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Body Butter: Part Deux

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup solid raw cocoa butter & shea butter
  • 1/4 cup of jojoba oil
  • 1/4 sweet almond oil
  • Dark chocolate fragrance oil

Instructions

  1. Melt shea & cocoa butter and jojoba mixture in double boiler or make-shift boiler if you don’t have one.
  2. Melting process started.
  3. Almost melted.
  4. Completely melted.  Add the sweet almond oil and any essential fragrance oils chosen — make sure the essential oils are skin safe, since not all of them are.  I used a Dark Chocolate flavor.  Yum, yum.
  5. Allow the mixture to cool.  I put mine in the freezer for 20 mins. or so until a hard crust builds on the top of the mixture.
  6. Use hand mixture or KitchenAid mixer and whip until the mixture is firm and mousse like.
  7. Use lightly — feel decadent!!!!!

Goal: to get to the point of the perfect mixture.  In comparison to the batch I made here, it’s firmer, and less oily.  Win, win!!! 😀

adapted from this recipe here

Weekend Happy: Spa Edition

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Last weekend, I was a busy little bee.  😀

I made:Whipped shea butter scented with Rose Petals and Chamomile scented F.O (fragrance oil)  I still need to work on the consistency but my alligator skin (caused by my apt’s heating system) is all gone!!!!!

I also made:

Basil & Red pepper petit loaves in addition to flaxseed loaves.  Great breakfast alternatives!

Because I did all that last week, and found time to magic loop, this weekend is going to be a spa weekend for me!  The weather’s getting better next week and my tootsie toes need to be polished.  I got the below from my friend Cyn for my birthday last year; I think some fire engine red is just the ticket. Then a nice dosage of oatmeal, banana and honey facial mask.

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Here’s a quick recipe for you: 😛

  • 1 very ripe banana
  • 1.5 – 2 tbsps of oatmeal (finely ground).  I used my portable coffee grinder for this.
  • Honey.  Use enough to keep the consistency of the mixture.

Directions:

Mash banana (lumps are fine).  Add enough of the ground oatmeal to thicken the banana/oatmeal mixture so it easy to spread.  Add a few drops to honey for moisturizing properties and you’re good to go.  Spread the mixture over your face and neck.  Leave on for 10 – 15 mins. then remove with warm water.  Moisturize as usual.

With all that, complete with good food, some R& R, chocolate body scrub, washing and styling my hair AND a manicure, I should be sparkling, tingling new on Monday!!!!!

What are you doing for you this weekend?  🙂