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How to Make Cocoa Butter Hand and Foot Cream

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For a luxurious home spa treatment, make cocoa butter hand and foot cream. Cocoa butter is an excellent emulsifying agent that leaves your skin smooth and soft. Most oils penetrate the skin's surface, but cocoa butter stays on the surface to form a protective layer that keeps your skin from drying.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1/2 cup dry oatmeal
  • 4 tbsp. cocoa butter
  • 3 tbsp. honey
  • Bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoons
  • Cotton gloves
  • Cotton socks
  • Water
  1. Step 1

    Grind the almonds in a coffee grinder or food processor until they are coarsely ground.

  2. Step 2

    Place the oatmeal, honey, cocoa butter and ground almonds into a bowl.

  3. Step 3

    Mix them together until they form a paste.

  4. Step 4

    Rub the paste into your hands and feet.

  5. Step 5

    Put on cotton gloves and socks and keep your hands and feet covered overnight.

  6. Step 6

    Remove the gloves and socks in the morning and rinse your hands.

Tips & Warnings
  • Cocoa butter cream is also excellent for elbows, ankles and any other area with dry skin. The cream exfoliates the dead, dry skin while it nourishes the new cells.
  • Cocoa butter is a byproduct of manufacturing chocolate. Food grade cocoa butter that is unaltered has a wonderful chocolate smell.
  • Buy cocoa butter online from websites that sell supplies for making soap such as, mountainroseherbs.com. You'll also find it in many stores that sell natural products, health food stores and some supermarkets.
  • Grate some cocoa butter into your bath water for a special treat.
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