Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Cocoa Box: Sheabutter Cottage X Natural Belle Beauty Box Reveal

Ismail oubarka | 11:12 PM

Due to the success of my first beauty box launched over the summer [that sold out in less than a week] I've team up with The Sheabutter Cottage and curated a second box in time for Christmas.

The second box is Cocoa Butter themed, using the best Ghanaian Cocoa Butter

" Cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, a quality that coupled with natural antioxidants that prevent rancidity, grants it a storage life of two to five years. The velvety texture, pleasant fragrance and emollient properties of cocoa butter have made it a popular ingredient in products for the skin, such as cosmetics, soaps and lotions.

Please note that cocoa butter is hard and brittle at room temperature due to the presence of natural stearic/palmitic acid and needs to be warmed up before use. Unlike shea which grows wild, cocoa is planted during the raining season in Ghana. Provision of shade is very important for this to growth. The farmers work very hard in weeding the cocoa farm - this helps the cocoa to grow"

This box is a discovery of some of my favourite cocoa inspired products along with some limited edition items that will only be available in this box. [this box will not be repeated once it's gone it's GONE!]

1 x 30ml organic pumpkin seed oil

A beauty must have– soothes the skin, increase the hair growth, shine away

Vitamin rich skin renewal. It is also ideal for hair treatments as it nourishes and encourages hair growth.

1 x 35g Ghanaian premium unrefined cocoa butter
Cute chunks for you to treat yourself to a “chocolate” body massage OR lip balm - yummy

2 x 110g Afra cocoa butter soap

Well it can't be The Cocoa Box without any double serving of Ghanaian cocoa! Lather up with more than 70% of creamy unrefined cocoa butter.

The secret within your bubbles? oil + butter directly from Ghana. Simply divine

1 x wooden soap dish

best to keep the soap drained.

1 x zipped pouch
Using fabric inspired by the African continent/batik technique. What can we say about this – we have sewn this cutie for your toiletries.

1 x African print ribbon
Sewn just for you. This also doubles up as a head tie or neck tie