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How to Make Intensive Shea Butter Eye Cream (Recipe)

Katie WellsNov 4, 2020
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  • The Problem With Most Eye Creams
  • The Benefits of Natural Shea Butter Eye Cream+−
    • Other Anti-Aging Natural Recipes
  • Shea Butter Eye Cream Recipe

Are you tired of your eyes looking, well…tired? You’ll find plenty of conventional eye creams that promise more youthful-looking skin. However, this DIY shea butter eye cream delivers the naturally protective benefits of shea butter, without a hefty dose of harmful chemicals on the side.

Skipping harmful ingredients is just one benefit of choosing a homemade eye cream over storebought. Let’s look at some of the drawbacks of conventional undereye creams.

The Problem With Most Eye Creams

Conventional eye creams work by temporarily constricting blood vessels or coating the skin in a film to artificially tone it. This might perk your eyes for the day but not deliver skin-deep results.

In contrast, shea butter penetrates with anti-inflammatory compounds (cinnamic acid), natural vitamins, and deeply moisturizing fatty acids for results over the long term.

Also, unlike other formulas, this eye cream doesn’t contain any water. While water-based creams make your skin feel moisturized at first, they end up drying out the delicate undereye area. A waterless eye cream also has a much longer shelf life (and is easier to make!).

The Benefits of Natural Shea Butter Eye Cream

Studies show shea butter naturally stimulates collagen production to increase skin firmness. This can improve the appearance of wrinkles around the eyes. Even better, it helps reduce inflammation to combat puffiness. You’re also getting a nourishing dose of vitamins A and E for healthier skin.

I also add coconut oil to this shea butter eye cream recipe. Coconut oil is also fabulous for skin since it’s rich in lauric acid and essential fats. Not only does it boost circulation to clear up undereye circles, but it keeps connective tissue strong and supple. This means fewer fine lines and wrinkles.

Finally, we add a few other skin-soothing ingredients:

  • The beeswax in this recipe prevents moisture loss that can cause wrinkles.
  • Rosehip seed oil is very nourishing for aging skin. Since it’s a dry oil, it helps to reduce the overall greasy feel of this eye cream.
  • To finish it off, we’re using geranium essential oil for its ability to help diminish wrinkles and inflammation and clear up dark circles.

DIY pro tip: Also try my DIY under eye cream made with coffee!

Other Anti-Aging Natural Recipes

Warning: Once you see how well they work (and how much money they save!), you might become addicted to making your own natural beauty products! These are some of my favorite easy-to-make recipes and beauty tips:

  • Luscious Lashes Eyelash Growth Serum
  • Anti-Aging Rosehip Seed Oil Facial Moisturizer (Better Than Botox)
  • 5 Types of Facial Massage for Naturally Beautiful Skin
  • 8 DIY Face Mask Recipes You Can Make at Home
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Shea Butter Eye Cream Recipe

Katie Wells
Make your own luxurious shea butter and coconut oil eye cream with this all-natural recipe. Many expensive eye creams contain ingredients that don't even work! DIY instead!
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Cook Time 15 mins
Servings 2 oz

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Mason jar
  • 2 oz glass jar or steel tin

Ingredients
  

  • 2 TBSP shea butter
  • 1 TBSP coconut oil
  • 1 tsp beeswax pellets
  • 1 ½ tsp rosehip oil
  • 4 drops geranium essential oil

Instructions
 

  • In a wide-mouth mason jar, combine the shea butter, coconut oil, and beeswax.
  • Fill a saucepan halfway with water and place it on the stove.
  • Place the mason jar in the pan of water.
  • Bring the water to a gentle simmer to melt the ingredients in the mason jar, swirling the jar ever so often to gently mix the ingredients.
  • As soon as the ingredients are melted and combined, remove the jar from the water bath.
  • Pour the mixture in a small mixing bowl and let it cool for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the rosehip and geranium oils.
  • Scoop the mixture into a glass or steel jar and use a tiny amount under the eyebrow and under eye area at night.

Notes

  • If you prefer glass, use these 2 oz round jars.
  • No beeswax? Substitute with extra shea butter. The result will be softer but still nourishing!
  • You can also use this as a natural eye makeup remover.
  • As with anything that’s not specifically for the eyeball, do NOT get this into your eye!
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Make your own luxurious eye cream with this all-natural recipe. Many expensive eye creams contain ingredients that don't even work! DIY instead!

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (156 Comments)

  1. Elizabeth

    October 30, 2016 at 9:31 AM

    Does it matter whether you use raw or refined shea butter? The raw has such a strong smell I’ve had a hard time using it alone, but it might be countered by the heating process and adding the oils 🙂 Just wondering if there are any nutrients lost by the refining process/if that would be different with heating this way.

    Reply
    • Danni

      November 2, 2016 at 3:03 PM

      I have a hard time with the smell of raw shea butter too. It actually makes me gag a little, and I almost returned jar I bought, but I ended up really liking it in recipes. You can definitely still smell it, even after adding essential oils and cooling, but it’s toned down enough to make it pleasant instead of pungent.

      Reply
      • Elizabeth

        November 3, 2016 at 12:52 AM

        Thank you, I will definitely give it a shot!

        Reply
  2. Mimi

    October 30, 2016 at 7:17 AM

    Do you know if there is anything I can replace the beeswax with?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM

      In this recipe, you can actually omit it or use extra shea butter instead. You’ll have a slightly softer final product but it should still work just as well.

      Reply
  3. Nicole

    October 29, 2016 at 8:54 PM

    Where do you get your rosehip oil from?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM

      Here: https://www.amazon.com/Radha-Beauty-Rosehip-Oil-moisturizer/dp/B00LNOV8JO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=wellnessmama-20&linkId=0648d7eceeff158b74097fddc31c203a&language=en_US

      Reply
  4. Michelle

    October 29, 2016 at 3:09 PM

    Any substitute for rose hip oil?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 30, 2016 at 10:01 AM

      You could omit or replace with any other liquid oil like jajoba or sea buckthorn or argan oil

      Reply
      • Cheryl

        November 5, 2020 at 10:58 AM

        I take a plant based omega that has sea buckthorn berry oil along with some other healthy oils (algal, pomegranate, etc). Could I use it as well?

        Reply
      • Rebecca

        August 26, 2021 at 2:16 PM

        Could you use ylang ylang oil in place of the two oils in thus recipe?

        Reply
    • Camille

      June 18, 2017 at 1:40 PM

      Tamanu oil has healing properties and can be substituted for rosehip oil. It has a strong scent though, so use it sparingly and maybe add some vanilla to counteract.

      Reply
  5. Korinne

    October 29, 2016 at 11:25 AM

    What would be good substitute options for the geranium EO? (I don’t have that one.)

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM

      You could omit or use lavender

      Reply
      • Jan

        November 8, 2020 at 8:33 PM

        I’ve been told no lavender for us estrogen dominant gals, especially those of us having to deal with breast cancer. Your thoughts on this?

        Reply
        • Katie Wells

          November 19, 2020 at 1:20 PM

          You can always omit the lavender but I also don’t worry in small amounts

          Reply
  6. Stephanie

    October 29, 2016 at 10:43 AM

    What essential oil can I sub for Geranium?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 30, 2016 at 10:01 AM

      You can omit or use lavender

      Reply
  7. Laura

    October 29, 2016 at 10:26 AM

    Nice recipe! I normally just use aloe gel, but I’m going to try it! I have everything but the rosehip oil, what would you suggest as a substitute? Thanks

    Reply
  8. Lena

    October 29, 2016 at 6:16 AM

    This seems like it would be good for a face or lip cream. Do you agree?

    Reply
    • Dez

      October 30, 2016 at 11:17 AM

      Hey love, depending on your skin type for face, no. The beeswax and Shea Butter together would be to occlusive (heavy) on the skin which would then create congestion (Black Heads/Whiteheads) or even worse, acne. But the lips would be fine in my opinion because most commercial lip balms are beeswax based. ?

      Reply
      • Raine

        October 30, 2016 at 2:26 PM

        Actually, on the comdogenic scale, (0-5), shea butter is a 0 (will not clog pores), beeswax is a 2 (mild possibility it will clog pores).

        However, coconut oil is a 4 (likely to clog pores). I’m one of those that can’t use coconut oil, even if it should be amazing.

        You can make this without the coconut oil and it’s just fine :).

        Reply
        • Shana Smith

          November 15, 2016 at 3:21 PM

          any suggestions for an alternative to the coconut oil in this recipe?

          Reply
          • Elizabeth

            November 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM

            Hi,
            I’m not sure if this is helpful to anyone or will work in the recipe with Shea butter, but I would suggest almond oil or this Jason vitamin e oil that is very good for skin, not pricey and however is quite thick so you may want to change the ratio of oil to Shea butter.
            Also, I have read that beeswax is too occlusive for kip products for some people and can dry their skin out – I use a coconut oil based lip balm from Hurrah that I am absolutely obsessed with, as well as castor oil for various parts of the face.
            Other alternatives could be avocado oil or maracuja oil (more slip); argan oil (IMO just ok, but might work as a less comedogenic substitute); and the ever popular marula oil (seems differently fragranced depending on the brand: Acure makes an affordable one but it seems thicker/smells like sesame oil to me).
            I also find coconut oil extremely comedogenic and only use it in lip balm, hair and the occasional body spray. The area around the eyes doesn’t have the same pores as the rest of the face but almost all eye creams do migrate whereas a lip balm often doesn’t for whatever reason.
            I hope people will update if they try anything!

      • Tee Cee

        June 18, 2017 at 11:42 AM

        Actually, you shouldn’t ingest rose hip/rose hip seed oil, so putting this on your lips would probably not be a good idea. 🙂

        Looks like a great cream for the eye area though – I’m going try this out today. Thanks, Katie!

        Reply
  9. Katie Campbell

    October 28, 2016 at 9:48 AM

    Sounds amazing! Can’t wait to make and use this! Thanks for posting!

    Reply
    • Pat

      October 30, 2016 at 6:50 PM

      How long will that amount stay good? Thank you. Pat

      Reply
      • Melissa

        November 10, 2019 at 4:13 PM

        What is the shelf life of this product? Thanks!!

        Reply
        • Susie

          March 23, 2020 at 9:27 PM

          I would like to know that also?

          Reply
      • Alexandre

        September 5, 2021 at 9:20 PM

        Hi Katie? Can you use frankincense oil instead of geranium?

        Reply
  10. Carolyn Allen Russell

    October 27, 2016 at 8:33 PM

    I just wanted to point out that at the end you say you can skip the whipping process . . . . but a whipping step was never actually noted 😉 But I plan to make this soon!

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      October 28, 2016 at 10:05 AM

      Thanks for the catch!

      Reply
      • Brenda M.

        October 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM

        You are simply adorable Wellness Mama ?

        Reply
      • Andrea

        November 17, 2016 at 2:17 PM

        It doesn’t say when to add the rose hip oil. I’m assuming it would be added after the mixture is melted through? Or at the time the EO is added?

        Reply
        • Wellness Mama

          November 20, 2016 at 1:58 PM

          After it is melted. 🙂

          Reply
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