Massage Bar ??

[lindsaycb]

Anyone have any idea of what ratio of cocoa to shea butter I should use?

I tried a blend with

Kokum

Shea

& Sesame

it was brittle & bubbley...

SO, I remelted

Added more

sesame & coconut oil

Nows it just crumbles in my hands as I use it.

So I think I should go back to the basics...what's a good massage bar/melt recipe to start with?

1:1?

Or should it be

2parts Cocoa

1part Shea

1/2 part oil?

Anyone?

[CareBear]

You using any beeswax in there? usually it's 1 part beeswax, 1 part butter, 1 part oil - but there are like a million viariations.

One my BIL likes is just 1 part beeswax + 2 parts cocoa butter.

[lindsaycb]

All of the massage bars I've seen, don't use beeswax. Beeswax is more for lotion bars.

[CareBear]

sorry, my mistake! Hmmm good question. I looked at the Lush website at their ingredient lists on their massage bars. I've bought plenty of them over the years. They are pretty solid, but not hard.

I would probably skip the kokum, and use primarily cocoa butter and a little bit of shea. Tiny bit of oil, tiny.

Now I have to go try to make some. Drat.

I LOVE Lush's Amazonian: Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii), Palm Kernel Oil (Hydrogenated palm), Coconut Butter (Cocos nucifera), Tangerine Oil (Citrus reticulata), Ylang Ylang Petal Oil (Cananga odorata), Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Blossom Absolute (Citrus dulcis), Perfume, Fresh Orchid (Symbidium),