If you’ve just bought raw shea butter and don’t know how to start using it on your skin, then read on because in this post, I talk about 6 different ways you can manipulate the raw and hard unrefined shea butter to make it suitable for smooth application. But first, let’s look at a few shea butter benefits for the skin in particular: Shea Butter Benefits for Skin There are so many beauty benefits of shea butter but these ones will quickly become your favourite reasons to keep on using this wonder beauty product: • Moisturizes Skin • Treats Acne • Heals Chapped Lips • Natural Shaving Aid • Scar Continue Reading
15 Shea Butter Benefits for Skin
The last pharaoh, Cleopatra, who was known for her ethereal beauty also used shea butter in her beauty regimen. Early accounts describe trade caravans carrying clay pots filled with this beauty butter all the way up to Egypt from other parts of Africa. Other women in Africa also used shea butter to moisturize their skin, as well as protect it from stretch marks and infection. It’s been thousands of years but shea butter is still being used and valued as an excellent beauty product and skin protector even today. And now it’s your turn to add this amazing skin product to your beauty pantry! But first, you Continue Reading
Soothing & Romantic | DIY Shea Body Butter Recipe
Shea Butter – The Skin’s Super food Shea butter is slowly rising in popularity in the natural beauty world – but it has been used by African communities since ancient times for healing, medicinal, food and cosmetic purposes. Shea butter is extracted from the nuts of the Karite tree, which is native to certain African countries like Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso (in Western Africa) and Sudan and Uganda (in the East African regions). Shea butter was once regarded as a precious commodity and evidence shows that it was used by Ancient Egyptians for cosmetic and other uses. Shea butter is an ivory-colored, solid fat Continue Reading
12 Amazing Beauty Benefits of Shea Butter
Check out 12 amazing beauty benefits of shea butter in this post! Shea Butter – Amazing Skin, Hair & Body Butter from Africa Hailing from the tropical regions of Africa, shea butter (a.k.a karite butter) is extracted from shea nuts through a traditional method of boiling the rock hard nuts. This butter is extremely rich in fatty acids, vitamin A, E and F which are extremely nourishing for hair, skin and the whole body. Let’s first see what exactly is in shea butter that makes it so good for the skin & hair: Nutrients in Shea Butter for Healthy Skin & Hair Vitamin A – Vitamin A is Continue Reading
Top 3 Shea Butter Face Mask Recipes for Supple Skin
Why is Shea Butter Good for Skin? Shea Butter is one of the best skin care gifts provided to us by Mother Nature. Originating from the West, Central & East African regions, shea butter is extracted from the nuts of the Karite/Mangifolia tree, which grows up to 60 feet in height. The Mangifolia tree is revered in Africa for its healing properties and the tree has been referred to as the “Tree of Life” since ancient times because all parts of it have medicinal uses. Even the Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra is said to have used shea butter for its valuable cosmetic uses! Nutrients found in Shea Butter & their Continue Reading