Raw Shea Butter

Product Description

What is Raw Shea Butter? is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It is usually ivory in color when raw, with more processed versions being white in color. It can be yellow when a root is added to it. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation in some African countries.  

Pure, unrefined Shea has been prized for thousands of years for its hydrating and healing properties. it is an excellent source of Vitamins A, E and F. Naturally highly concentrated, it is the natural and economic choice to replenish your dry, damaged skin and make it feel softer and healthier than it has in years. The high vitamin A and E content of makes it an excellent ointment for sun-damaged or wrinkled skin. It moisturizes skin while preventing premature wrinkles and eases your fine lines without clogging pores or leaving your skin greasy or shiny. On the other hand, the vitamin F works to protect and rejuvenate your rough, dry chapped skin. Not only good for the skin, but it is also being used as a pomade to restore the luster and shine to dry, damaged and dull hair. The butter even has a place in the first aid kit; its antiseptic properties make it the natural choice for treating burns and minor skin abrasions.

Shea butter extract is a complex fat that in addition to many nonsaponifiable components (substances that cannot be fully converted into soap by treatment with alkali) contains the following fatty acids: oleic acid (***0%), stearic acid (***0%), linoleic acid (**1%), palmitic acid (*9%), linolenic acid (<1%) and arachidic acid (<1%).

The Shea butter is essentially used in the cosmetics industry for skin- and hair-related products (lip gloss, skin moisturizer creams and emulsions, and hair conditioners for dry and brittle hair. The soap makers and massage oil manufacturers are using this shea butter as an additive to their products, typically in small amounts because it has plenty of unsaponifiables, and higher amounts result in softer soaps that have less cleaning abilities. Some artisan soap makers use shea butter in amounts to *5% with the European Union regulating the maximum use around *8%, but it is rarely the case in commercially produced soap due to its high cost compared to oils like palm oil or pomace (olive oil). It is an excellent emollient for dry skin. Though no evidence shows it is a cure, but it alleviates the pain associated with tightness and itching.

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