Get Glowing! 17 Melanin-Friendly Body Butters To Help Ashy Skin
By Samantha Callender ·
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.
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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!
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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.
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.
available at Philosophy $35 Buy
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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.
available at Base Butter $25 Buy
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The Body Shop Almond Milk & Honey Calming & Protecting Body Butter
Almond Milk and honey nourishes the skin and enriches it with silky smooth moisturizers.
available at The Body Shop $6 Buy
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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.
available at Amazon $17 Buy
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Fig + Yarrow Yarrow Buttercream
This soft buttercream melts into skin to deliver intense moisture and nourishment to dull and dry skin.
available at Fig and Yarrow. $48 Buy
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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.
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.
available at Mojo Spa $20 Buy
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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.
available at Popped Handmade $18 Buy
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Soap & Glory Smoothie Star Body Butter
The silkiness of this butter will have you feeling luxurious and pampered.
available at Walgreens $15 Buy
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Tanya’s Bath & Body Argan Oil Whipped Body Butter
Nourish the skin with argan oil and hydrating butter.
available at Tanyas Bath and Body $14 Buy
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Vaseline Cocoa Radiant Smoothing Body Butter
Stick to the classics with the smoothing and nourishing body butter.
available at Target $6 Buy
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Visha Skincare RejuVenating Moisturizer
This butter digs deep to moisturize and rejuvenate skin cells that lack hydration.
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.
available at Amazon $27 Buy