Rose Castor Oil Face & Body Butter Recipe
I originally made this for my own skin, specifically my face, but I have been using it everywhere, its keep skin soft and protected for hours after using it, and I love it. If you just want to use it on your face, you can cut the below recipe in half.
Castor oil is a thick occlusive oil, which means its great at providing a protective for the skin and helps to prevent moisture loss. It is known to help scars, sun spots, dry irritated patches and with time to improve the overall texture of the skin barrier.
People use it by itself, some love it and some find it messy and too thick. In a body butter it is thinned out by the other ingredients but still providing castor benefits.
Combined with roses which contain vitamin c and a, are known to help boost collagen and reduce wrinkles, they make a great combination to hydrate, nourish and protect the skin from dehydration.
Rose Infused Oil
The first step in this recipe is to make the rose infused oil. Rose oil is one part dried organic rose petals that have been steeped in a carrier oil (like apricot oil) for 6 weeks and then strained. You can also use the quick method, which slowly but more quickly heats the oil using a crock pot. You can read more about both of those methods here.
Make sure you use rose petals that are dried and organic. Mountain Rose Herbs is a good source. If you harvest your own, just make sure they have not been treated or sprayed with anything.
Rose Castor Oil Face Butter
½ cup shea butter 3.6oz
½ cup rose oil 3.7oz
1tbs castor oil 0.5oz
1 tbs rosehip oil 0.5oz
¼ tsp seabuckthorn oil
1 tsp vegetable glycerine 0.2oz
2 drops vitamin e
10 drops Geranium essential oil
10 drops Frankincense essential oil
Directions to Make Rose Castor Face Butter
Combine the shea butter, rose oil, castor oil, and rosehip oil into a double boiler and heat over low heat until completely melted.
Once melted remove from heat and add the sea buckthorn oil and vitamin e.
Place the bowl in the refrigerator to let the oils solidify. This also helps cool the shea butter quickly so that it doesn’t form little beads of shea butter in your rose face butter. This is harmless but cooling shea quickly prevents it from “blooming” or crystalizing in your face butter weeks or months later.
Once the shea butter and oil mixture begins to solidify, remove it from the fridge. If you left it in there too long and it is rock hard, then just wait for the oils to come to room temp and soften a bit.
Using a bowl mixer or stick blender, whip the shea butter and oil mix until it is smooth, silky, and whipped. This can take a few minutes. Just keep whipping, it will eventually whip into a smooth, creamy texture.
Once it's well whipped, add in the frankincense and geranium essential oils. Store in clean glass jars in a dark, cool cabinet.
This recipe makes about 4 ounces and will stay fresh for up to a year. But you’ll use it up before then.
For the Most Magical Results
After cleaning your face, spray with your favorite hydrosol or face mist. Then take a little pea sized amount of rose castor face butter and gently massage over face and neck.
