Shea butter is fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the shea tree. It’s solid at a warm temperature and has an off-white or ivory color. Shea trees are native to West Africa, and most shea butter still comes from that region.
Shea butter has been used as a cosmetic ingredient for centuries. It’s high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids — combined with it’s easy-to-spread consistency — makes it a great product for smoothing, soothing, and conditioning your skin.
BENEFITS OF SHEABUTTER
1. It’s safe for all skin types: Shea butter is technically a tree nut product. But unlike most tree nut products, it’s very low in the proteins that can trigger allergies. In fact, there’s no medical literature documenting an allergy to tropical shea butter.
2. It’s moisturizing: Shea butter is typically used for its moisturizing effects. These benefits are tied to shea butter’s fatty acid content, including linoleic, oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids. When you apply shea butter topically, these oils are rapidly absorbed into your skin. They act as a “refatting” agent, restoring lipids and rapidly creating moisture.
3. It’s anti-inflammatory: The plant esters of shea butter have been found to have anti-inflammatory properties. When applied to the skin, shea butter triggers cytokines and other inflammatory cells to slow their production. This may help minimize irritation caused by environmental factors, such as dry weather, as well as inflammatory skin conditions, such as eczema.
4. It won’t make your skin oily: Shea butter contains high levels of linoleic acid and oleic acid. These two acids balance each other out. That means shea butter is easy for your skin to fully absorb and won’t make your skin look oily after application.
5. It’s anti-oxidant: Shea butter has significant levels of vitamins A and E, which means it promotes strong antioxidant activity. Antioxidants are important anti-aging agents. They protect your skin cells from free radicals that can lead to premature aging and dull-looking skin.
6. It’s anti-bacterial: A 2012 study suggests that oral doses of shea butter bark extract can lead to decreased anti-microbial activity in animals. Although more research is needed, this could indicate possible anti-bacterial benefits in humans.
7. It’s anti-fungal: Shea tree products have been established as powerful ingredients to fight skin infections caused by fungi. While shea butter may not be able to treat every kind of fungal infection, we know that it kills spores of the fungi that cause ringworm and athlete’s foot.
Where do all of these benefits come from?
The benefits of shea butter come from its chemical makeup. Shea Butter contains:
Vitamins A, E, and F, antioxidant vitamins that promote circulation and healthy skin cell growth
Triglycerides, the fatty part of the shea nut that nourishes and conditions your skin esters
The waxy part of the shea nut butter that conditions skin and locks in moisture
Linoleic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic fatty acids, ingredients that balance oils on your skin.
How to use shea butter on the skin
You can apply shea butter directly to your skin. Raw, unrefined shea butter is easy to spread. You can use your fingers to scoop a teaspoon or so of shea butter from your jar, and then rub it onto your skin until it’s completely absorbed. Shea butter is slippery and can keep makeup from adhering to your face, so you may prefer to apply it at night before bed.
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