The shea, cocoa butter, mango, kukui and many others come from natural products and are great for the skin. Are ingredients in many cosmetics and can be used alone.
These plant products soften the skin, help improve scars and stains and have other benefits. Know them more closely:
Shea
Butter or shea butter (shea butter) originates from Africa. It is excellent for softening the skin. It can be used pure or can be melted in a double boiler and add it almond oil or olive oil to make it less fat.
It is used in products to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy. Can be used in rough areas and is part of creams and lip treatments. It is also used in infants to treat irritations. It is ideal as lip balm.
Butter kukui
In Malaysia, Indonesia and Hawaii they eat but in other parts used in creams for face and body. It comes from a tree sometimes called candlenut. It is widely used in cosmetics in Thailand and Indonesia. In the U.S. comes from Hawaii.
It can be used to soften the skin and is believed to stimulate hair follicles.
Mango Butter
Obtained from the seed of the mango. It is emollient and moisturizer. There are many products with this butter as soaps and creams. Is said to help the regeneration of the skin so it is used in products for wrinkles and stretch marks. Can be use as lip balm.
Salt butter
It has nothing to do with salt, comes from a tree in India called Shorea. It’s like mango butter properties and uses.
Cocoa Butter
It comes from the cocoa and as you know can be eaten and tastes great in hot chocolate and chocolates. Not all chocolates have it; most chocolate contains cocoa butter with cheaper common. Only good quality chocolates have.
It melts at body temperature. It is very soothing and is used for burns, stretch marks, anti aging products and to smooth rough areas. It is very cheap and readily available. It can be mixed with other oils for use in massage or as a cream or lip rough areas and can be used pure.
Using vegetable butters
You melt the butter and mix with other oils or butter to enrich it; you can use bath bombs (which are bubbles) in lip balms, massage, to handmade soaps and others.
Many cosmetics have these butters and when you see the list of ingredients and know what their benefits. These butters can be purchased online and in some natural food stores.
