The Top Six Benefits of Shea Butter
Natural products are an excellent way to treat your skin and afford you the assurance of their health and safety. Shea Butter is one such product that is gaining immense popularity for its admirable emolliating abilities. Before including any new product in your skincare routine, you stop and inform yourself thoroughly about the product. Read on to know more about Shea Butter!
For millennia, Shea Butter has been a favourite product to use on the skin, all the way back from the time of the Ancient Egyptians. It comes from the nut borne by the Shea tree, which is indigenously found in Central Africa. Shea Butter is a rich source of vitamins A and E as well as essential fatty acids, all of which keep the skin healthy and looking at its best.
Shea Butter is used as a multipurpose product by many, but it also has more particular applications. The following are the top six ways you may benefit from Better Butter Company’s Shea Butter
A Go-To Product for Moisturising Dry Skin, Hair and Scalp
Shea Butter is highly effective as a moisturising agent and is therefore a boon for those who have a hard time tackling the problem of dry skin. Its hydrating properties are the scientific reason behind why it is so good at treating dryness. It may be used on the face and as a body butter. Skincare products sometimes contain chemical ingredients that are detrimental to the moisture of your skin. However, with Shea Butter, the moisture is retained due to its naturally occurring constituents.
Shea Butter can also be used on the scalp and hair. It keeps the hair soft and healthy and acts as a potent remedy for a dry scalp.
If you would like to use Shea Butter as a treatment for serious problems of dry skin, you should speak to your doctor. However, many people have effectively managed these problems with the use of this natural remedy.
Natural Treatment for Acne
Shea Butter is a simple and straightforward remedy for acne. There are multitudinous options to choose from when one goes to the supermarket in search of a solution. Most of these contain chemical ingredients, which is in contrast to Shea Butter. It is easy to use and is 100% natural. A significant advantage of Shea Butter is that it doesn’t block your pores, i.e. it is non-comedogenic. It moisturises the skin, leaving it soft to the touch.
Shea Butter’s anti-inflammatory abilities help to soothe redness and irritation and is put to best effect when used after a facial cleanser.
An Anti-Ageing Product
The nutrient responsible for anti-ageing is Vitamin A. It is an organically occurring component in Shea Butter, which sets it apart from artificial skincare products. When the collagen starts to fractionate, folds appear on one’s skin. This happens due to prolonged exposure to UV rays, pollutants and other irritants. Vitamin A encourages the creation of collagen, which helps to reduce the time it takes for wrinkles to form. However, it can go further and even do away with already-formed wrinkles. It also softens the appearance of lines on the skin by filling them in.
Water is the core solution to youthful, glowing skin and Shea Butter’s hydrating properties help to achieve just that. On the whole, Shea Butter as an emollient helps in the function of anti-ageing.
Reduces Scars, Cellulite and Stretch Marks
Shea Butter can be used for specific problems of the skin which are stubborn. Though certain stretch marks and scars don’t fade completely, Shea Butter can be very effective in minimising their visibility. It can tone down their colour and reduce the look of their presence when used at regular intervals.
Further, Shea Butter is rich in vitamin E, a nutrient that reduces marks on the skin, such as scars. It is, therefore, commonly found in skin products aimed at reducing blemishes. Vitamin A is also found plentifully, which works to reduce discolouration such as sunspots. It gives a boost to the process called skin cell turnover, which means that shedding of old, worn out or darkened skin cells happens faster, making way for the new, healthy ones.
Due to the ability of Shea Butter to make skin feel softer and smoother, it can lessen the visibility of cellulite. Also, it’s effect of increasing the production of collagen makes the skin firmer and reduces its chance of becoming loose.
Reduces Sunburn and Windburn
A moisturizer like Shea Butter helps to reduce the flaky and itchy effect of sunburns. Some sunburn lotions have components that aggravate sunburn, but Shea Butter, being natural, is safe from this issue. It can also expedite healing.
In places that have a chilly and windy climate during winter, being affected by windburn is common. Shea Butter can prevent this from happening by acting as a sheen that guards against the bite of the cold winds.
Protects Against Diaper Rash
Shea Butter may safely be used for babies to help mend skin affected by diaper rash. Its moisturizing abilities make it very efficacious. It guards against the rubbing of the diaper and its tendency to reduce the moisture of the baby's skin. Shea Butter is also an anti-fungal, which can ward off the growth of yeast and preempt infections. However, since babies have very sensitive skin, we always recommend a patch test before usage.
Besides the six mentioned above, there are many more purposes that Shea Butter can serve. As a beauty product for the skin, or a replenisher of its health, Shea Butter comes in as a PERFECT solution.
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