Ingredients:
1 oz organic mango butter
1 oz organic cocoa butter (this will lend a slight chocolatey scent to your finished product. If you prefer a less obvious scent, you can substitute shea butter instead)
1 oz organic kokum butter
¼ c organic sweet almond oil
Now for the Essential Oils
8 drops helichrysum
10 drops frankincense
10 drops lavender
MAKE IT
Using a kitchen scale, weigh your butters and almond oil and put them into a double boiler.
Slowly heat the butters and oil until they melt.
Give them all a mix together.
Allow the mixture to set. I don’t have much patience, so I placed my bowl into the refrigerator while I cleaned up and did some work. After about 45 – 60 minutes, I checked and it was set enough to move forward.
Add your essential oils.
Using a hand or stand mixer, whip the mixture until stiff peaks form.
Transfer your whipped tattoo healing cream to a mason or other glass jar. The final product will be a harder feeling whipped cream and will feel wonderful being massaged into your tattoo and skin.
Apply a small amount to your tattoo throughout the day. The more moisturized you keep your tattoo, the less flaking that will occur (which in turn leads to less itchiness) and the better your skin will look, feel and heal.
WHY I CHOSE THESE INGREDIENTS TO HELP HEAL TATTOOS:
Mango butter is soothing and moisturizing.
Cocoa butter is high in vitamin E to help hydrate and soothe skin. Keeping a tattoo moisturized helps combat flaking and itchiness.
Kokum butter heals and helps revitalize skin cells.
Sweet almond oil is easily absorbed and helps the other ingredients penetrate into your skin.
Helichrysum essential oil is anti-microbial, antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory; perfect for anything on your body/skin that can become infected.
Frankincense oil helps wounds heal faster and protects them from infection. Remember, a new tattoo is an open wound while it is healing.
Lavender oil relieves pain, helps with blood circulation, and is generally soothing overall.
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