DIY - Lotion Bars!

Hello angels
As promised, here I am with an awesome DIY - Homemade Lotion Bars! Now who can resist that??
Natural organic soaps and lotion bars has always, without fail drawn my attention.  Most of us find the  fragrance, texture and packaging so irresistible, that we got to have 'em! so here goes.....

Lotion Bar is simply body butter in solid form. One can scrub them onto your body before sleep, after a shower or whenever your skin requires moisturizing.

Recipe to lotion bars is almost every where! (this I realized recently..) So I did my bit of researching and gave it a try!

Ingredients

Beeswax 3 oz
Shea butter 3 oz
Jojoba oil ( I used 5 drops)
Grapefruit essential oil ( depends on your preference between mild or strong fragrance)

Additional choices
Sweet almond oil
Coconut oil
Any other essential oil your heart desires

Process

Melt the beeswax in a double boiler under medium flame. Then, add the Shea butter. Shea butter demands a little more patience and attention while melting. So stir stir stir stir....

Once done, take the mixture off the flame and add your choice of oils. Give them a good stir and immediately pour them into your molds.

The bars require an hour to set and then... Taadaa! your very own lotion bars are ready for a scrub! (I prefer silicon molds - silicon cupcake molds were used by me!)

Gift 'em

They make excellent gifts. Personalize them by imprinting initials or by using favorite essential oil. Wrap them up with beautiful tissue gift papers, to give it an extra 'wow' factor...

Let me know if you guys managed to make your own lotion bars. I would love to hear!

HAPPY NEW YEAR...!!

What's C♥♥king Part 2 - Instagram Snapsh♥t!

Hello Angels

Yes, am determined to take you through all the awesome foodies I munch during my holidays!!

Treat it as a part 2 to my previous blog, covers mostly desserts! ( a part 2 was never planned for, but i had to share these with you guys! ♥)

Plus, i discovered a new Favorite - Vapiano♥. Their Pastas and Pizzas are super delicious. For a mid day meal, i think the place is awesome with a great cozy and green ambiance.

 On my plate...♥

1/2/3 Vapiano ♥ Garlic bread, Pizza and Cappuccino
4/5/6 Desserts from a recent family party ♥ Cheesecake, Almond Pudding & Kiwi choco Pudding (courtesy my aunt)
7 ♥ Cake from the party again (Don't ask me the name!)
8 ♥ Salads
9 ♥  No Nugget was not for dessert! This week he got his first treat! Good Boy!!

Soon after this am rushing to give my nails a new year's special manicure and varnish..woohoo

Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and an awesome bunch of prezzies! (Did you notice a lot of 'awesome', this time on my blog!!?)

I am prepping myself for an awesome DIY blog...which will go live on Jan 1st, 2013
Facing a 'lil trouble getting all the 'key items'...so fingers crossed!!!!♥

xoxo♥