Lotion Bars make it easy to apply ingredients such as body butters on to skin. Lotion bars typically combine a body butter with a mixture of a carrier oil, beeswax pellets and essential oils to make a formula that is non-greasy.

Check out the video below on how to make a lotion bar using mango butter. You can of course substitute the mango butter for shea butter or cocoa butter instead.

Rosa Medea is Life & Soul Magazine's Chief. She writes about lifestyles including sustainable and green living