10 Benefits Of Raw Shea Butter For Skin

As the copywriter for Rejuvenate Bath and Body I coordinated with the owner to write weekly blogs optimized for SEO that spotlighted their handmade beauty products. Below is an excerpt of a blog post featuring their most popular product Shea butter.

 Shea butter comes from the Shea tree native to West Africa. Shea butter starts its life as nuts and is then harvested, shucked, boiled, and hand-kneaded into what will become Shea butter. Shea butter has been used as a hair and skin moisturizer for centuries in Africa. Unrefined shea butter has many amazing beneficial properties that are great for your skin. 

                                                       The Science:

Shea butter has been used for centuries as a skin moisturizer and hair protectant but why is it so good at its job? Scientists have studied shea butter and broken down all the ingredients that makeup shea and why they are so beneficial for the skin. Shea is made up of fatty acids about 85-90% of which are stearic and oleic acids. Stearic acids are used as a lubricant in cosmetics 

It is important to note that all the benefits listed mainly apply to raw unrefined Shea butter. When Shea is refined it loses up to 75% of the naturally occurring vitamins that make it work so effectively. Refined Shea undergoes a deodorizing and bleaching process to get it shelf-ready, which effectively neutralizes a lot of its beneficial properties. Now that we know what makes shea butter work we can discuss the many benefits it provides us with.