Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts: Luscious fat bombs for the tub, made with soothing oat flour and a moisturizing blend of cocoa butter and virgin coconut oil.
Bath melts are one of my very favorite bath products. They are brilliant in their simplicity: solid bars of bath oil that quickly melts into hot bath water, sliding onto the skin in one graceful swoop. Bath melts are an easy and enjoyable way to moisturize from head to toe – and they look great too! These Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts combine the deep conditioning powers and delicious aromas of virgin coconut oil and pure cocoa butter with the soothing properties of oat flour and the humectant benefits of honey.
Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts get their aroma from the natural, characteristic scents of their main ingredients, pure cocoa butter and virgin coconut oil. This light scent could easily be enhanced with your favorite essential oil, plant-based fragrance oil, or conventional fragrance oil. Try experimenting with a variety of sweet, spicy, and unexpected aromatics to make this recipe your own.
About the Ingredients
Organic Cocoa Butter
The rich chocolate aroma of cocoa butter is immediately recognizable. This pure pressed butter is made from cacao, the main ingredient in chocolate. In addition to smelling delicious, cocoa butter is a superb moisturizing ingredient. It can be used to condition hair and skin when used alone or added to formulations such as lotions, soaps, or balms.
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
Right now, virgin coconut oil is easily one of the hottest ingredients in the natural beauty world. Used for everything from hair conditioner to makeup remover, natural beauty enthusiasts can’t seem to get enough of this versatile ingredient. In regards to cleansing the skin, virgin coconut makes a great choice due to its unique combination of moisturizing and astringent properties. It also smells incredibly good!
Organic Whole Oat Flour
Oats are a classic ingredient for soothing and calming sensitive or irritated skin. Often used in milk baths and scrubs, oat flour can also be incorporated into more complex formulations such as lotions, soaps, cleansers, or bath bombs. Oat flour can also act as a thickening agent or a binder in complex formulations such as emulsions or liquid soaps.
Honey Powder
Honey has been used in natural skin care recipes for ages. The sweet, sticky, substance is a natural humectant. This means that it draws in moisture. Honey can help bring moisture to the skin and to retain it. Honey can also help to stabilize emulsions. Our dehydrated Honey Powder offers formulators a useful alternative to liquid honey. Honey Powder can be used in dry formulations as well as oil-based formulas without the complications that come along with introducing an aqueous substance.
Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts
Makes about 14 12-gram bath melts
Ingredients
- 70 grams Organic Cocoa Butter
- 50 grams Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
- 40 grams Organic Whole Oat Flour
- 20 grams Honey Powder
Directions
- Combine cocoa butter and coconut oil in a double boiler and heat until fully melted.
- In a second heat-proof vessel, mix together oat flour and honey granules.
- Pour about half of the melted fats into the powders and stir well. Break up any clumps.
- Pour the slurry of fat and powder back into the double boiler and mix again.
- Stir the mixture well, then pour into molds. Stop to stir again as needed to keep the oat from settling.
- Allow the bath melts to cool and harden completely before removing from molds. This step can be sped up by cooling the melts in a refrigerator or freezer.
Usage & Packaging
- These Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts will be fairly firm once fully cool, but they will still be a bit fragile so should be packed with care. They will be especially susceptible to softening up in warm climates. They look great packaged in our Foil Cups in a Small Cello Bag or large Flint Glass Jar.
- To use, simply drop one or two melts into hot bath water. The fats will melt in a few moments, releasing the oat flour and honey into the bath water. Use caution when exiting the tub, as the melts may cause surfaces to become slippery.
Shelf Life & Stability: Please note that the formulations featured here on The Natural Beauty Workshop have not been challenge tested for stability or shelf life, and may not be suitable for commercial use as-is. For more information on shelf life, stability, and working with preservatives, check out the following article from our Information Library.
Looking for more unique bath product inspiration? Check out Our Best Bath Bomb Recipes and our Bath Tub Treat recipe section.
Hello, Is there a good substitute for the Honey Powder to made a vegan version? Thanks
Hello!
While not a straight substitute for honey, our Coconut Milk Powder would be a great ingredient to add. It will help to keep skin soft and smooth! You could also add a little bit of your favorite salt, like Himalayan Pink Salt or Sea Salt, if you want to give it a little extra boost. Feel free to omit the honey powder or any of the suggested substitutes entirely, as well!
Hi,
I made this recipe following step by step directions . When I took them out of the refrigerator they were solid. I let them sit for a few hours and they completely melted. SO I tried it again. This time I left them on the counter overnight to solidify but it never happen. What am I doing wrong?
Hello! We will be happy to help troubleshoot. As this product was formulated to melt quickly in warm water, it may not fully re-solidify when kept at room temperature. We suggest cooling the product in the freezer and storing unused portions in the refrigerator. You can also had bit more cocoa butter, which is a hard, brittle butter that will create a firmer finished product. Feel free to add more of a different harder butter you may have on hand, such as shea or mango butters. We hope this is helpful!
I make body butter bars and i put beeswax in my recipes.
Hello Lynn, Beeswax makes a lovely addition to body butter, body balms and lotion formulations.
Totally need this for my skin right now. Winter is so harsh and this recipe has some really great skin soothing ingredients.
This looks so good! What a fun gift to make for friends!
Thanks for joining us, Suzanne. We agree! Oatmeal Honey Butter Bath Melts are one of our most popular formulations (and a personal favorite).
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
Hello Vanessa, thanks for reaching out! Following good manufacturing procedures, this formulation would be considered stable. It contains no water and each ingredient has at least a year shelf life.
Hello Vanessa! Thanks for reaching out. Following good manufacturing practices, this formulation would be considered stable. It contains no water and each ingredient has a shelf life of one year or more.
Can you use the honey powder in body butter?