Our Story

I started making my own body butter some years ago when I realised I had no idea what I was putting on me or my family's skin. When I looked at the ingredient lists properly, I realised I had no idea, and neither, it turned out, did most people.

I decided to stop guessing and start making my own. I tested formula after formula in my own kitchen, adjusting and refining, until I landed on my signature shea-based whipped body butter.

Since then, it's been used and loved by friends and family, and passed on to their friends and family too. People come back to tell us it's left their skin feeling gorgeously smooth and calmer, and has worked wonders on dry skin.

Every jar is still whipped by hand, in small batches, in Walthamstow, London.

Making By Shells whipped body butter by hand in a kitchen, filling amber glass jars