DIY Coconut Oil Body Wash: 2 Simple Recipes for Hydrated Skin

Do you suffer from dry skin? Does your skin turn flaky and dry up too fast? Then it’s high time you stopped using your soap and started using Coconut Oil Body Wash instead. The low lather, oil-based body wash is the best way to cure dry skin. How about making this? That is what this post is about!

Here we talk about two specific recipes that can help you prepare homemade body wash with coconut oil. Read on to know more!

1. Coconut Oil Body Wash

The coconut oil body wash contains some liquid castile soap, rose water, and, of course, coconut oil. You can add lavender essential oil to the body wash, or you can add other essential oils like citrus or eucalyptus.

You Will Need:

• 2 cups of liquid castile soap
• 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• One cup rose water
• Lavender or Citrus or Eucalyptus Essential Oil

If you don’t have any rose water at home, but have a stock of rose essential oil, all you need to do is mix 10-12 drops rose essential oil in one glass of water, and your rose water is ready.

How To:

Once you have the ingredients ready, follow these simple steps to make the body wash:

1. Add the rose water and coconut oil to a small jar or container.
2. Introduce the liquid castile soap, and lavender (eucalyptus or citrus) essential oil to the same jar.
3. Shake the container gently until they combine.
4. Pour out the contents into a small squeeze bottle or a container you prefer.
5. Your Coconut oil body wash is now ready to use.
6. All you need to do is squirt some coconut oil body wash onto a loofah and use it as you use any shower gel.

The Coconut oil body wash is quite gentle on the skin, and you can use it to wash your face.

2. Coconut Oil Honey Body Wash

The second recipe on our list uses most of the same ingredients as the first, but the rose water is replaced by unprocessed honey. As earlier, you can add lavender essential oil to the body wash. However, this recipe uses eucalyptus, sweet orange, lemon or grape fruit essential oil. You can also consider replacing the oils in the recipe with some eucalyptus or citrus essential oil.

You Will Need:

• 1 cup coconut oil
• 1 cup raw honey
• 2 cups liquid Castile soap
• 2 teaspoons vitamin E
• Sweet orange essential oil (20 drops)
• Eucalyptus essential oil (25-30 drops)
• Lemon or grapefruit essential oil (20 drops)

How To:

Once you have all the ingredients ready, begin making the coconut oil honey body wash.

1. Begin by melting the coconut oil in a microwave. Microwave the oil for around 30-45 seconds. Don’t set the heat on high. Remember to keep it at medium.
2. Add the essential oils, honey and Vitamin E to a bowl and whisk well.
3. Now add the soap.
4. Remember to stir the soap gently so that you don’t create bubbles.
5. Transfer the mix to a squeeze bottle or a container.
6. Squirt out some body wash on a loofah and use it as you use any shower gel.

Use these two recipes to make your custom coconut oil body wash at home today. Have you used the coconut oil body wash? Do you know of any other coconut oil body wash recipes? Tell us by commenting in the box below. We would love to hear from you.