Brown Sugar Cocoa Body Scub

Hello friends,

In this post I will share with you how I achieve soft, supple skin all year round, but especially now that the weather is warmer. 

Body scrubs provide the best of both worlds once it comes to the skin: exfoliation and moisturization.  Summer is fast approaching, revealing more skin. Body scrubs will help you to put your best skin forward every time. 

This Brown sugar cocoa body scrub recipe will help you achieve silky, soft, supple skin. You won’t even need to lotion afterwards.

Brown Sugar Cocoa Body Scrub 

                                                                                                                                                              

• ·       ½ - 1 cup of brown sugar
• ·       ¼ cup of cocoa butter
• ·       4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
• ·       Essential oil of your choice (In this recipe I used lavender)

Enjoy before or after your shower or bath. Massage this into your skin until the sugar dissolves. The olive oil and cocoa butter will leave your skin feeling super soft and supple, while the brown sugar will exfoliate, removing dead skin. Moreover, your lymphatic system will thank you!

Enjoy your new body scrub.

Caution: your bath tub may be slippery!

I hope this helps,

Ultra smooth & creamy Body Butter Mix (No heat used)

Hello friends,

I'm back with a new body butter recipe. Now that's it cold outside, added moisture is definitely needed to achieve and maintain supple, moisturized and healthy skin. 

You can find my other recipes here and here

This is my best body butter recipe to date. 

Why? 

Because no heat was added. 

With my other body butters, I melted my butters. which greatly increased the final results, which then had to re-solidify overnight.

The final result of what I'm about to show you only took a few minutes?

How?

I used a blender to blend all ingredients into a super creamy body butter that simply melts into the skin.

By not using heat, you maintain ingredients in their most whole form. Your cocoa butter, shea butter or coconut oil retain all their nutrients and are not zapped out by high heat. For this reason, I prefer using ingredients that are raw, organic and unrefined to reap the most benefits.

 I hope you guys enjoy the recipe. In a blender, I combined these ingredients:

1 cup mango butter

1/4 cup cocoa butter

1/4 cup sweet almond oil

 2 tbsps coconut oil

1/4 cup castor oil

1/4 cup olive oil

I was inspired by HeyFranHey to create my body butters by blending instead of heating.

I hope this helps,

Coco-Cocoa Body Butter Recipe! (Great for hot summer days)

Hello friends,

It melts like butter, (pun intended) in your hands.

I hope that everyone is doing well!

This blog post follows from my previous blogpost, Searching for that work-life balance. I don't know if I've found that balance, but in the meantime, I do have a new schedule to devote more time to my blog. That way, I get my creative ideas out there and do what I love to do.

This body butter recipe is perfect for those hot summer days, because a little goes a long way during this time. Really, you don't need a lot. 

Tip: Best used on dampened skin for added moisture.

If anyone tries this recipe, please let me know how it goes. I would love to know your thoughts!

 This healthy body butter recipe calls for:  

1/2 cup of Cocoa butter

1/2 cup of Coconut oil

2 tbsps of Vitamin E oil (after the cocoa butter+coconut oil has cooled, but not hardened)

~10 drops of lavender oil (after the cocoa butter+coconut oil has cooled, but not hardened)

 Thank you for taking the time to read!

 I hope this helps,

Lavender Infused Coconut & Shea Body Butter

Yesterday was the perfect day to be a mixtress! It rained/snowed all day, which means ideal weather for me to stay in. 

I bought a small vial of lavender essential oil and wanted to use it in my next body butter recipe. My last batch of body butter ran out. You can find it here. I experimented by using different quantities of shea butter, cocoa butter and coconut oil, which is indicative in these two batches.The one of the right includes more butters. The batch on the left includes more coconut oil.

I no longer use store bought lotions for my body. Whipping up my own batch of oils and butters is all I need for healthy, moisturized skin. Oh, did I mention that lavender essential oil smells heavenly!

How I upgrade my coconut oil body moisturizer

Hello friends,

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In this post, I want to share with you how I upgrade my coconut oil body moisturizer. Back in July, I shared a post with you on how coconut oil has replaced store bought body lotions. I'm discovering the health benefits of going as simple as possible. Although coconut oil has been all well and good, it becomes rock solid in the colder months, which makes it difficult to apply to my body. So, I had to upgrade my coconut oil with some butters so it applies better to my skin and more importantly for added moisture during the winter months.

This is How I do the upgrade from coconut oil to coconut oil with butters:
                                              Using the double broiler method (0n low heat), I melted:

~¼ cup of coconut oil

~½ cup of Shea butter

 ~¼ cup of cocoa butter

To the melted butters and oil, I then added:

2 tbps of castor oil

1 tbsp of vit. E oil

10 drops of tea tree oil

Give the mixture a good stir and let it cool. As the oils and butters begin to solidify, begin to whip. I used a fork. You can use a blender as well. doing so will result in the consistency as seen in the pictures provided. I love how it came out. I will continue to experiment with different variations on my whipped coconut oil, shea, and cocoa body butter! 

Honestly, this is a great alternative to lotions bought at the store. The most important thing, is that you made it and you know exactly what's in it. This consistency is thick (just how I wanted it) and will also be used for my hair. If you don't like this as thick, use less butters and add more oils. I chose these butters and oils to add to my coconut oil upgrade for several reasons.

Shea butter: very hydrating, because of its ability to penetrate the skin. It is packed with vitamins, fatty acids, and minerals to protect the skin against dryness.

Cocoa butter: Also very hydrating to the skin. Protects against UV damage. Helps to prevent stretch marks and is effective against eczema and dermatitis. Works well to reduce the apperance of scars.

Vitamin E oil: An active ingredient in many skin care products, because of its ability to prevent premature aging, promote healing, prevent the formation of wrinkles and support new skin cell growth and regeneration.

Castor Oil: Softens the skin and helps to reduce the appearance of scars. Has anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties.

Tea tree oil: Has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties as well.

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 I hope this helps. If you make this whipped body butter recipe,  please let me know!