Coconut and cocoa massage candle
A vegan massage candle to melt away, with the scent of ylang-ylang, cocoa butter and coconut oil.
A real treat for the skin, for intoxicating massages that will leave the skin soft, velvety and perfumed.
For a candle of about 50 g:
Ingredients
- organic cocoa butter in pastilles or paste - 90g
- organic coconut oil - 10 g
- organic ylang-ylang essential oil - 20 drops
Material
- 50 ml glass jar
- a stainless steel bowl
- a candle wick and a metal holder (you can find some on the nice website www.creacorner.be)
- a mini whisk
- a clothes peg
Preparation
- Place the cocoa butter and coconut vegetable oil in a stainless steel bowl and melt in a very gentle water bath.
- Remove from the heat, add the drops of essential oils and mix with a mini whisk.
- Place your bowl in a bowl of cold water to cool your mixture.
- Dip the cotton wick of your candle in your mixture for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Place the wick in the freezer for 3 minutes and then use your fingers to bring it into a straight position.
- Place the wick of your candle in the metal base by pinching the base with pliers or scissors to make the wick fit into the tip and then position in the centre of your jar.
You can also glue the metal base to the bottom of your jar by melting a cocoa butter tablet and placing it in the middle of your jar with the metal base of the wick. - Hold the wick upright with a clothes peg positioned horizontally, resting on the rim of your pot.
- Pour the preparation into your pot.
- Place your candle in the refrigerator for one hour to set.
- To use your candle, light the wick, let the candle burn for a few minutes until the massage oil becomes liquid.
- Extinguish the wick.
- Pour into your hands (making sure the temperature of the oil is right for you) before massaging into the skin.
