Shea Butter is made from the nuts of the Shea tree /Karité tree. This tree is also known as the Tree of Life because of its many special properties.
Shea Butter contains many vitamins A, D, E and F. Vitamin A and E are very effective in preventing and fading stretch marks. In addition, Shea Butter stimulates the production of collagen, which helps maintain that youthful look and firm skin. It moisturizes, protects and repairs. Even the most sandpaper-like shins become baby soft again!
In fact, a jar of Shea Butter can replace almost all your beauty products. Deliciously durable! It's perfect as a day cream, hair care, lip balm, massage cream, light sunscreen and aftersun. Saves another lot of jars.
At room temperature, the butter is quite hard, but in your hands it melts into a delicious butter and on the skin it provides intense hydration.
What can you use Shea Butter for?
- Daily skin care
- Skin rash or skin irritation
- Eczema / dermatitis / psoriasis
- Diaper rash
- Perineum oil
- Pregnancy stretch marks / belly oil
- Scars
- Gaps
- Wrinkles
- (Extremely) dry skin
- Acne
Instructions for use of shea butter
How do you make shea butter spreadable? Very simply, by rubbing some shea butter between your fingers and hands and making it warm. When the shea butter becomes liquid and soft, you can apply it to your own or your baby's skin.
How is Shea Butter made?
Shea Butter is made from the nuts of the Shea tree. It is quite a process to produce Shea Butter. First of all, you have to have a lot of patience. This is because the tree produces the first fruits only after 20 years and only after 45 years you harvest a large amount of fruits. However, the tree can grow for over 200 years.
To make Shea Butter, first the shell of the nut is cracked from the fruit. Here the nuts are washed and dried. When this is done, the nuts are cracked and roasted. Then the nuts are ground so finely that a dark-colored paste is formed.
This paste is kneaded for hours (by hand) and purified with clean water. After this, the butter is lightly heated until the fresh Shea Butter floats to the top. This layer is removed and dried to the Shea Butter as you find it in the jar.
Shea Butter ensures that the skin can retain moisture well, stimulates good circulation and is a natural antioxidant.
Protects the skin (barrier)
Shea Butter contains many fatty acids such as stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and palmitic acid. These fatty acids occur naturally in our skin. When you apply Shea Butter to the skin it creates a protective layer that makes it harder for moisture to escape from the skin.
Hydrates the skin
Shea Butter hydrates the skin intensely! The essential fatty acids and vitamins A, E and F in Shea Butter ensure supple and hydrated skin.
Reduces fine lines
Shea Butter stimulates cell renewal, keeps skin supple and nourishes the skin. The vitamin A in Shea Butter stimulates cell division and production of collagen which improves elasticity and skin condition.
Healing and soothing
Shea Butter has a healing effect on dry, red skin and soothes itching. Among other things, Vitamin F provides a restorative effect for the skin and this butter is therefore good to use on burnt skin (after sunbathing).
