I've already published a tutorial for a cranberry body melt about a year ago. Since the no-pack and no-water products are becoming more and more popular, I've tweaked it a little bit and added some active ingredients to the formulation to jazz it up and make it effective and suitable even for facial application.
Mother's day is around the corner in many regions of the world and these cute melts make an adorable gift (or product).
Ingredients:
| Phase A | |
| Cocoa butter | 45,0% |
| Myrica fruit wax | 6,0% |
| Berry wax | 2,5% |
| Muru muru butter | 9,0% |
| Babassu oil | 9,0% |
| Ascorbyl palmitate | 0,3% |
| Sunflower lecithin | 0,5% |
| Pro Vit D | 0,1% |
| Phase B | |
| Rosehip oil | 5,0% |
| Moringa oil | 3,9% |
| Olive squalane | 3,0% |
| Ojon oil | 2,0% |
| Pomegranate CO2 extract | 1,0% |
| Amaranth CO2 extract | 1,0% |
| Black cumin CO2 extract | 1,0% |
| Rosemary CO2 extract | 0,1% |
| Natural tocopherols | 0,5% |
| cranberry powder | 4,0% |
| Modified rice starch | 5,0% |
| Phase C | |
| Sweet orange essential oil | 0,5% |
| Patchouli oil | 0,1% |
| Frankincense oil | 0,1% |
| Ginger oil | 0,1% |
| Geranium rose oil | 0,3% |
Procedure:
1- Blend phase A and B in separate beakers. Heat phase A in a water bath between 80-85 oC. Ascorbyl palmitae needs this high temperature to melt in the butter/wax phase. If you don't use any ascorbyl palmitate, you need to heat the butter phase according to the melting point of your waxes and butters.
2- Blend phase B in another beaker. Rice starch and cranberry powder do not dissolve in the oil phase. You only need to blend them and keep them suspended.
3- When the wax/butter phase is melted and the ascorbyl palmitate fully blended stop heating and add the oil phase.
4- Blend at room temperature to cool down to <50 oC and then add the essential oil blend.
5- Pour in a suitable mold and put the mold in the fridge for at least 6 hours (we let the mold remain in the fridge overnight)
6- Remove from mold and pack them first in wax paper and then in suitable jars or cardboard boxes. You can pack them alone or mix them with other body melts for more fun and colour variation
BeHappy and have fun
