"May this perfume lull you into a dream haze so much,
that you forget yourself, your family name and names of the loved ones.
May this take you to places
where only brown rich sensation remains;
slow; dense; melting around the minuscule folds on your skin.
May this dream be a reminiscence of the dessert,
where first palm trees linger on the horizon,
so pale that you don't know if they are a mirage or real trees;
but behind them a weak drumming sound calls,
and you sense that you have found the way,
where the desire materialise out of red sunset air;
a whisper in your ear shivers of thick moist longing
and the smell of cocoa on you body invokes a heartbeat,
accentuated, irregular, as if between the death and the most beautiful resurgence.
Let it all go,
surrender your angels and demons and
dance around the fire,
celebrating your shiny glorious chocolate skin...."
1/4 cup of cocoa butter
1/4 cup of coconut oil
2/4 cup of oil (avocado, castor, jojoba, olive etc)
Optional (you can choose any if none of following herbs; this time I made a butter with sage, juniper, bay and cloves);
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon of sage
3-4 cloves
3-4 juniper berries
2 short sticks of rosemary
1 cinnamon stick
lemongrass 3 cm, cut in slices
ginger 3 cm, cut in slices
lemon peel
1 vanilla pod
Place the herbs with cocoa and coconut oil in a glass jar with the lid. In a separate pot, add 1L of water and place the jar with herbs and oils in a bain marie on a low heat until the oils have melted. Once melted, pass through a cheesecloth and leave at room temperature to partially consolidate. Add oil and whip/mix with a mixer or in a blender until it becomes creamy. Add 1 tablespoon of cacao powder and mix well. It is now ready for use. Enjoy!
Optional
you can add 3 drops of Vitamin E, calendula oil or 3 drops of essential oil
you can divide and one half mixed with aloe vera gel in equal proportions to obtain softer consistence; in this I add cocoa nibs grounded to sugar-size granules and use it as a scrub
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