Bronzing Chocolate Body Butter

I've been experimenting with homemade self-tanners. The black tea and oil was a failure, as it stained my shower brown.
The most recent experiment is a Bronzing Chocolate Body Butter. I made my normal body butter (see older post for recipe), heavy on the Shea Butter, and added in a heaping tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 scoop of bronze mica, 1/2 scoop of gold mica and 1/2 scoop satin white mica. I added these in at the end, when I added in the arrow root powder. The essential oils I used this time were orange and lemon. So basically I smell like a chocolate orange. Yum. And yes, it does actually taste kind of good, but I wouldn't recommend eating it, unless you like mica in your tummy.
It is a little stickier than normal at first, but if you are wearing shorts it is no biggie. It definitely does give a subtle tan, and you will glow like a movie star. I thought my dog would try to lick it off my arms, but he doesn't seem interested. Good. Don't wear anything white against it, it will rub off a little. I try to only wear it with my darker color skirts, and usually only put it on the parts of my body that will be exposed. Make sure you rub it in well to avoid streaks. I don't bother washing my hands after, I just wipe off my palms with a tissue.
So there you go, give it a try!