If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? Marquise de Svign
Apart from eating a sinful, yet delicious bar of chocolate, there are literally hundreds of dessert recipes that use chocolate in various forms. But who knew that you can even bathe yourself in chocolate. Sounds wild, doesn't it? There are various types of bath mixture available in markets that can be used for different skin types. The special thing about this milky-chocolate bath is that anyone can make it right at home and won't even require to spend a lot of time. All you have to do is mix the ingredients together and store them in an airtight glass jar. You can make any of the recipes mentioned below and store it for approximately 2 to 3 months. Also, if you like, you can make the bath mixture and gift to someone for their birthday or anniversary. And now, without further ado, let's get you smelling like sweet and savory chocolate. So... what are you waiting for? Give it a try. What do you have to lose?
Bath Recipe 1
Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered milk
- 1 cup honey
- cup cocoa powder
- cup Epsom salt
- cup baking soda
- cup vegetable glycerin
- In a bowl, mix baking soda and Epsom salt with glycerin properly.
- Add powdered milk and cocoa powder next.
- Take an airtight glass jar, fill it with the bath mixture, and close the lid.
- To prepare the bath, add a cup of honey onto cup of bath in a bowl.
- Fill the bathtub with warm water and dissolve the bath mixture in it.
- Make sure that the honey dissolves properly in the tub before you get in.
- Soak yourself in the chocolaty bath till the water turns cool.
- Shower under cold water to rinse thoroughly, dry yourself, and apply a moisturizing lotion.
Bath Recipe 2
Ingredients
- 2 drops rose essential oil
- 1 drop ylang-ylang oil
- cup cocoa powder
- cup powdered milk
- cup baking soda
- cup powdered oats
- To prepare an instant chocolate milk bath, mix all the ingredients mentioned above in a bowl.
- Make sure that the oats powder is fine or it will clog the drainage system after you're done with your bath.
- Draw warm bath water in the tub and add this mixture; dissolve properly and soak yourself completely.
- Relax and have your bath with candles around and soothing music.
- After the bath, rinse yourself properly, pat yourself dry, and apply a moisturizing lotion.
Bath Recipe 3
Ingredients
- 7 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons powdered milk
- cup cornstarch
- cup citric acid
- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients, except for coconut oil, properly.
- In a microwave bowl, add coconut oil in and melt it thoroughly, without burning it.
- Add coconut oil in; use an ice cream scooper and make small balls with the mixture.
- Place onto a wax or parchment paper. Leave the small balls to dry for about 2 days or so.
- Once dry, draw a warm bath in the tub and use them as fizzy bath balls.
- For every time you bathe, use 1 fizzy ball.
- After the bath, rinse yourself thoroughly, pat dry, and apply a moisturizing lotion.
Bath Recipe 4
Ingredients
- 4 cups water, distilled
- 2 drops chocolate oil
- 2 oz. glycerin
- 1 bar Castile soap, grated
- Draw a warm bath and add grated Castile soap in to dissolve.
- Stir it properly so the soap dissolves; add glycerin and chocolate fragrance oil in.
- Fill in an airtight glass jar and store in a cool, dry place.
- Every time you want to take a bath, stir in a small amount under running water.
If you liked this article and the recipes mentioned above, then here's another Buzzle article on homemade bath salts. Try making different bath mixtures till you find the one you love. Feel revitalized and rejuvenated with these scented bath mixes.
