Body Butters. There’s nothing creamier or more decadent than a rich body butter to slather all over your skin.
What makes these luscious body butters so decadent? The butters themselves, along with a few other ingredients. Did you you know that some of these butters come from fruit trees?
You know them. You’ve used body butters for years and watched your skin become soft and supple. Whether single or in combination, butters can have a lasting impact on your skin. The top three are Shea, cocoa and mango butters.
Let’s Take a Look And Find Out Which Butter Is Right For You:
Shea Butter – By far the most popular of butters in the beauty industry. Cold pressed from the seeds of the karate tree, shea butter is a super butter to have on your vanity. Did you know that you can mix turmeric into your Shea butter. Yaas!
Shea butter contains vitamins that are known to help repair your skin and speed up the healing process. It’s great for cuts, helps fight breakouts and is full of antioxidants that help with the aging properties for your skin.
Cocoa Butter is actually a vegetable fat that has a firm texture. You’ll find it being used to make lip balms and body butters more solid.
Cocoa butter is a hard butter. It has a naturally chocolate scent. Cocoa butter comes from the cocoa beans that’s part of the cacao plant. Cocoa butter is high in fatty acids which makes it an excellent ingredient for hydrating and nourishing your skin. It can also help improve the elasticity of your skin.
Some of us remember when cocoa butter was used for burns, scars and sun damage. It used to come in a yellow tube and you’d walk around smelling like cocoa whenever your mom rubbed you down to help with your skin challenges of the day.
Mango Butter – This has been a sleeper butter in the beauty industry for years. While similar to cocoa butter it’s not as hard in texture The abundance of vitamin E and Vitamin C in mango’s can possibly help protect your skin from sunlight and pollution.
It’s been said that mango butter can even help with blue light from screens.
What Happens When You Blend Them Together and Create A Body Butter?
Shea, cocoa and mango butters in a blend can be absolute heaven for your skin. There’s something about the synergy of the three. When used as a body butter, it will quench the thirst of dryness and dehydration on your skin.
Give them a try, your skin will thank you for it. Can body butters make your skin feel soft as a baby’s bottom? With the right combination of butters, indeed they can.
That’s it for this week. As always …
Dedicated to Your Beauty,
Juliette Samuel,
Esthetician/Author/Publisher
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