I buy big blocks of organic cocoa butter and melt it down and pour it into twist-up sticks and use that as moisturizer!!!! So simple and so soothing and nourishing to the skin. Iā€™ve also been using jojoba oil mixed with a little dab of Weleda Skin Food but Skin Food is aggressively scented so not really what you asked forā€¦
Jan 14, 2025

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This is no secretā€¦ I saw you responded and I was like what wisdom is this crunchy queen going to offer today! Maybe I will get on the shea butter life šŸ¤”
Jan 14, 2025
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sofe feeling so seen right now. I recommend it I feel like itā€™s so much cheaper and simpler and itā€™s portable too šŸ’… you can make a bunch of sticks and keep one in your bag one at work etc
Jan 14, 2025
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taterhole also I meant cocoa butter not sheaā€¦ yes perhaps I will return to my Waldorf homeschooled child roots and start making homemade salves again šŸ«¢ I have a large hunk of beeswax somewhere too lol
Jan 14, 2025
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sofe omgggg yes get back to your ROOTS making random concoctions in tins jars and tubes!!!!!!
Jan 14, 2025

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