Valentines Day DIY Skincare
Love is for life and so is your skin. Valentine's Day DIY skincare means homemade gifts like a heart-shaped lotion bar for her and a chili and chocolate muscle salve for him, made with shea and cocoa butter. Baraka's shea butter is made by hand by the women of the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Wa, Ghana.
Flowers and chocolate are so perfect for Valentines Day, but they can expire quickly and be a little cliche. What about trying something new this year, like a homemade gift? Give the treat of Valentine-themed skincare to your significant other!
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Heart Shaped Lotion Bar
5 oz. beeswax
3 oz. Baraka Shea Butter
3 oz. hemp seed butter
1 oz. illipe or cocoa butter
6 oz. soybean or olive oil
1 ml Vitamin E
180 drops (or around 3ml) skin fragrance oil
2 Tablespoons colored mica of choice
6 Cavity Silicone Heart Mold Pan
Melt the solid ingredients (beeswax and illipe butter) in a double boiler or on the stove. Once the ingredients have melted, stir in the shea and hemp butter. Once all is in liquid form, stir in the soybean oil, fragrance, and Vitamin E. Finally pour the mixture into a mold of choice and allow to harden completely. You can also stir in skin safe mica at any point and mix as well. Finally pull out the hardened lotion bars and wrap them with pretty ribbon. Voila!
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This recipe uses two Baraka ingredients. One click takes both straight to checkout.
- Baraka Raw Shea Butter, 8.8 oz (250 g): enough for two batches
- Baraka Cocoa Butter, 3.5 oz (100 g): enough for three batches
Beeswax, hemp seed butter, soybean or olive oil, Vitamin E, skin fragrance oil, colored mica and silicone heart mold are not Baraka products; use your usual supplier.
For himβ¦.
Chili and Chocolate Homemade Muscle Salve Recipe
1 oz. cocoa butter
1 oz. shea butter
1 oz. beeswax
.5 oz. macadamia nut oil
.5 oz. sesame oil
24 drops. Chili seed essential oil
12 drops cocoa absolute
Melt the shea butter and beeswax together until liquid-like. Pour in the cocoa butter, macadamia nut oil, sesame oil until it is all mixed and melted together. Follow with chili seed essential oil and cocoa absolute, pouring into the container of your choice. Donβt forget to decorate it with something cute!
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This recipe uses two Baraka ingredients. One click takes both straight to checkout.
- Baraka Cocoa Butter, 3.5 oz (100 g): enough for three batches
- Baraka Raw Shea Butter, 3.5 oz (100 g): enough for three batches
Beeswax, macadamia nut oil, sesame oil, chili seed essential oil and cocoa absolute are not Baraka products; use your usual supplier.
While there are many gestures that are perfect for this holiday of love, something as creative as body products, will surely make the receiver smile! Thereβs nothing like giving (or receiving) a gift that has tons of thought and effort put into it. π
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