When your skin is in biological harmony, every message, signal, and substance is received, released, and processed by your cells in perfect order. This biological harmony results in skin that is dewy, glowing, and clear. This is skin in integrity. However, our skin comes into contact with integrity disrupting substances every day, and this is made worse if we have a skin condition such as eczema or acne. Thus, the regular application of high end healing substances is necessary in order to restore and maintain the natural integrity of the skin, and no substance does high end healing quite like raw African shea butter. High end healing is made up of two different pieces: restoration and maintenance. These two pieces...
One of the most extensively researched and scientifically backed substances for thorough healing and regeneration of the skin is vitamin A. Many people receive prescriptions for synthetic vitamin A from their doctor or dermatologist to treat a myriad of skin conditions ranging from acne to skin pigmentation and psoriasis. However, many people also experience skin irritation as a result of this synthetic form of vitamin A, especially when it comes to photo-sensitivity. Raw African shea butter contains naturally occurring vitamin A and this vitamin A is synergistically combined and balanced with other naturally occurring vitamins and fatty acids within the shea butter to create a vitamin A rich healing balm, without the accompanying irritations to the skin. Vitamin A is...
An essential part of maintaining healthy hair is making sure it’s getting enough essential fatty acids. If you have a deficiency in these essential fatty acids, then your hair will be dry, brittle and weak. It will lack luster and movement, and instead hang flat, lifeless and dull. Raw African shea butter is a rich source of hair and skin repairing essential fatty acids, and can be combined with other EFA rich oils to create a therapeutic hair treatment that helps to seal in moisture and provide your hair with some of the EFAs it so desperately needs. Below you will find a fun and easy DIY hair mask treatment featuring raw African shea butter: Ingredients: · 3 Tbsp Raw African...
Dry skin is a very common ailment in today’s world, and often times regular lotion just doesn’t do the trick. This is because dry, cracked, and itchy skin is actually lacking in nourishing and moisturizing essential fatty acids, or EFA’s. Using an EFA rich botanical oil instead of lotion will go a long way toward transforming skin from dry and cracked into soft and smooth. And what better EFA-loaded botanical butter to slather on than the infamously moisturizing raw African shea butter? The main moisturizing fatty acids in African shea butter are oleic and linoleic acid, and these EFA’s are also present in other plant oils such as cocoa butter. What’s important to note is that, although both plant fats...
As Shea butter becomes more and more popular on the skin care market, people want to know what the difference is between raw and refined African shea butter. Is one better than the other? What do ‘raw’ and ‘refined’ even mean? Below we will explore the two different types of shea butter, as well as which one might be the best fit for you. Raw African shea butter is shea butter that has gone through the least amount of processing. The shea nuts are picked, dried, and then pounded to release the rich plant butter inside the shea nut. The shea butter is then separated from the outer shell and does not go through any sort of heating or deodorizing...
