Create a DIY massage bar that\u2019s almost good enough to eat! The combo of cocoa powder, Peppermint essential oil, and Cinnamon Bark essential oil, along with luscious coconut and almond oils, is the treat your skin deserves<\/strong><\/span>. You\u2019ll have to avoid the temptation to take a bite out of this creamy massage bar, but you\u2019ll still feel indulgent when you add a little massage to your wind-down routine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Yield: 3-4 massage bars<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Add beeswax and cocoa butter to a double boiler over medium-low heat until melted. Be careful not to overheat or melt too quickly. Low and slow is best.<\/p>\n 2. Once beeswax and cocoa butter are melted, turn off the heat and add sweet almond oil and coconut oil.<\/p>\n 3. Add cocoa powder and mix well until fully incorporated with no clumps.<\/p>\n 4. Pour the mixture into a mold of your choosing. Let cool for 5 minutes.<\/p>\n 5. Add essential oils: 5 drops Peppermint, 5 drops Spearmint, 3 drops Cinnamon Bark, and 3 drops Copaiba to each massage bar. Mix in with a toothpick.<\/p>\n YL tip:<\/strong><\/span> Wait until the cocoa butter and beeswax mixture is slightly cooled before adding the essential oils. This keeps the temperature more consistent, which helps the oils blend well and do their job.<\/p>\n 6. Let everything cool completely in the fridge before popping the massage bars out of the mold.<\/p>\n 7. Store in a sealed container at room temperature; keep away from extreme heat to prevent the bars from melting.<\/p>\n<\/div> Rub the textured side of the bar along your sore back, feet, legs, or any part of your body that needs a boost!<\/p>\n<\/div> These massage bars are made of naturally derived ingredients and essential oils, a synthetic-free way to treat your skin!<\/p>\n<\/div> Look like the queen you were always meant to bee! Beeswax pellets help to naturally moisturize your skin without clogging your pores.<\/span><\/strong> They also keep the bar from falling apart or melting too easily.<\/p>\n<\/div> Prepare to get buttered up with compliments about your skin! Cocoa butter (like its cousin shea butter) hydrates and nourishes to give your skin a radiant glow. The light, chocolatey scent will leave you feeling completely delectable.<\/p>\n<\/div> You\u2019ll be sweet on yourself after using this carrier oil! Sweet almond oil has a nutty, slightly sugary scent<\/strong> <\/span>that blends well with the other ingredients in this bar. The sweet almond oil in this recipe helps the bar to glide smoothly over your skin and boosts hydration.<\/p>\n<\/div> Like a vacation for your skin, coconut oil helps to keep things smooth and hydrated! The coconut scent will leave you thinking of days on the beach with a bottle of tanning oil.<\/p>\n<\/div> Go cuckoo for cocoa powder! Cocoa powder adds a chocolatey scent and gives the bar a natural, earthy color.<\/p>\n<\/div> Get peppy! Peppermint<\/a> helps to soothe fatigued muscles, makes the skin feel cool, and has an enticing aroma.<\/p>\n<\/div> Double mint makes this bar smell like a confectionary delight! Spearmint<\/a> has a milder aroma that adds subtlety to Peppermint\u2019s punch. However, it still goes toe to toe with its skin-cooling factor.<\/p>\n<\/div>How to make DIY cocoa-mint massage bars\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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What is in our DIY massage bars?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/span>Beeswax pellets<\/span><\/h3>\n
Cocoa butter<\/span><\/h3>\n
Sweet almond oil<\/span><\/h3>\n
Coconut oil<\/span><\/h3>\n
Cocoa powder<\/span><\/h3>\n
Peppermint essential oil<\/span><\/h3>\n
Spearmint essential oil<\/span><\/h3>\n
Cinnamon Bark essential oil<\/span><\/h3>\n
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