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Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin

Keep your summer glisten going with these hydrating butters.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
By Samantha Callender · Updated December 6, 2020
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Healthy and soft skin is always in, and maintaining that moisture usually starts with a hydrating and nourishing body butter. While there are tons of butters on the market, not all are melanin-friendly. The perfect butter is free of dyes, alcohol, and parabens that can strip the skin of moisture and nutrients.
If you’re in the market for a new body butter to add to your beauty shelf, look no further. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best butters on the market that can help you achieve and maintain soft and silky skin. Scroll through to take a look!
01
Alaffia Everyday Shea Butter in Passion Fruit
Use this super-nourishing shea butter to relieve the driest of skin, and to help protect skin from harsh elements.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Alaffia $17 Buy
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Philosophy Amazing Grace Whipped Body Creme
This whipped butter feels amazing on the skin and melts like butter to nourish and hydrate the skin.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Philosophy $35 Buy
03
Base Butter Body Love Cream
This Black girl owned brand brings the hydration and the minerals to skin with this butter full of vitamins C and E.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Base Butter $25 Buy
04
The Body Shop Almond Milk & Honey Calming & Protecting Body Butter
Almond Milk and honey nourishes the skin and enriches it with silky smooth moisturizers.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at The Body Shop $6 Buy
05
Dove DermaSeries Dry Skin Relief Expert Repairing Balm
Dove’s repair balm helps to seal in moisture and delivers healing nutrients to skin to hydrate and nourish.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Amazon $17 Buy
06
Fig + Yarrow Yarrow Buttercream
This soft buttercream melts into skin to deliver intense moisture and nourishment to dull and dry skin.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Fig and Yarrow. $48 Buy
07
Hanahana Beauty Lemongrass Shea Body Butter
We’re always here to support Black women-owned businesses, and this brand brings hydration and aromatherapy to this nourishing butter.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Hanahana Beauty $20 Buy
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Mojo Spa Sugar Me Sweet Body Butter
Give this luxurious butter a try because it smells absolutely amazing.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Mojo Spa $20 Buy
12
Popped Handmade Eucalyptus Body Butter
A handmade butter that nourishes, the eucalyptus in the butter also calms the senses perfect for a self care Sunday.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Popped Handmade $18 Buy
13
Soap & Glory Smoothie Star Body Butter
The silkiness of this butter will have you feeling luxurious and pampered.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Walgreens $15 Buy
14
Tanya’s Bath & Body Argan Oil Whipped Body Butter
Nourish the skin with argan oil and hydrating butter.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Tanyas Bath and Body $14 Buy
15
Vaseline Cocoa Radiant Smoothing Body Butter
Stick to the classics with the smoothing and nourishing body butter.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Target $6 Buy
16
Visha Skincare RejuVenating Moisturizer
This butter digs deep to moisturize and rejuvenate skin cells that lack hydration.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Visha Skin Care $55 Buy
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Wedderspoon Manuka Honey Renewing Body Lotion
This nourishing lotion uses manuka honey to give you soft and supple skin.
Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
available at Amazon $27 Buy