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Tonight I made a small batch of these lotion bars.
I found a recipe in one of my soap books (can't remember the name right now and it's at my mom's house).
Anyway, the recipe is:
1/4 cup melted cocoa butter
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
10 Vitamin E capsules (I cheated and used about an 1/8 tsp of Vit. E oil that I had in a bottle. I didn't feel like poking open all those pills!)
You can scent this, but I really don't know how much to put in. I have some fragrance oils, so I used one called Cherry Bomb because I thought the cherry would blend nicely with the cocoa butter scent. I think I put about an 1/8th of a tsp of the FO into the mix.
They turned out really neat, but I'm not sure how to keep them from melting. Maybe there is a better recipe somewhere, but I wanted to try it.
Of course, as soon as they were set I dropped one on the floor and it cracked (guess I get to keep it).
Edited to say that I wanted to try some Eucalyptus in these too. I think they would be nice to have around for when you get a cold or something. Almost like a solid Vapo-Rub.
I found a recipe in one of my soap books (can't remember the name right now and it's at my mom's house).
Anyway, the recipe is:
1/4 cup melted cocoa butter
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
10 Vitamin E capsules (I cheated and used about an 1/8 tsp of Vit. E oil that I had in a bottle. I didn't feel like poking open all those pills!)
You can scent this, but I really don't know how much to put in. I have some fragrance oils, so I used one called Cherry Bomb because I thought the cherry would blend nicely with the cocoa butter scent. I think I put about an 1/8th of a tsp of the FO into the mix.
They turned out really neat, but I'm not sure how to keep them from melting. Maybe there is a better recipe somewhere, but I wanted to try it.
Of course, as soon as they were set I dropped one on the floor and it cracked (guess I get to keep it).
Edited to say that I wanted to try some Eucalyptus in these too. I think they would be nice to have around for when you get a cold or something. Almost like a solid Vapo-Rub.