What is Shea Butter (Organic & Refined)?

Shea Butter hydrates, nourishes and protects your skin. It is a wonderful ingredient to incorporate in a body butter or lip balm, but is also suitable in scrubs and conditioners due to its nourishing properties. In short: an indispensable ingredient for every beauty DIY enthusiast!

Shea Butter is extracted from the nuts of the Shea Tree (Butyrospermum Parkii). This tree occurs in Africa, where women have been handcrafting the nuts into Shea Butter for thousands of years.

Benefits

Deeply hydrating

Shea Butter is a source of the essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6, which ensure that your skin remains supple and hydrated. The vitamins A and E also contribute to the deeply hydrating effect of Shea Butter. No wonder this remedy is enormously suitable for dry and combination skin. Try incorporating Shea Butter in a scrub, so that your skin is directly cared for and hydrated while scrubbing.

Anti-aging wonder remedy

Shea Butter keeps the skin supple and hydrated, but also stimulates cell renewal. Especially vitamin A plays an important role in the production of elastin and the protein collagen that helps keep your skin beautifully firm. This way fine lines become less visible, your skin stays supple and elastic and you prevent premature skin aging.

Protects the skin

Additionally, Shea Butter contains a lot of Vitamin E, a vitamin that helps protect the skin against free radicals and UV radiation. Shea Butter maintains your moisture balance and supports the barrier function of the skin. Moreover, Shea Butter contains cinnamic acid, a substance that can help protect the skin against UV-B radiation and can help reduce redness.

How do you use it?

When you start making your own care products, Shea Butter is a must have ingredient. You can use it in the most diverse products: from lip balm to lotion bar and from healing ointments to hair masks.

You can also apply Shea Butter directly to your skin. Put some of the butter on your hand and gently massage it into the (scalp) skin or hair ends.

At room temperature Shea Butter is quite thick and sometimes even hard, but the butter melts immediately on your skin and then penetrates deeply.

What is so special about it?

Shea Butter is a real superfood for your skin: it provides your skin with the necessary fatty acids, hydrates deeply and supports the production of collagen. This way your skin continues to look supple, full and youthful for a long time. An indispensable ingredient for every beauty routine.