Natural shea butter soaps have become really popular. Shea butter has vitamins and fatty acids. It has numerous benefits. We have listed down them below.
Benefits of shea butter soaps:
- Moisturizing: Shea butter is a good moisturizing agent. It is highly effective for dry skin. It helps in nourishing and keeping the skin smooth.
- Anti-inflammatory: Shea butter consists of cinnamic acid and lupeol cinnamate. These elements help in soothing the skin. It helps in easing out the inflammation caused by acne. This is why it is a good remedy for acne prone skin.
- Sun protection: Shea butter provides protection against ultra violet (UV) rays. This makes its usage popular in winters as well as summers.
- Anti- ageing: There are many natural vitamins in shea butter. These help in the production of collagen. Collage, in turn, helps in keeping the skin supple and wrinkle free.
- Anti-oxidant: Shea butter is an excellent anti-oxidant. Many scientific researches have stated that anti-oxidants protect the skin by preventing the production of skin damaging free radicals.
Origin of shea butter
Now, lets us look at the origin of shea butter used in shea butter soaps. 😉
Shea butter comes from shea nuts. The shea nuts come from the shea trees. These trees grow and spread naturally in Western Africa. When the trees are 25 years old, they produce nuts. The nuts naturally fall on the ground on maturing. The locals then pick them up. The nuts are then boiled, husked and cracked. The butter is then extracted, processed and filtered. This gives the end product, shea butter.
Shea butter in handmade soaps
Shea butter is very popular in cosmetics. Most popularly, soaps and moisturizers. Handmade soaps are the best form of natural shea butter soaps. At Smishi, we use shea butter in all of our handmade soaps. With handmade soaps, one is able to extract the benefits of shea butter to the fullest. We abstain from adding any chemicals or artificial elements. The soaps are truly natural in their form. 🙂