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Nov. 20th, 2008 10:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellomusetteI'm on a massage-bar kick. I'm talking homemade bars, not the uber-expensive Lush varieties. (Much as I like them, they're really expensive, and I don't always want all that fragrance in my skincare.)
I made myself a really decadent 100% cocoa butter bar yesterday, and it is heavenly. It makes the skin velvety and smells like orange Milano cookies (I added a bit of orange oil). You smear some on, wrap up in a robe, and let the butter sink in.
Of course, even the cheapest cocoa butter is about a dollar an ounce. It would be slightly more cost-effective to make the butter-oil-beeswax type of bars instead, and they'd probably last longer. But pure cocoa butter is majorly addictive. If I can find some interestingly-shaped molds, cocoa butter bars would make excellent holiday gifts, at least for the ladies.
I made myself a really decadent 100% cocoa butter bar yesterday, and it is heavenly. It makes the skin velvety and smells like orange Milano cookies (I added a bit of orange oil). You smear some on, wrap up in a robe, and let the butter sink in.
Of course, even the cheapest cocoa butter is about a dollar an ounce. It would be slightly more cost-effective to make the butter-oil-beeswax type of bars instead, and they'd probably last longer. But pure cocoa butter is majorly addictive. If I can find some interestingly-shaped molds, cocoa butter bars would make excellent holiday gifts, at least for the ladies.
