Can you use cocoa butter on your face at night? And what are the benefits of doing so? Read on!
Why You Should Use Cocoa Butter on Your Face at Night Time
Using cocoa butter at night time is very beneficial because night time is when the skin repairs itself! Applying nourishing ingredients like cocoa butter, which is rich in vitamins and fatty acids, at night time can boost your skin to repair, rejuvenate and resuscitate itself!
Here are some of the nutrients in cocoa butter and their benefits for skin!
- Vitamin E – Cocoa butter is rich in Vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin E is known as the beauty vitamin because it makes skin smooth, supple and soft. It also helps reduce scars and promotes youthful skin.
- Vitamin K – Vitamin K is good for removing dark circles, stretch marks and bruises.
- Essential Fatty Acids – Cocoa butter contains arachidic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid and other fatty acids. These essential fatty acids deeply moisturize and nourish skin cells while offering it protection from harsh environmental conditions, UV damage and free radicals.
Who Should Apply Cocoa Butter at Night
Not everyone can apply cocoa butter on their face at night with positive results. For example, those with oily or acne prone skin should avoid using cocoa butter on the face.
That’s because cocoa butter has a high comedogenic rating of 4! Comedogenic rating is a scale of 0-5 which shows the rate at which a substance can clog up your pores. So if you can acne, stay away from cocoa butter on your face because it can clog up your pores and cause acne!
The people who can safely apply cocoa butter on the face at night time include those with:
- Scars
- Dull skin
- Mature skin
- Dry skin
- Flaky skin
- Hyperpigmentation
How to Use Cocoa Butter on your Face at Night
Here are the top two ways you can use cocoa butter on your face at night:
1. Easy Whipped Cocoa Butter
Because cocoa butter is very hard at room temperature, melting it or whipping it up is recommended. Here’s a simple whipped cocoa butter recipe for use at night time!
What you need
- ½ cup cocoa butter (where to get it)
- 2 tbsp sweet almond oil (where to get it)
- Double boiler (where to get it)
- Hand mixer (where to get it)
- Jar for storage (where to get it)
Directions
- Melt ½ cup of cocoa butter together with 2 tbsp of sunflower oil in a double boiler.
- Once melted, let it cool down in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Then take it out and whip it using a hand mixer until you get a white cream.
- Store in an air tight container in a cool dry place.
- At night time after washing your face, massage a pea-sized amount of this whipped cream on your face and neck.
2. Anti-Aging Cocoa Night Cream
This anti-aging cocoa cream combines cocoa butter, honey and essential oils for the ultimate anti-aging Night Cream!
What you need
- ½ cup cocoa butter (where to get it)
- 1 tsp organic honey (where to get it)
- 1 tbsp jojoba oil (where to get it)
- Frankincense essential oil – 4 drops (where to get it)
- Lavender essential oil – 4 drops (where to get it)
- Geranium essential oil – 4 drops (where to get it)
- Double boiler (where to get it)
- Hand mixer (where to get it)
- Glass jar for storage (where to get it)
Directions
- Melt the cocoa butter together with jojoba oil in a double boiler over medium-low heat.
- Now stir in the raw honey and keep the mixture in the refrigerator to cool for 15 minutes.
- Whip it into a white cream, add the essential oils then whip again for a few seconds to evenly distribute the essential oils.
- Transfer into a clean glass jar for storage. Store it in a cool dry place like the fridge, for it to set.
- Massage a pea-sized amount of this night cream on your clean face and neck in an upward motion.
Where to Get Cocoa Butter
Make sure to buy 100% pure cocoa butter that is raw and organic. Avoid cocoa butter with added ingredients because we want to use the purest and unprocessed form for maximum nutrients and benefits, right?! I love and recommend Plant Therapy Cocoa Butter. It comes in a 16 oz block!
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Hello. I followed your instructions to the T. Even ordered all the products you recommended from Amazon and could never get it to whip into a cream. It just remained in liquid form. Not sure what I did wrong.