I am currently the owner of a fast -growing baby hump, which means that I do some additions to my beauty routine. I have heard that cocoa butter can help improve the elasticity of your skin, which can help prevent stretch marks and thought it couldn’t hurt to give it a try. But I quickly realized that cocoa butter is impossible to apply! If you have never used it, it is very difficult and not buttery at all, as the name suggests. To make it more usable, I decided to mix it in this beaten body butter and it turned out to be a total decadent!

It only has one ingredient in addition to the cocoa butter -vocoud oil -and it is super downy, chocolate -like smelling and probably my favorite beauty -do -all time. It does not feel rich but not fat when applied, and unlike other lotions that I have made in the past, it is so easy to store (yes, meant play)!

Supplies:
–Cocoa Butter (make sure it is a pure, unrefined person)
–Avocado oil (feel free to suppress in another mild-oriented oil, such as almond. Everything that is stronger can mask the tasty chocolate odor!)
-Alig glass container
-Electric -Kloppers
-A heat -resistant bowl and pot

Measure 1/2 cup of avocado oil and 1 cup of cocoa butter and combine in a bowl.

Let a few centimeters of water simmer in a pot and place the bowl (but not touching) the water to melt the cocoa butter. When everything has melted, remove the bowl from the heat and place in the fridge for about an hour. Make sure that none of the condensation comes in on the outside of the bowl! The chilled mixture must be soft; If it gets too much going, let it heat up somewhat at room temperature. Mix the bangpers for 3-4 minutes until it is light and airy.

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Spoon the finished butter in a clean container and enjoy it! It should take at least a few months if it is stored at a cool location. My body butter filled a 12 oz. Container, tightly packaged, with a little remaining.

I found these wooden lids made for a variety of weck pot sizes, which give the pot a safe seal. I made the label with a scalloped circle punch, chic wrapping paper and some stick on letters. I think it is absolutely cute enough to give as a gift to anyone who likes to smell like chocolate – careful or not! Will it keep my belly stretch-mark-free? Time will learn, but in the meantime my skin feels good. XO Kayleigh

Credits // Author and photography: Kayleigh Kosmas. Photos edited with a color story desktop.