mama can Cook! The kitchen can be used for more than just cooking food. It’s time to run a bath and take a moment out with these gorgeous natural recipes.
Rose-vanilla bath melts These bath melts give you a nourishing alternative to conventional body moisturisers, and they smell divine. You’ll get 10 bath melts from this recipe, so if you prefer less, then just halve the amounts.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons dried rose petals 1 vanilla bean (chopped into small sections) ½ cup shea butter 2 drops rose essential oil To make: Grind the rose petals and vanilla bean together in a mortar and pestle to create a fine powder. Alternatively, you could use a coffee grinder.
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Melt the shea butter in a saucepan over a very low heat while stirring in the rose and vanilla powder. Remove from the heat as soon as it’s melted and combined, and stir in the rose essential oil. Pour into small silicone moulds and let them set in the fridge or freezer. Once set, remove from the moulds and store in a container in your fridge. To use: Place one bath melt in the water as the tub is filling up. Feel free to rub the bath melt over your body if it hasn’t melted by the time you get in the bath. Use as often as you’d like.
