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Massage melts are a unique body product since they stay solid at room temperatures, but when applied directly to your skin, begin to soften and melt due to body temperature. Their vital purpose is to moisturize dry skin, because well since, relax and soothe tight muscles.

Actually, massage bars are composed of usual butters and oils. Most recipes for this kind of product call for the exercise of cocoa butter. Even though it has wonderful moisturizing properties, I feel this butter produces too difficult a product. Therefore, I suggest with such butters since shea and mango, which create a silkier, luxurious feeling to your melts.

For oils, I highly suggest using sweet almond and jojoba. Sweet almond oil is light and penetrates simply making it well-suited for dry skin conditions. Plus, it is helpful on all skin types. Jojoba oil, which is not truly an oil but is a liquid wax, is similar inside composition to the oil your skin secretes, which is known because sebum. Jojoba is a fast absorbed oil that soothes the skin, since well as, extends the shelf life of other oils.

Other “light” oils you be able to substitute, for the higher than, are apricot kernel, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, or soybean. Rounding out the rest of the ingredients are beeswax, vitamin E, and worthy and fragrance oils.

Beeswax helps formulations keep their shape, because well as, act because a humectant. Vitamin E oil protects your product from rancidity and is also a wonderful natural antioxidant. Significant oils are natural ingredients that are the extremely essence of the plant itself. Extracted from the flowers, fruit, leaves, bark, and roots of the plant, the oils are used for scent and therapeutic purposes. A word of caution, due to their volatility, research any crucial oil before handling. Fragrance oils, though synthetic in nature, do make available an inexpensive and simple way to achieve a scent that could not be probable with worthy oils.

Ingredients:
3 ½ oz. of shea butter
3 ½ oz. of beeswax
2 oz. of jojoba oil
2 oz. of sweet almond oil
¼ tsp. of Vitamin E

Equipment:
Mold(s) of your choice
1 digital cooking thermometer
2 Pyrex glass measuring cups
1 tiny digital postal scale
1 set of measuring aluminum spoons
Wax paper for measuring on the scale
Plastic wrap to cover up Pyrex cups

Directions:
Step 1: Gather every equipment onto a clean, sterile surface. Place a sheet of wax paper over the little digital postal scale to measure out the shea butter and beeswax base. Place base inside a Pyrex cup and cover with plastic wrap. Melt ingredients, absolutely, inside the microwave.

Step 2: Even as the base is melting, handling the second Pyrex cup for your jojoba, sweet almond, vitamin E, and important/fragrance oils (if used). Mix, cover up with plastic wrap, and set aside.

Step 3: Once the base has melted, mix thoroughly. Pour the Pyrex cup from step 2 into the base Pyrex cup, mix equally, and pour into your mold(s). Set aside for a couple of hours to excellent and set. When soft, transfer the melts to the fridge until they are truly hard. They should only pop out of the molds easily. Massage into skin and agree to product become absorbed. Due to melting properties, keep unused portions out of direct sunlight and store inside a wonderful place.

Note: If you plan on using crucial and/or fragrance oils inside your recipe, place a digital thermometer in the melted shea butter and beeswax base. Wait for the temperature to drop down to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything higher will burn off the fragrant oils. After the temperature has reached this point immediately dump your Pyrex cup from step 2 into the Pyrex cup using the base, mix rapidly, and pour into your mold(s). Follow the rest of step 3 advice.

Muscle Relief Vital Oil Blend
½ tsp. of Eucalyptus
½ tsp. of Peppermint (do not apply if pregnant)
30 drops of Rosemary

Tropical Fragrance Oil Blend (Substitute shea butter with mango butter)
½ tsp of Heliotrope fragrance oil
¼ tsp of Coconut Milk fragrance oil
30-50 drops of Tahitian Vanilla fragrance oil

All recipe ingredients, listed higher than, can be found by searching Google.com.