When someone mentions the word butter in cosmetic applications, the first thing that comes to mind is cocoa butter . I remember when I was little that my mom and aunt would buy pure cocoa butter at the pharmacy and smear it on themselves on the beach to get a tan. Now, whether they were baked or really tanned, I can’t remember, and at the time it wasn’t that important. I am also connected to cocoa butter by my first working day at the then Kemig 19 years ago, because it was the first raw material I encountered in bulk (large) packaging in a 20 kg box. I fainted when I saw it, and at the end of the day I wished I had never come to work there. It took an enormous amount of strength to break that block and prepare it for weighing into smaller volumes. Basically, I have been hanging out with cocoa butter for many years now.
I still really like it in body care products, especially in the summer and when making various skin care products, after I’ve done those first few days at the beach and in the sun with a high SPF product. If you use it pure, it will soften at body temperature, and it adds a rich, creamy and thick consistency to lotions, soaps and creams. I’m always especially impressed by its pleasant cocoa (chocolate) scent. The hydrating abilities of cocoa butter are often recommended for preventing stretch marks in pregnant women, treating chapped skin and lips, and as a daily moisturizer to prevent dry skin, especially itchy skin. Cocoa butter helps relieve skin dryness and improves skin elasticity, while at the same time providing that wonderful natural cocoa scent, desired in many of today’s natural formulations.
After cocoa butter, I love shea butter . I don’t know if I can decide which one more. The regular yellow or the recently discovered and finally available nilotica .
What is Shea Nilotica butter?
Unlike the usual West African shea butter, which is often hard and waxy, this raw, unrefined Shea Nilotica butter from Northern Uganda is creamier and softer, and has more beneficial properties than any other variety of shea butter. Because of these properties, it is considered a more luxurious alternative to West African shea. It melts and spreads beautifully on the skin, making it a wonderful all-purpose product for the whole family, including young children.
Shea Nilotica has a higher proportion of olein than West African shea butter , which makes it less waxy and more suitable for face application compared to West African shea.
Shea nilotica butter is rich in essential fatty acids (especially Omega-9) and vitamins A, E, F and K. It contains a high proportion of anti-inflammatory components and is especially recommended for dry and atopic skin.
What is special about Shea Nilotica butter?
- 100% pure and natural, unrefined, cold pressed
- It has a pleasantly mild, sweet and slightly nutty aroma.
- Soft and creamy textures
- It helps farmers from northern Uganda
Benefits of skin care with shea nilotica butter
- High content of essential fatty acids (especially omega-9)
- High content of vitamins A, E, F and K
- Strong hydration, fast absorption
- Spreads easily on the skin
- Great healing properties (eczema, skin allergies, scars, sunburn, rosacea and various forms of dermatitis)
- Anti-inflammatory properties
- Prevents signs of premature aging
- High content of cinnamic acid, which is also known as a sun-ray neutralizer
- Completely chemical-free
And when did I discover and start using cold-pressed coconut oil more and more? Just last year, when I macerated immortelle in coconut oil for the first time. If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend it.
Coconut oil acts as a softener on the skin, an excellent emollient. It is these properties of the oil that lead to its use in skin and hair care products, where its light texture is ideal for dry, itchy and sensitive skin. Coconut oil can also be used in sun care products as it is known to help filter the sun’s rays. It can also be used as a base for massage and body oils, where the advantage is that it is solid at room temperature and melts at body temperature.
The cosmetic industry therefore uses coconut oil in emulsions, lip balms and masks for damaged and irritated skin. It can also be used in creams for skin damaged by burns. In addition to skin care, it is an ideal ingredient in shampoos, conditioners or hair treatments, especially because it works on dull, brittle hair.
Enjoy the use of completely natural and very useful lipids for our skin. And don’t forget the secret to healthy skin is locking water in.
Yours, Mirela
