The Body Butter Bar, body butter made by hand in Nashville
Small-batch shea and beef tallow butters, sugar scrubs, soaks and soaps, made by Chris in Nashville, Tennessee from natural ingredients. A year of butter by subscription, and a scoop shop on the way.
A Nashville shop, built around real butter
Start wherever you like. Every page below is part of the same small Nashville business: handmade in small batches, built on natural ingredients, and getting ready to open a scoop shop downtown.
Our Story
How a dense, mixed shea butter made in Nashville became a scoop bar, a gift line and a subscription.
Read our story →What We Make
Body butters, scrubs, whipped soaps, bar soaps, soaks, face care, shave and balms, plus six ready-to-give gift sets.
Browse what we make →Inside the Jar
The butters, oils, salts, clays and waxes that actually go into the line, grouped by what they are.
See what's inside →Made here. Sold here first.
Everything is handmade in small batches in Nashville, Tennessee, by Chris. The storefront, a scoop bar where butter is served like ice cream, is coming soon to downtown Nashville. Until the doors open, everything on this site is available in the shop cart.
Dense, rich butter. No air, no shortcuts.
The Body Butter Bar started with one idea: a jar should be full of butter, not air.
Our core shea butter is made the slow way: dense and mixed by hand, so what fills the jar is butter, not air mixed in to make it look bigger. Alongside it sits a premium beef tallow line, mixed the same way, for the richest jar we make.
Everything is handmade in small batches in Nashville, from the butters and scrubs to the soaps, soaks and wax melts in every gift box. It is made by Chris, in Nashville, Tennessee, never mass produced.
The shop itself takes that same idea further. The Body Butter Bar is a scoop shop for skincare, built like an ice cream shop: tubs behind glass, butter scooped fresh into jars, and shelves of scrubs, soaps and soaks made in the shop. That storefront is coming soon to Nashville.
Until the doors open, the work continues the same way it started: small batches, natural ingredients, and orders taken through the one shop cart.
Small batches, start to finish
1. Start with the butter
Shea for the core line, beef tallow for the premium line. That is the product, so it comes first and fills the jar.
2. Blend in small batches
Butters, scrubs, soaps and soaks are made in small batches in Nashville, scented in Holiday, Vanilla, Whiskey, Cherry Merlot or Lavender where the product calls for it.
3. Boxed by hand
Gift sets are boxed ready to give, the Butter Club ships a fresh jar every month, and every order is confirmed by reply before it goes out.
Butters, scrubs, soaps, soaks and more
Everything below is made by hand in Nashville in small batches and is available now in the shop cart, on its own, added to a gift set, or stocked under your label. All prices plus sales tax.
What is actually inside
No mystery list. This is everything that goes into the line, grouped by what it is: the butters, the oils, the salts, the clays, the waxes, and the small helpers that hold a recipe together.
Everything in the line, by category
Every product we make is built from these lists and nothing else. If it is not on this page, it is not in the jar.
Butters & fats
- Shea butter, including nilotica shea
- Mango butter
- Kokum butter
- Cupuacu butter
- Cocoa butter
- Beef tallow
Oils
- Sweet almond oil
- Avocado oil
- Coconut oil
- Jojoba oil
- Argan oil
- Rosehip seed oil
- Squalane
- Calendula infused sunflower oil
- Castor oil, used in soap
- Coco-caprylate
Salts & soak minerals
- Epsom salt
- Himalayan salt
- Mediterranean sea salt
- Dead Sea salt
- Magnesium flakes
- Dendritic salt
- Baking soda
Clays, powders & botanicals
- Kaolin clay
- Colloidal oats
- Coconut milk powder
- Lavender botanicals
- Arrowroot powder
- Tapioca starch
- Mica
- Menthol crystals
Waxes & structure
- Beeswax
- Emulsifying wax
- Stearic acid
- Cetyl alcohol
The helpers
- Vitamin E
- Zinc ricinoleate
- Magnesium hydroxide
- Optiphen
- Polysorbate 80
- Polysorbate 20
- Rosemary oleoresin extract
Also in the line
- Sugar
- Distilled water
- Foaming bath butter base, for the whipped soap
- Soy wax and paraffin wax, for the wax melts
- Fragrance oils and essential oils
Aloe vera juice
Aloe vera juice is not a base ingredient across the line. It appears in just two products: the recovery balm and the body mist.
Small batches, by hand
Everything above is handmade in small batches in Nashville. Small batches are how the list stays honest: what you read here is what actually goes in.
Butter first. No filler.
There is no filler in these jars, in any position. What goes in is the butter, oils, salts and clays listed on this page, and nothing padded in to fill space. The clearest example is the shea butter itself: dense and mixed by hand, because air beaten into a jar makes it look bigger without adding any butter. The premium beef tallow line is mixed exactly the same way - nothing in our butter lines has air beaten into it.
Questions about an ingredient in a specific product? Email thebodybutterbarnashville@gmail.com and ask before you order.
Six Christmas sets, ready to give
Every set comes boxed and ready to hand over. Pick Holiday, Vanilla, Whiskey, Cherry Merlot or Lavender where noted, and add $15 to swap any set's butter to premium beef tallow. All prices plus sales tax.
Order by December 12 for Christmas delivery. Sets are made in small batches, so holiday quantities are limited.
A year of butter, plus one month free
13 months of body butter. Pay for 12. The first jar arrives before Christmas.
★ The Butter Club ★
The baker's dozen subscription: 13 months of body butter. Pay for 12.
A different scent every month
Plus $10 shipping
12 paid months
13th jar free, with free shipping
A different scent every month
Plus $10 shipping
12 paid months
13th jar free, with free shipping
Shipping is $10 a month, flat. Every Butter Club order ships for $10, whether it is under or over $50. Your 13th jar is free, and it ships free too.
A surprise scent every month, hand-picked by Chris. The first jar arrives before Christmas, so the gift lands under the tree, then keeps showing up for a full year. One order, thirteen impressions.
$34/month shea or $49/month beef tallow, billed monthly, plus $10 shipping and tax.
Arrives before Christmas, ready to give or to keep.
Pay for 12 months, then the 13th jar is free and ships free. A surprise scent at their door, every single month.
Add Butter Club Shea or Beef Tallow in the shop cart - it is the only way to order on this site, and the club stays separate from one-time items in your cart as a monthly subscription. You can also subscribe by card today with the Stripe button on the club cards in the cart.
Your brand, our butter.
We make small-batch body butter, soaps and skincare in Nashville, finished under your label. A Nashville-made amenity or retail line with your name on the jar.
Our products, under your label
Small batches, handmade in Nashville, finished with your branding - for guest amenities, retail shelves and client gifts that do not look like everyone else's.
Bachelorette & group parties, at your place
We bring the Body Butter Bar to you. At your home or your downtown Nashville Airbnb, every guest makes a medium (approximately 9 oz) sugar scrub from scratch, customizes a premade medium (approximately 9 oz) body butter, and takes both home. Bachelorette parties, birthdays, girls’ nights and any group that wants to make something together.
Pick your 2027 date
Choose a date on the calendar, pick a start time between 9 AM and 7 PM, tell us the party address, your email, your phone number and the number of guests making product, then tap Book Now to pay the $100 party fee with Stripe and hold your date. The $100 is the fee to have the party - it is not toward the cost of product and is in addition to the per-person cost. The remaining per-person amount is due 72 hours before the party, and after that payment is confirmed we can make your party’s body butter. A party lasts approximately 1.5 to 3 hours depending on the number of guests. Planning more than 16 guests, or a party more than about 30 minutes from Nashville? Ask for details by email before you book - travel further is available for a larger fee. If a date looks booked, email us for info - a 9 AM party does not necessarily block a 7 PM party the same day.
2027 calendar
Dates shown as unavailable are blocked out. If a date looks booked, email us for info - a party at 9 AM does not necessarily block a party at 7 PM the same day, and we may consider a second party that day.
Book now - pay the $100 party fee
Fill this in, then tap Book Now to go to Stripe checkout and pay the $100 party fee to hold your date. The $100 is the fee to have the party - it is not toward the cost of product and is in addition to the per-person cost. Book Now collects your party address, email, phone number and the number of guests making product with your booking.
The $100 party fee is the fee to have the party. It is not toward the cost of product, and it is in addition to the per-person cost. The balance shown is the per-person amount due 72 hours before your party. After that final payment is confirmed, we can make your party’s body butter. At final payment, the host will be sent the list of options to choose from.
Book Now goes to Stripe checkout and charges the $100 party fee upfront to hold the date. The $100 is the fee to have the party - it is not toward the cost of product and is in addition to the per-person cost. The remaining per-person amount is due 72 hours before the party. After that final payment is confirmed, we can make your party’s body butter, and the host will be sent the list of options to choose from at that time. Cancel at least 72 hours before your start time - after that, the party fee is lost. Questions, a booked or blocked-out date, a party with more than 16 guests, or travel further than about 30 minutes from Nashville: email thebodybutterbarnashville@gmail.com for info. If a date looks booked, email us - a 9 AM party does not necessarily block a 7 PM party the same day.
The full shop, in one cart
Everything we make, on one page: the six gift sets, the Butter Club, The Ultimate Routine signature set, the Sunday Reset Set, the Shave Package, and the full individual line, body butter first and bars and basics toward the end. Add what you like to one cart, pick pickup or shipping, add a coupon code if you have one, and see your total before you pay. Tennessee sales tax at 9.75% applies to pickup orders and orders shipped to Tennessee; orders shipped to another state are taxed for that state at checkout, never at the Tennessee rate. Order by December 12 for Christmas.
A fresh jar every month
A monthly subscription, kept separate from one-time items in your cart. Each jar is approx. 6.7 oz, and a different scent arrives every month. Shipping is $10 a month, flat, on every club order, under or over $50. 12 paid months, then the 13th jar is free and ships free.
Signature sets & bundles
The Ultimate Routine, the Sunday Reset Set and the Shave Package.
Shop the full line
Body butter first, bars and basics toward the end. Scents Holiday, Vanilla, Whiskey, Cherry Merlot and Lavender are available on the butters, the whipped soap, the sugar scrub and the wax melts. Soap comes in the scents listed under the Soap row - tick your scents and quantities there. Soap and lip butter are $10 each or 3 for $25. Everything else comes as crafted.
Xmas gift sets ready to give
Order 10 or more sets and save 10% on the sets. Add sets to the cart below to order.
Pickup, shipping and deadlines
Pickup in Nashville is always free. For shipped regular orders, the shipping tier is based on the product total after bundle and gift savings, before tax: under $50 is $10, $50 to $99.99 is $15, and $100 and over ships free to the continental USA. If you enter a coupon code, shipping is $5 flat under $100 and free at $100 and over. The Butter Club is separate - every club order ships for a flat $10 a month, under or over $50, and the 13th jar is free with free shipping. Tennessee sales tax at 9.75% applies to pickup orders and orders shipped to Tennessee. Orders shipped to another state are taxed for that state at checkout, never at the Tennessee rate. Questions or an email order: thebodybutterbarnashville@gmail.com. Email is the way to reach us, there is no phone ordering.