ALL NATURAL DIY MANGO BUTTER FACE CREAM

originally posted Sept 10, 2019

Ever since I was little I have struggled with dry, sensitive skin and eczema. Over the years it has been very hard for me to find a face moisturizer that actual hydrates my skin without giving me a reaction, burning my skin or drying my face even more. When my face gets really dry, I feel like my face is a dry lakebed and my tear ducks even crack and burn.

Since moving to Hawaii I thought my skin would mellow out from all the humidity and moisture in the air, but it didn’t. Over the last year I have been in and out of Sephora and Nordstrom trying to find the right face moisturizer, serum or oil that would heal my cracked skin. I am allergic to many ingredient and fragrances that are put into moisturizers, resulting in getting a reaction. I have also tried many moisturizers that are supposed to be all natural and nothing has worked. And what used to work on my skin doesn’t anymore since I had my last two kids. It seems my skin changed after the pregnancies.

So after a year of not being able to find anything, I searched the internet for DIY skin moisturizers and came across mango butter. Mango butter is very nutrient-dense and is loaded with vitamins such as A, C and E along with many good fatty acids. These all help to moisturize the skin, protects skin agains UV rays, promote collagen synthesis and more. Shea butter does all this things and more. Shea butter just has a very strong smell and I’m not fond of it.

After researching and ordering some supplies, I was able to make my own homemade moisturizer.

Mango Butter Face Cream
• 1/3 cup 100% Pure Mango Butter
• 1 tbsp 100% Pure Fractionated Coconut Oil
• Rosemary Oil
• Lavender Oil
• Frankincense Oil
• Amber Storage Jars

Mango Butter Face Cream Instructions
1. In a double broiler or glass bowl, melt the mango butter.
2. Place the melted butter in a mixing bowl and add 1 tbsp of the fractionated coconut oil and essential oils. I only added 1 drop of each because I only wanted the cream to have a very light scent. You can add more for added benefits if you like. Make sure you look up a dilution chart to see how much is appropriate to add.
3. Using the Wire Whip Attachment for the KitchenAid, mix all the ingredients together for 2 minutes on low.
4. Once they are all mixed, place the bowl in the freezer for 10 minutes. You only want it to be a little solid.
5. Next, mix on low for 2 minutes. Then increase the speed to 6 and let mix for 10 minutes.
6. Once the 10 minutes are up, mix on 8 for 5 minutes.
7. Once it’s all mixed it all up, scoop into a 2 oz jar and 1 oz jar.

Top Image: 2 minutes of mixing on low while the mixture of still cold.
Bottom Image: What the end result looked like after the full 17 minutes of mixing.

Once complete, the mixture was very creamy (left). I let the it sit overnight so I can see how the consistency would come out (right). It hardened a little bit but melts quite nicely once it warms up on your skin. I really like how it turned out. A little goes a long way and I’ve been using this on my face, under my eyes and on my décolleté. I use it morning and night and so far my skin has been really soft. I put more on in the evening to really hydrate my skin. Then in the morning, I only put a small amount where I am feeling dry. Another reason why I put more on in the evening is because it does take a little time to settle into the skin and I doesn’t want it to interfere with my makeup. It normally take a week or so for my skin to adjust to a new moisturizer so I will add an update once I have tried it out longer. Some moisturizers will work great for the first week and then it will start drying me out. It’s very frustrating.

There are so many tutorials online where you can add a lot more ingredients than I did and get a different consistency. What I made is what works best for my skin; I will probably play around with a new mango butter recipe once this jar runs out.

Raven