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This hydrating cocoa butter lotion is a whipped body butter made from Baraka Cocoa Butter, a light oil and aloe vera juice, perfect for dry skin and traditionally used by many people on skin prone to stretch marks. Baraka Cocoa Butter contains vitamin E to help soothe, hydrate and balance the skin. Many also use it on mature skin.
HOW TO MAKE THISΒ HYDRATING LOTION
Ingredients:
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4 tblsp (60 ml)of Baraka Cocoa Butter
- 6 tblsp. (90 ml) of organic Camellia seed oil or safflower oil
- 1 tblsp. (15 ml) of organic pure aloe vera juice
- Optional: 1/2 tsp. (2.5 ml) of raw natural silk protein powder
- Optional: 10 drops of organic lavender oil
Directions:
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To make this cocoa butter lotion recipe, add the cocoa butter and camellia seed oil to your double boiler on low heat until they are melted.
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Once melted, take it off the heat, add the tablespoon of aloe vera and the silk protein (optional) and start whipping with an electric mixer for two minutes.
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Put the bowl into the freezer for 13 minutes. (You may need to adjust the time in the freezer depending on how cold your freezer is. If the butter is too hard to be mixed, just leave it a few minutes at room temperature.)
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Take the bowl out the freezer and start whipping with the electric mixer, you will see that it turns white and fluffy right away, continue whipping for 5 minutes.
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Add the essential oils and whip again for 1 or 2 minutes.
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Poor the cocoa body butter in a glass jar.
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Yield: about 8 oz (227 g) (replace by teaspoons if you want to have 4 oz (113 g))
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Contains water, so make small batches, keep it cool and throw it out if it smells or looks off.
Source:Β organic-beauty-recipes.com
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