How the holidays are going, although we have already passed Christmas, we still have many days left to make gifts for our loved ones.
In addition to that this time we are going to prepare a massage bar that can be given away at any time of the year.
The only thing that you have to vary is the oil that you are going to use in our case we use macerated oils
Here you can read how to make mandarin oil.
You can also use essential oils to provide fragrance and medicinal properties.
Making these bars is very simple, you will need
Ingredients
50g coconut butter
70g cocoa butter
10g of Macerated mandarin oil
Dried mint leaves powder
Preparation
Prepare a water bath in your kitchen.
Weigh all the ingredients
Heat the coconut butter until melted.
Then add the cocoa butter
When everything is melted add the oil and remove from the heat
Add some crushed mint leaves.
Proceed to put in the silicone mold
Let cool for a day and proceed to unmold.
You can use shea butter, beeswax, mango butter, carnauba wax.
You must always be aware of the texture you want: waxes give strength, butters creaminess.
You can also vary the oils 😉