Focus Shea butter: facts, properties and benefits

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Focus Shea butter: facts, properties and benefits

Shea butter is a biological addictive, a natural moisturizer that you can easily get in a local market. Its colour ranges from white to yellow. It has a distinctive smell and can easily melt. Shea butter is smooth and soft but It tends to harden over time. It’s used in many skin care products (creams and soaps), hair products and it benefits cannot be overemphasized.

Unrefined Shea butter is better when it comes to making a choice. This is because it still has all the essential vitamins and minerals intact. Apart from the vitamins and minerals, Shea butter has protein and is loaded with fatty acids. Shea butter is rich in Omega 9 otherwise known as oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat found also in Olive oil, avocado, etc

Some of the benefits of Shea butter include:

• Heals the skin of its dryness and also relieves it of itching cause by excessive dryness
• Heals blemishes and prevents wrinkles
• Cures minor burns and tough skin on feet
• Cures minor burns and tough skin on feet
•  Protects from ultra violet rays of the sun
• Reduces itchiness caused due to excessive dryness of the skin
• Evens out skin tone
• Help to fade out stretch marks by restoring elasticity to the skin.

It is beneficial for people with dry skin and older women especially as it helps the rate at which the skin loses its moisture because of the fatty acids it comprises