Shea Butter benefits on your hair and skin

Shea Butter benefits on your hair and skin

Shea Butter has been used in African for centuries and is known by all for its virtues and benefits on the body. Shea butter is very popular among the black community and has extended to the entire world. It is found in shops and supermarkets under different shapes and forms.

What Is Shea Butter and where does it come from?

Shea Butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree in West Africa. This tree takes over 30 years to matures and its destruction is forbidden due its economic and health benefits.

The shea tree bears the fruits and the nuts inside the fruits contain shea butter. The nuts are crushed, boiled, and manipulated in order to extract the fat, which is referred to as shea butter.

Shea Butter has a smooth, soft texture and can be found in white or yellow color depending on the processing method used. Shea Butter is handcrafted in African countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, etc. Shea butter has many benefits for hair and skin and we'll read below.

Shea Butter Benefits

Shea butter has many benefits for the skin:

- It nourishes and moisturizes the skin, giving it and soft and beautiful texture.

- Shea Butter is a good anti-inflammatory due to its cinnamic acid.

Shea butter can treat many skin problems, including blemishes, wrinkles, itching, sunburns, small skin wounds, eczema, skin allergies, insect bites, frost bite, and other skin conditions.

 - Shea Butter also contribute to hair growth and helps stops hair breakage. It's ideal to use unrefined Shea butter as it has no added chemicals and  is ideal for sensitive skin.

 - Another benefit  benefit of Shea butter, is that it protects your lips from cold and dry weather, and reduces your chances of dry lips especially in cold countries.

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