Chocolate and Skin Care
It has been proven time and time again that chocolate does seem to help soften the skin, due to the cocoa butter. The anti-oxidant properties in cocoa could prevent free radicals from damaging the skin’s elastin, collagen and other protein.
Cocoa’s anti-oxidant potential is comparable to green tea. Dark chocolate, in particular, has a very high anti-oxidant potential. Chocolate is considered dark if it has 35% percent cocoa.
Here are some great chocolate skin care products to make for your cocoa beauty routine:
• Chocolate Lip Balm:
6 tsp shea butter
6 tsp. bees wax pellets
4 tsp Cocoa Powder
Spoon
Pen
Paper
Microwave
Small Containers, glass ones work perfectly for this.
Glass Bowl
Sticker Maker or Glue
1. Place the shea butter and beeswax pellets in to a glass microwaveable-safe bowl.
2. Melt it down, this should take a few minutes, but take it out and stir it regularly. Make sure that the shea butter and beeswax pellets are melted completely.
3. Stir in the cocoa powder and return to the microwave for another 20 seconds.
4. Pour into the containers and let set up completely before using.
• Chocolate Soap:
12 oz (340gms) of vegetable glycerin soap base
8 0z (225gms)of cocoa butter
12 oz (340gms)of olive oil
4 oz (110gms)of cocoa
12 drops of tea tree essential oil
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt down the soap base, cocoa butter and olive oil together. Once it is in liquid form, add the cocoa and stir to combine. Once it’s combined add the tea tree oil. If it happens to harden before everything is incorporated, pop back in the microwave for a few seconds more. Pour immediately into soap molds and pop into the freezer. Once hardened completely and pop out of the molds.
• Chocolate Bath Salts:
2 tbs. Epsom salts
1 tbs. Sea salts
3 tbs. Baking soda
4 tbs. Cocoa powder
4 oz. jar with a tight-fitting lid
Combine everything into a bag and shake vigorously to combine completely. Place into the jar and use under running bath water.
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