Cocoa Butter (Organic & Unrefined)

Naturally beautiful with chocolate

Okay, none real chocolate, but it's close! Cocoa butter is extracted from the cocoa bean that we know of course from our favorite guilty pleasure chocolate. Our cocoa butter is unrefined and therefore smells slightly of (white) chocolate and this alone makes it a delicious care product.

The cacao tree is native to Central America, and the ancient Aztecs associated cacao with the god of rain and fertility. The Spanish Fernando Cortez brought large quantities of cocoa beans to Europe for the first time. A few centuries later, in 1828, Casparus van Houten from Amsterdam discovered how to remove the fat from the beans, creating cocoa powder and cocoa butter. This was the basis for chocolate as we know it today!

Cocoa butter is a delicious moisturizer and rich in vitamins K and E. Vitamin E is a strong antioxidant and protects your skin against free radicals and premature skin aging. Vitamin K strengthens your skin, but at the same time provides suppleness. Cocoa also contains a lot of Polyphenols; a special type of antioxidant that contributes to skin rejuvenation by reducing the stimulate collagen production And as a result, it helps keep your skin tighter and smoother.

Cocoa also contains a lot of Polyphenols; a special type of antioxidant that helps to stimulate the collagen production. This helps to combat signs of skin aging and keep your skin tighter and smoother.

How do you use cocoa butter?

Because cocoa butter is hard at room temperature, but softens when in contact with your skin, it is an ideal butter to make lip balm or lip balm massage bars . Cocoa butter melts at 35°C, after which you can mix it with essential oil for a nice scent or with, for example, coconut oil to make it a bit softer. Then pour it into a small jar or empty lip balm stick and you have your own lip balm! For a massage bar, you can pour the melted oil into an ice cube tray, let it cool and you have wonderful bars to massage with.

Furthermore, cocoa butter is great to rub in after showering to retain moisture in your skin for extra hydration. Take a piece of cocoa butter in your hand and rub it over your skin, paying extra attention to dry, rough spots. Because your skin is warm from showering, the butter melts easily and absorbs well.