How Do You Make Cocoa Butter Body Bars?
Cocoa butter is fat that has been removed from cocoa beans. This natural moisturizer has been used for hundreds of years to keep skin feeling moist and smooth. Cocoa butter melts at body temperature, so it is easily absorbed into the skin. You can make your own cocoa butter body bars with a few ingredients and these simple instructions. Make gifts for your friends, or keep the benefits of these nourishing bars to yourself. Mix together the cocoa butter, shea butter, almond oil and beeswax pellets in the top of a double boiler. Add water to the bottom portion of the boiler. Place the pan with the butter mixture on top of the base pan and heat on medium while stirring until the butter mixture melts together. Make sure all of the beeswax pellets have melted. Remove the double boiler from the heat and let the butter mixture cool for 2 minutes. Stir in the jojoba oil and the coconut oil until they are blended with the butter mixture. Stir slowly to allow the oils to fully meld with the butt