You probably don’t need an introduction to Shea Butter, but you may not really know how powerful this butter really is. Shea butter is frequently used within creams, moisturizers, lotions, and other mixes for the skin and hair. Pure Shea Butter can also be used to cook, however the cosmetic form is not recommended to be used for cooking.

Shea butter packs a history as powerful as it’s benefits. Early on the Shea trees were used to produce coffins for the kings in Africa. The actual butters has been transported and used throughout the reign of Cleopatra and even Queen Sheeba has been referenced to using it.

Shea butter has been primarily populated throughout West Africa. This butter descends from the nuts of Shea trees, these nuts undergo the process of being crushed, then pounded into a paste texture, the paste then gets washed with distilled water. The cleansed paste gets heated over fire, which causes the oils to settle down to the bottom and the fats to rise up top. The fat that rises to the top gets removed while the oil at the bottom hardens into Shea butter.

Overall Shea butter is well known for moisturizing, however it also improves the quality of the skin and hair from severe sun exposure and dry winds. It is also not just a moisturizer, but Shea butter is enriched with healing properties that assist in the healing of small cuts and wounds.

How Shea butter looks and how Shea butter smells

Shea butter is usually soft compared to other plant based butters out there and and has a strong natural nutty fragrance. It comes in various colors, there is the unrefined raw ivory Shea Butter, unrefined raw yellow Shea butter and Refined white Shea butter. The Yellow Shea butter is only yellow, because it is the Ivory butter that has been infused with an herb filled water.  This water transforms the ivory butter into a yellow color. The herb for the yellow Shea butter is known to better relieve pain. The best benefits and results come from the raw unrefined forms where it is Ivory or Yellow. The refined white version color is known to be used for commercial products to make it appear more marketable, however it has been processed and slightly stripped of it’s benefits so it isn’t as powerful as the Raw butter options in it’s refined state. 

What makes Shea Butter so powerful?

It is one ingredient, but serves so many purposes. Shea Butter encompasses a strong concentration of fatty acids, vitamin A and E. This butter preserves the health of your skin and hair. It also is anti-inflammatory and filled with the highest percentage of healing properties in comparison to all of the plant base butters and oils out there.

Shea Butter Hair Benefits

• Seals moisture
• Maintains waves and curls
• Improves damaged hair
• Stops hair loss
• Calms dry and itchy scalp
• Treat split ends
• Relieves dandruff 
• Softens hair
• Can be used to detangle or style hair

Shea Butter Skin Benefits

• Seals moisture and nourishes dry skin and lips
• Treats Acne
• May reduce the appearances of certain dark marks and scars
• Soothes pain and soreness
• Reduces skin Inflammation
• Relieves itchy And Peeling Skin
• Slows down aging
• Gives skin a natural glow

You can reap the benefits of this butter with the Beauty Aesth Butter as Shea Butter is the main ingredient. What are your thoughts of this butter and would you try it or have you tried it?