Who wouldn’t like to have smooth, supple skin and shiny, lustrous hair? Raw shea butter has been known to have exactly those effects on your skin and hair! Shea butter comes from a tree that grows only in Africa.
The tree produces green fruit that falls off the tree when it is ripe. Inside the fruit are nuts and it is the seeds from these nuts that are used to make raw shea butter. Shea butter naturally contains vitamins A, E and F. Vitamin A and E are known to balance and normalize the skin. They are also both soothing and hydrating. Vitamin F consists of two essential fatty acids; linoleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid, both of which work to soften and revitalize dry skin and dry and damaged hair.
The list of benefits that can come from using raw shea butter seem almost endless. One of the more remarkable claims is that you can attain younger looking skin, as raw shea butter works to reduce wrinkles (many say they notice a difference within 4-6 weeks). Raw shea butter will provide improvement in all the following conditions:
Everyone likes to have beautiful, shiny hair and raw shea butter can give you just that by protecting and rejuvenating your hair.
Raw shea butter is found only in Africa and it is extracted from the nuts of the Shea-Karite tree. It can take up to thirty years for this tree to produce a quality crop of nuts that can be used for hair and skin products. The tree blooms dark green fruit during June and July. Raw shea butter is a natural product with no added fillers or harsh chemicals. You can tell it is raw if the color ranges from a whitish cream color to a grayish yellow.
When used in hair products raw shea butter will quickly absorb into your scalp and hydrate your hair follicles without clogging your pores. It will also help to protect and repair dry and brittle hair. Your hair will quickly begin to regain its luster. Some people use raw shea butter alone as a conditioner. They claim it is best to massage it into damp, freshly washed hair; this way the raw shea butter will seal in the moisture. When used in shampoo raw shea butter can help provide a rich, luxurious lather that is sure to cleanse your hair, remove excess build up, and restore your natural pH balance. Raw shea butter will also soften your hair. You could even notice a difference with the very first use.
Your hair doesn’t have to be hard to manage or full of tangles. And keeping your hair looking its best doesn’t have to be expensive.
Raw shea butter is also known as unrefined shea butter. Unrefined simply means that it is still in its purest form. If using raw shea butter alone, it is best to apply it at least twice a week to your hair and once a week to your scalp. It is even believed that raw shea butter will help to stimulate hair growth.