Hydrating Cocoa Butter Lotion

A rich body butter that is perfect for dry skin and preventing stretch marks. Baraka Cocoa Butter contains vitamin E to help to soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin. It also provides the skin collagen which assists with wrinkles and other signs of aging.

HOW TO MAKE THIS HYDRATING LOTION

Ingredients:

• 4 tblsp of Baraka Cocoa Butter
• 6 tblsp. of organic Camellia seed oil or safflower oil
• 1 tblsp. of organic pure aloe vera juice
• Optional: 1/2 tsp. of raw natural silk protein powder
• Optional: 10 drops of organic lavender oil

Directions:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.)
4. 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.
5. Add the essential oils and whip again for 1 or 2 minutes.
6. Poor the cocoa body butter in a glass jar.
7. Yield: about 8 oz (replace by teaspoons if you want to have 4 oz)
8. Use within 2 months.

Source: organic-beauty-recipes.com