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Chapters

0:00 - Intro
0:10 - What is Shea Butter
0:27 - Extraction
0:54 - Benefits
1:26 - Refined Shea Butter
1:48 - Cold Pressed Shea Butter
2:07 - 15 Reasons You Need Shea Butter
7:06 - How To Use Shea Butter
8:22 - Outro

What is Shea butter?

Shea butter is fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the shea tree.
It’s solid at warm temperatures and has an off-white or ivory colour.

Shea trees are native to West Africa, and most shea butter still comes from that region.

Extraction

Shea butter is extracted in various ways, including refined, raw, and cold-pressed, these methods are perfectly clean and void of any chemicals.

Shea butter has been used as a cosmetic ingredient for centuries. Its high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids, combined with its easy-to-spread consistency make it a great product for smoothing, soothing, and conditioning your skin.

The benefits of shea butter come from its chemical makeup. Shea butter contains:

Linoleic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic fatty acids, ingredients that balance oils on your skin
Vitamins A, E, and F, antioxidant vitamins that promote circulation and healthy skin cell growth
Triglycerides, the fatty part of the shea nut that nourishes and conditions your skin
Cetyl esters, the waxy part of the shea nut butter that conditions skin and locks in moisture

What is Refined Shea Butter?

Refined Shea Butter is white and odourless. The refining process removes the colour and scent and in the process most of the natural healing properties. Refined Shea Butter has a longer shelf life and is still a good moisturizer but it lacks the natural skin regenerating benefits of Unrefined Shea Butter.

What is Cold Pressed Shea Butter?

Cold-pressed shea butter (unrefined Shea Butter) is hand-made. Without any heat being applied, all of the nutrients remain in the shea butter to deliver the best results. Cold-pressed shea butter will have a tendency to cost more, than hot-pressed (refined) shea butter.

Here’s 15 reasons why you NEED Shea butter in your life

1. Safe for all skin types
2. It’s moisturizing
3. Won’t make your skin oily
4. Anti-inflammatory Properties
5. Antioxidant properties
6. Antifungal properties
7. Helps boost collagen production
8. Helps promote cell regeneration
9. Helps reduce the appearance of stretch marks and scarring
10. Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
11. Offers added sun protection
12. Helps soothe conditions like eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis
13. Helps soothe sunburn and other skin burns
14. Helps soothe insect bites
15. It can help promote wound healing

How to use shea butter

On skin
You can apply shea butter directly to your skin. Raw, unrefined shea butter is easy to spread.
You can use your fingers to scoop a teaspoon or so of shea butter from your jar, and then rub it onto your skin until it’s completely absorbed.
Shea butter is slippery and can keep makeup from adhering to your face, so you may prefer to apply it at night before bed.

On hair
Raw shea butter can also be applied directly to your hair.
If your hair is naturally curly or porous, consider using shea butter as a conditioner. Make sure your hair has absorbed most of the shea butter before rinsing and styling as usual. You can also use a small amount of shea butter as a leave-in conditioner.
If your hair is naturally straight, thin, or fine, consider using shea butter on the ends of your hair. Applying shea butter to your roots may cause an oily-looking buildup.

In Products
Shea Butter is a perfect base ingredient for homemade natural skincare. It's featured in alot of our products at The Strange Apothecary because of how beneficial and versatile it is.

Have you made home made products with Shea Butter before? Let us know in the comments.

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