Shea Butter; What’s the Craze?

If you’re reading this, it’s because you care about feeding your skin and body the most natural ingredients you can find. Most importantly, to keep that glow flowing on the inside too. Today I want to give you the how and why shea butter is and will continue to be all the craze in the natural beauty market.

Did you know shea butter actually comes from a nut? Crazy right? The nuts come from Karitee trees home to the Sahel Region from West to East Africa, from Guinea and Senegal, to Uganda and South Sudan. The African beauty of the fat from this nut has blessed us because of its various properties such as its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, an antioxidant, antifungal, boosts collagen, prevents acne, is anti-aging, provides sun protection, prevents hair breakage, relieves arthritis pain, and… phew, the list goes on ladies and gents.

How does shea butter do all of this? Well it has fatty acids, vitamins A, E, and F, triglycerides, and that wax that coats the shell is Cetyl esters. All of these have the benefits of above and its the exact reason we are sure to include this ingredient in our products. The nut is cracked out of the shell, smashed, roasted into a paste, purified, then heated again and when the fat and oils separate, the fat is skimmed off and come to what we know as our beautiful, shea butter.

Doing our research and discovering the roots to our ingredients brings happiness to Natural Beauty Products. We don’t only want to put good products out there, but if we can be a resource for you, then the heart of our company is full.

We’re going to dive deep into who, what, and why Natural Beauty Products is. So stay tuned as we will touch up on our most important ingredients and give you some tips and tricks on how to use them to their full advantage.

Fun fact: Did you know you can use it for cooking?! Did you also know it has a better absorption rate compared to cocoa butter?