If you’ve dabbled at all with organic alternatives to lotions and creams, or tried your hand at making your own, then it’s more than likely that you’re familiar with Shea Butter.
Shea Butter is a solid fatty oil derived from the nuts of the karite trees in west and central Africa. When the nuts are harvested, they are crushed and boiled to extract the shea butter within- which is rich in Vitamin A and several fatty acids that help the skin retain moisture and elasticity, making it wonderful for use in lotions, soaps and cosmetics.
With properties proven to be moisture rich and beneficial for skin healing, this amazing butter is quickly becoming a household necessity. Below are some of the many benefits and uses of Shea Butter:
Benefits
Contains vitamins A, E and F
Highly moisturizing and skin softening
Calms irritated skin
Natural SPF and sunburn relief
Anti-inflammatory properties that ease aches and pains
Soothes and heals burns
Relieves joint pain
Natural hair conditioner
Restores skin elasticity
Fades scars, stretch marks and dark spots
Soothes eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, burns, and wounds
Protects skin from free radicals
Eliminates shaving bumps
Anti-aging
Uses
Moisturizer (alone or in a mixture)
Scar and stretch mark cream
Salves and Healing Balms
Soaps
Shampoos and Conditioners
Itch relief from insect bites
Natural sunscreen
Lip balms
Shaving cream
Diaper rash cream
Wrinkle treatment
Natural teeth whitener
And those are just to name a few!
How do you use your Shea Butter? Let us know!
Shea Butter Benefits and Uses
I make lip gloss and body balms using Shea butter as one of the ingredients.
Awesome!
I use Shea Butter in most of my Soaps for super-fating.. I had a friend that was suffering with Eczema, so I made him 2 different Soaps that didn’t help. I decided to make 50% Shea Butter and 50% Cocoa Butter Soap with a few Essential Oils and that did the trick. Shea Butter is wonderful.
Wonderful!
Could I get your soap recipe? I’ve been suffering from severe dry skin that keeps me up at night! =(
I too would love the releif
I use straight out of the jar as my after shower moisturizer.
For lovely skin; nice!
I make 2 types of skin cream. One containing Shea, cocoa butter and coconut oil. And the other with Shea butter, Mango butter and coconut oil. I also make a balm with Shea butter in it. I love your brand of Shea butter
Thanks for sharing; your creams sound like a treat for the skin!
I use shea butter beside other ingredients for my Calendula Healing Salve. This salve is wonderful to use on diaper rash, sensitive skin, eczema, wound healing and much more.
Great; thanks for sharing!
Do you have a calendula salve recipe you would be Williams ng to share? Thanks Lynn
Would anyone be willing to give me some, advice on how to make a shea butter sugar scrub??
I would like some body butter receipes.