If you have oily skin, then I totally understand why you would be a bit hesitant to use shea butter on your face. Okay, a lot hesitant. Since shea butter is known to be a moisturizer with a thick buttery consistency, people immediately think it’s for only those with dry chapped skin and wouldn’t dare use it for fear of greasing up their already oily face. There’s also another fear that using shea butter on oily skin will give you breakouts with the excess oils getting clogged up in your pores. But…what if I told you that all that is false and you can actually use shea butter on oily skin without any Continue Reading
DIY Organic Body Butter for Healthy Skin
The Easiest DIY Organic Body Butter You’ll Come Across! This is the easiest DIY organic body butter recipe you’ll ever come across - it contains only 4 ingredients, it’s cheap and the best part is that it is very versatile! You can substitute the jojoba oil for any other of your favorite skin care oils. For dry skin, you could use olive oil while for oily skin, try grapeseed because it has a light consistency that won’t grease up your skin. If you have normal skin, then go ahead and use jojoba oil as suggested in the recipe below. Also note that the essential oil is totally optional and in place of lavender Continue Reading
10 Beauty Benefits of Lemongrass Essential Oil for Skin, Hair & More
The beauty benefits of lemongrass essential oil include glowing toned skin, silky shiny hair and more! Lemongrass is an aromatic perennial grass that originally grew wild in India. It is very fragrant and commonly used in perfumes and soaps. It is important to note that lemongrass is not related to citrus fruits at all! It is called so simply because it has a lemony scent to it. Before we look at the beauty benefits of lemongrass essential oil, check out its ingredient profile: Ingredient Profile of Lemongrass Essential Oil ♥ Scientific Name: Cymbopogon citratus ♥ Origin: Lemongrass is native to Continue Reading
Can I Put Shea Butter on my Face?
Go Right Ahead, Hun! If there’s one thing I’ll never stop putting on my face it’s shea butter. I always keep a tub (1 pound jar) of fresh organic unrefined Shea butter Nilotica on my dresser. Whenever I wash my face, I immediately apply just a tiny amount all over my face - concentrating on my dry acne-prone cheeks. The shea goodness sinks right into my skin, moisturizing any flaky skin and keeping acne at bay. So if you have my skin type: dry and acne-prone, then go right ahead and use shea butter! Now as for other skin types… Can I Put Shea Butter on my Face even if I Have (Insert Skin Type Here) Shea butter is Continue Reading
Ultimate List: 100 Benefits of Raw African Shea Butter
Of course 100 isn’t the maximum number of benefits shea butter has - if I was to list ALL the benefits of shea butter in the world (some of which I’m sure haven’t yet been discovered XD), it’d be a SUPER long article that could go on and on! This article is already very long as it is so without further ado, let’s jump into this extensive list of 100 benefits of raw African shea butter! 100 Benefits of Raw African Shea Butter for Skin, Hair & More For Skin 1. Intense Moisturizer. Rich in vitamin F, a.k.a, healthy fatty acids, shea butter provides intense moisturization to dry flaky skin. 2. Treats Continue Reading