These exotic butters – shea, kokum n cocoa can be used as ingredients in skin care DIYs n if you wanna know why??? Do read their amazing benefits for the skin…
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Shea butter:
Shelf life: 1-2 years
Suitable for: ALL skin types
Obtained from: It is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree, vitellaria paradoxa.
Benefits for the skin:
- It is high in vitamins A, E and F.
- Provides collagen – to assist prevention of skin aging & wrinkles,
- Contains essential fatty acids.
- High in vitamin A, shea butter is healing for an array of skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis and even wrinkles.
- It has a natural SPF around 4-6.
Make sure you use 100% pure unrefined grade A shea butter like this.
Kokum Butter
Shelf life: 2 yrs
Suitable for: ALL skin types but especially good for damaged skin that needs healing!
Obtained from: The fruit kernel of Indian 🇮🇳 tree garcinia indica. It is the most stable and hardest exotic butter.
Benefits for the skin:
- Helps prevents drying of the skin.
- Helps heal ulcers, heal fissures of the lips, hands and soles of feet.
- Helps regenerates skin cells & reduces degeneration of skin cells.
- Non-pore clogging.
- Contains antioxidant Vitamin E.
- It is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation n makes nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues.
- Softens the skin and restores skin flexibility.
- It exhibits the anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties.
Make sure you use 100% pure unrefined kokum butter like this.
Cocoa Butter:
Shelf life: 2-3 years
Suitable for: Normal and Dry skin. This can be a bit too emollient for oily skin.
Obtained from: Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter.
Benefits for the skin:
- Cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, containing natural antioxidants that prevent rancidity.
- The smooth texture, sweet fragrance and emollient property of cocoa butter make it a popular ingredient in cosmetics and skin care products.
I source it directly from a renowned chocolate factory in bulk, however while buying make sure you use 100% pure unrefined cocoa butter like this. It can also be used to prepare homemade chocolates 🍫!
Check out how you can DIY whipped body butter, lotion/ lotion bars n lip balms using these butters in my previous posts…
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