultra Moisturizing) 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup mango butter (or cocoa butter) 
• 1/2 cup shea butter 
• 1/2 cup carrier oils such as almond, rosehip seed, grapeseed etc. 
• 1/2 cup coconut oil  
• 1 tsp Vitamin E - (optional - helps with moisturization and preservation) 
• 2 tbsp arrowroot powder

Directions:

1. Take the butters and coconut oil and place in a double-boiler and let them melt. Once the butters are melted, let the mixture sit for 20 minutes. 
2. After 20 minutes, take the mixture off of the heat and let cool. 
3. In another container, combine the Vitamin E, arrowroot powder, and liquid oils with a fork. 
4. When the butter blend is about halfway hardened (still some liquid on top), pour in carrier oil/arrowroot mix. 
5. Blend with a hand blender or stand mixer until there are no pieces of hardened butter left, scraping the sides and bottoms of the container.
6. If the oil and arrowroot mixture was added too soon and the mixture is not solid enough, place the bowl back into the ice bath for one or two minutes and blend it again.
7. When the body butter is solid enough, use a spoon to place it into your final container.
8. The body butter will firm up overnight.

Bonus - Mango Body Butter Recipe Videos

These videos give a great visual aid to help you learn how to make mango body butter. 

Conclusion

Well there you have it, 6 mango body butter recipes (plus some videos) for you to start making today. Say goodbye to dry skin. 

Let us know in the comments how these recipes work out for you!