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Shea butter comes from the fruit of the seeds Carret which is rich in natural vitamins A, E, F, as they contain minerals and other natural properties and provide protection against UV rays and provides skin essential fatty acids necessary for the production of collagen and nutrients.
And shea butter provides a lot of benefits several areas, especially for the skin and hair, and are used in many cosmetic and medical formulations in addition to other plant components.
The benefits of shea butter on the skin
Of shea butter are many benefits to the skin and notably:
- Soften and moisturize the skin: the application of shea butter on the entire body after bathing or swimming long will help to hydrate and soften the skin. Instead, you can add a tablespoon of butter in the bath with warm water before the final rinse. It will melt quickly, cover your body with a thin layer, and the best part is that they DO NOT let the oily skin and protects skin from drying out.
- To lighten the facial skin: Mix the precooked shea butter with olive oil and place directly on your face, rub your skin in a circular shape for 5 minutes to revitalize the collagen in the face. Leave the mixture for 100 minutes and wash your face lukewarm water and you'll notice the difference after two weeks of use.
- To remove wrinkles: you can start to work on maintaining the skin of your face and glory away from the chemicals through the use of shea butter. Shea Butter Mix two tablespoons of sesame oil and a classless mixture on your face for 15 minutes. Wash your face lukewarm water and thus Tachrin signs of aging of the skin supple and vibrant youth.
- To heal wounds: known that shea butter useful for healing because they contain many fatty acids and plant sterols, such as oleic, palmitic, stearic and linolenic acids. Shea butter has a remarkable ability to accelerate healing and healing the wounds, it is also effective in treating skin rash, peeling skin after tanning, scars, stretch marks, frost, burns, insect bites and stings, arthritis, fatigue muscular.
- Treatment of Eczema: Eczema causes irritation and inflammation of the skin, healing and moisturizing properties of the shea butter provides excellent topical treatment for eczema, can be applied to the affected area daily to provide anti-inflammatory properties needed for relief. The nutrients found in shea butter helps to promote healthy skin cells and re-growth. You can also use a combination of shea butter and essential oils. Add 10-12 drops of essential oils such as lavender with shea butter.
- Reduce the inflammation of the skin: Shea butter contains many anti-inflammatory such as cinnamic acid factors, but lupeol cinnamate found in shea butter limits effectively from skin infections. It also has the ability to penetrate deep into the layers of skin, which helps to reduce the inflammation faster.
- To get rid of dark circles under the eyes: Shea butter is very excellent when applied around the eyes, they are discharged from the bags under the eyes, dark circles ugly. National blending little shea butter under your eyes every day before going to sleep.
The benefits of shea butter on the hair
Shea butter is very beneficial for the hair, and their characteristics:
- Antiseptic Hair: Shea butter is excellent in smoothing curly hair, also can be used as a disinfectant or to massage the scalp. It also helps in the treatment of dry hair. To be applied to the hair, arise to take a teaspoon of shea butter and rub it on your fingers. When the melt and Zeiha on a small portion of the hair by using both hands. Repeat the process until all the hair is covered and Use a hair brush to be sure your every thread of hair covered yarns.
- Smoothing Hair: Shea Butter helps soften and revitalize damaged hair and fragile. Due to the nature of non-fatty acids, they help reduce excess oil production in the scalp. Shea Butter give texture Hariri hair, and applied to dry hair, as well as fragile, and curly. It should be applied twice a week to prolong and improve hair texture and moistened.
- The treatment of dandruff and dry scalp: the benefits of shea butter wonderful to get rid of itchy dry scalp and remove dandruff without clogging the pores. Just massage the scalp with a little shea butter, and cover your head with a shower cap and towel, and keep it for at least 20 minutes, then wash off.
- To massage the scalp: When you massage shea butter on the hair and scalp will help in easing and solving a lot of hair problems including dandruff. They can be used both on the scalp dry or oily, it helps to reduce excessive oil production by the skin glands. You can moisturize dry scalp and reduce hair loss. A great advantage of shea butter is that it does not leave hair greasy and can be washed easily, and the systematic application two or three times a week helps to prolong hair.
- Protect your hair from UV rays and environmental pollutants: Even if you do not regularly do you use shea butter to moisturize the hair or scalp, and you can take advantage of the preventive effects when you go out of the house. Just take some butter and rub it on your hair to get a quick and easy exposure to the sun protection which protects against chemical pollutants in the air as well. But it should be tested on a small patch of skin before use.