Shea butter for hair and face: how to use it and its benefits

Shea butter is a solid oil that is extracted from the nuts of the shea tree and is used not only for food but to care for your skin and hair. In fact, the demand for beauty products with shea butter has increased in recent years and it is not surprising for all the properties it has.

"Shea butter is an emollient substance that acts as a lubricant, softening the skin and is also a source of antioxidants and fatty acids (it is mainly composed of oleic, stearic, linoleic, linolenic acids...), for which is also an excellent moisturizer. It softens and hydrates both the skin and the hair. The most common is to use it as one more ingredient in the formula of cosmetics and facial or hair treatments, for dry skin or dry hair" tells us Rocío Escalante, owner of Arbosana Farmacia and director of the beauty and wellness center that bears her name.

Shea Butter Benefits

Shea butter has countless benefits. And it is that as the pharmacist Marta Masi, from the @martamasi5 group, assures, this ingredient "stands out for its regenerative and nutritious capacity because it improves the elasticity and softness of the skin, for its anti-inflammatory properties that help us calm irritated skin, antioxidants that favor the neutralization of free radicals, improves and fights stretch marks and scars, hydrates dry and damaged hair and curly hair, and it is not surprising that more and more, it is present in regenerating hair masks, nourishing hand creams, lip balms regenerators and anti-aging face creams".

Anti-aging shea butter for the face

Due to its high concentration of minerals and vitamins A, D, E and F, shea butter is an ally against wrinkles and expression lines as well as providing an extra hydration to the driest skin in numerous creams. In addition, as Fabio di Brisco, a pharmacist at the Ricart Medical Institute, assures us, "it is an ingredient that also soothes the skin after sun exposure in summer and winter, regenerates it if it is altered by the cold that cracks all over the area of ​​the lips and hands as well as the face".

shea butter: an ally for hair

Shea butter is an ingredient that is also one of the best for treating the most dehydrated hair and curly hair. As the skin experts from Sesderma laboratories tell us, "when we apply it to the hair and it is absorbed, it covers the hair shaft and protects the hair from heat, this protective activity being very beneficial for dyed or damaged hair because the butter Shea will bring shine and softness to the mane".

And also, the benefits of applying shea butter to the hair with products such as hair masks, conditioners or shampoos are multiple because, as the pharmacist Fabio di Brisco assures, "it is a moisturizing active ingredient with a high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids that gives our hair hydration, nutrition, shine and movement to dry hair and curly hair and also helps irritated or itchy scalps".

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