One of the most pressing and irritating skin complaints is acne, and people spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on acne fighting products every year. The truth is, you don’t have to spend money on chemical laden products that strip your skin of its natural protective barrier in your search for clear skin. Instead, you can keep your skin’s outer layer protected and nourished while also keeping acne causing bacteria at bay with this Shea butter and honey face mask. This mask features raw African Shea butter because it heals and protects the outermost layer of skin that is responsible for maintaining a healthy pH balance. Without a proper pH balance, the skin is unable to keep itself protected...
Raw African Shea butter has so many uses, it’s one of the reasons so many people love it. Used alone it does absolutely wonderfully as a healing and anti aging balm for the skin, and is equally compatible and useful when mixed with other skin care ingredients. But why stop there? One of the best uses for raw Shea butter is as a base for other skin care products. It melts down beautifully, whips up perfectly, and is extremely easy to use. One of the most important factors in choosing a Shea butter to use as a product base is of course the actual quality of the Shea itself. Inferior and over processed Shea butters with inconsistent product quality will...
Sometimes, no matter how your day went, you just can’t fall asleep. Or maybe you have a little one who’s sick, stressed or scared. In both cases, lack of sleep can be incredibly hard and frustrating to deal with. And though sleeping pills or other sleep aids can be helpful, they often result in feelings of grogginess that last into the next day. So what do you do? Make your own, of course! With just a few simple ingredients you can make a gentle and effective sleep easy salve at home for use on yourself, or your little ones. The base of this salve is Shea butter, and as the other ingredients help the body and nervous system to relax...
It’s a good question, to be sure. Many people think that in order to do enough for their skin, they have to do a lot. Bathrooms overflowing with different beauty and skincare products are testaments to this phenomenon. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In reality, you actually do not need a huge lineup of specialized skincare products. To make things easier on yourself, look instead for products that do more than one thing. You can have an easy, quick and effective skincare routine without sacrificing results. All you need is Shea butter. Similar to many products that are 2-in-1 or multi use, Shea butter targets and heals more than one skin issue at a time. In every...
Do your feet have rough, thick callouses that need some help? Are your elbows and knees ashy and dry? Or perhaps your skin is just in need of some serious exfoliation to help bring back the moisture and glow. Whatever the case may be for you, using a simple homemade scrub of raw African Shea butter and sea salt is the perfect remedy for skin that is dry, calloused and in need of some serious smoothing care. Salt is the best abrasive to use in cases where the area being exfoliated is thicker and dryer. While sugar makes a great scrub, salt is more abrasive. It also feels really good, especially in places where you haven’t exfoliated in a while....
