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- Melissa Breyer
- December 8, 2007
- 9:09 pm
- 27 comments
Honey and coconut oil have both long been used to moisturize the skin. Combine them with this method and you have a super luscious body butter that will leave your skin soft as a cloud. Consider this body honey a Valentine to yourself, or try it on your partner for a special at-home Valentine’s Day surprise.
True natural body care extends beyond basic health and aesthetic concerns to include fun, frolic, physical and tactile pleasures, warm and tender sharing, and a celebration of life. So while this formula does wonders for moisturizing your skin, it can also arouse your senses with yummy tastes and soothing texture.
2 tablespoons coconut oil (extra-virgin, unrefined)
1 tablespoon of your favorite raw honey
2 drops vanilla, peppermint, or sweet orange essential oil (optional)
In a small bowl, whip together all ingredients. This sweet treat is now ready to use.
If the temperature in your kitchen is above 76F, the body honey will maintain a liquid consistency; if the temperature is below 76F, it will be a medium soft solid (because of the melting point of the coconut oil).
Take several bath towels (enough to cover your body) and dampen them with hot water (as hot is comfortable for you to touch) in an empty bathtub. Get in the tub and rub the honey mixture over your body, recline and cover yourself with the hot towels. Sit, relax, and enjoy until the towels are cool and you are ready to rinse. Rinse, pat yourself dry, and follow up with some plain coconut oil or your favorite all-natural lotion.
Read more: Holidays, Life, Skin Care, Valentine's Day, body butter, body wrap, coconut oil, honey, moisturize
Inspired by Organic Body Care by Stephanie Tourles (Storey Publishing, 2007).
Melissa Breyer
Melissa Breyer is a writer and editor with a background in sustainable living, specializing in food, science and design. She is the co-author of True Food (National Geographic) and has edited and written for regional and international books and periodicals, including The New York Times Magazine. Melissa lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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27 comments
+ add your ownSounds like a great dessert! (=_=) Thank you.
Great recipe thanks
Good recipe!
Coconut oil is even a good cooking oil and great medicinal,due to it's Lauric acid content, extremely beneficial!
Thanks!
thanks
I love coconut oil as a moisturizer.
Just bought some pure coconut oil in Thailand. Got a use for ot now. Thankyou!
wonderful. thanks.
Sounds like it would make a great lipbalm as well. Oh what the heck, think I'll just eat some. Honey and coconut oil and vanilla are delicious.
This sounds great, thank you
sounds messy, but probably feels wonderful!
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