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

Truly, massage bars are composed of expected butters and oils. Most recipes for this variety of product call for the use of cocoa butter. Even though it has terrific moisturizing properties, I feel this butter produces too not easy a product. Therefore, I recommend using such butters because shea and mango, which create a silkier, luxurious feeling to your melts.

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

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

Beeswax helps formulations keep their shape, because well since, act since a humectant. Vitamin E oil protects your product from rancidity and is also a cool natural antioxidant. Essential oils are accepted 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 several essential oil previous to usage. Fragrance oils, though synthetic in nature, do make available an inexpensive and easy way to achieve a scent that possibly will not be probable with valuable 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 decision
1 digital cooking thermometer
2 Pyrex glass measuring cups
1 little 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 each tools onto a clean, sterile surface. Place a sheet of wax paper on top of the tiny digital postal scale to measure out the shea butter and beeswax base. Place base in a Pyrex cup and cover using plastic wrap. Melt ingredients, fully, in the microwave.

Step 2: Even as the base is melting, apply the second Pyrex cup for your jojoba, sweet almond, vitamin E, and valuable/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 together, and pour into your mold(s). Set aside for a couple of hours to cool and set. When soft, transfer the melts to the fridge until they are actually difficult. They be supposed to only pop out of the molds simply. Massage into skin and allow product become absorbed. Due to melting properties, keep unused portions out of direct sunlight and store inside a excellent place.

Note: If you plan on with important and/or fragrance oils in 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. Following 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 directions.

Muscle Relief Important Oil Blend
½ tsp. of Eucalyptus
½ tsp. of Peppermint (do not exercise 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

Each recipe ingredients, listed above, be able to be found by searching Google.com.