SHEA BUTTER SKIN CARE:
"Shea Butter is the Skin’s Best Friend"
"100 % PURE NATURAL SHEA BUTTER" is an all-natural
vitamin A cream. Shea Butter has shown
to be a superb
moisturizer, with exceptional healing properties for
the skin. We now have a growing list of skin conditions
where 100% Premium Shea Butter has shown to be
effective. (See the list of 21 reasons to use Shea Butter
below)
Vitamin A in Shea Butter is important for improving a
number of skins conditions, including blemishes
wrinkles, eczema, and dermatitis. Additionally, Premium
Shea
Butter cream has properties to treat skin allergies,
insect bites, sunburns, frostbites, and a number of other
conditions of the skin. Shea Butter’s unparalleled
moisturizing property is due to several natural
moisturizers present in the cream. The moisturizers in
Shea Butter are the same moisturizers produced by the
sebaceous glands in the skin. If you buy the concept
that the skin sebaceous glands produce moisturizers for
the skin, then it’s no wonder that Shea Butter is such a
superior moisturizer. The positive biochemical and
physiological effect Shea Butter has on skin injuries
makes this cream ideal for wound healing. Many users
of Shea
Butter have reported that Shea Butter promotes and
accelerates wound healing.
The exact benefit of the Vitamin E in Shea Butter is less
clear. Vitamin E is a vitamin whose exact function in
human being is not entirely clear, although it has been
described as effective in a number of conditions or
circumstances. Among these include anti-aging, anti-
free radical agent, and exerting a positive effect on
increasing the micro-circulation. If the vitamin E in Shea
Butter is helpful for the skin, such benefits could be
accomplished by at least two methods. First, by
increasing the micro-circulation to the skin, which
results in increased blood supply to and from the skin.
Second, vitamin E may serve by as an anti-free radical
agent thereby aiding in preventing the deleterious effects
of sun and environmental exposure.
ALL SHEA BUTTERS ARE NOT EQUALLY EFFECTIVE:
Only high quality Premium Shea Butter can offer the
health benefits mentioned above. Once Shea Butter is
aged or loses its natural integrity, many of these
wonderful
benefits are also lost. For example Shea Butter contains
the ingredient cinnamic acid, a substance very closely
related to cinnamon in the kitchen cabinet. The
Cinnamic acid in Premium Shea Butter is mainly bound
to other ingredients. As Shea Butter loses its natural
integrity the amount of bounded cinnamic acid
decreases, and the amount of free or unbounded
cinnamic acid increases. At The American Shea Butter
Institute, we have learned that the reduction in bound
cinnamic acid correlates well with the loss of clinical
effectiveness for healing. However, Shea butter that has
lost its natural integrity, (degraded Shea Butter), retains
its moisturizing effectiveness. We now know that poor
quality Shea Butter is ineffective in healing many of the
skin conditions listed BELOW IN THE SECTION 21
reasons to use SHEA BUTTER. This is a new finding and
perhaps the single most important finding in the past 10
years in understanding why all Shea Butters were
not equally effective.
Armed with the new finding on the clinical importance of
bound cinnamic acid, it is now possible to avoid poor
quality Shea Butter. Determination of free and bound
cinnamic acid content will provide the needed
information on the quality of a given batch of Shea
Butter for treating various skin conditions. The most
significant
factors responsible for variations in Shea Butter quality
are the multitude of methods used to prepare Shea
Butter (lack of a uniform procedure for preparation), and
the environmental conditions the butter is exposed to
after preparation.
In conclusion, the quality of Shea Butter may range from
excellent to very poor. Shea Butter of excellent quality
may be used to treat a number of skin conditions,
and serve as an excellent moisturizer as well. On the
other hand, poor quality Shea Butter is good only for
moisturizing purposes, and should be compared with
products such as cocoa butter and mango butter.
SHEA BUTTER CLASSIFICATION:
At the institute we classify various Shea Butters
imported from Africa as one of the following classes.
Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class F. Where class A is
Premium Shea Butter, while class F is poor quality Shea
Moisturizer. It is important to note that Class A is
ideally suited for the 21 reasons listed below, as a well
as
a number of other healing properties not mention here.
While Class F has little or no healing properties and
should be used as a moisturizer or mixed in cosmetic
products like lotions and soaps for improved
moisturizing. If you are in need of only moisturizing
properties, you should consider less expensive natural
products such
as cocoa butter or mango butter. These two products
are as effective as Shea Butter for pure moisturizing. At
the Institute we encourage consumers to look for the
Seal of the American Shea Butter Institute on the
container before they buy the product. The Institute’s
Seal will assure you are buying High Quality Premium
Shea
Butter
BUYERS BEWARE:
In the US, some alter their Shea Butter in an attempt to
give it a better fragrance and texture. Others alter Shea
Butter for economic reasons. These alterations may
disturb or in some cases destroy the natural integrity of
the product. While altered Shea Butter may smell nicely,
or when mixed with less expensive ingredients may
cost much less, in many of such cases the altered Shea
Butter has lost significant properties. Another problem
the buyer must watch for is the age of the product.
Shea Butter could be as much as two to three years old
or older by the time it reaches the buyers hand. At the
Institute we know that as Shea Butter ages the
original clinical potency and healing power are also lost.
We recommended that Shea Butter is used within 18
months from the date of extraction from the seed. To
avoid these problems be sure to look for The Seal of
The American Shea Butter Institute on the container
before you buy. At The American Shea Butter Institute,
we
do not endorse, promote or recommend Shea Butter that
contains fillers, chemical preservatives, added chemicals
or Shea Butter has been improperly stored. Our
goal is to recommend Shea Butter that has retained its
natural healing powers.
WHAT SETS SHEA BUTTER APART FROM OTHER
NATURAL OILS:
Most seed oils can be divided into two important
fractions. The first fraction is the called the saponifiable
fraction, which contains most of the moisturizing
properties,(moisturizing fraction). The second fraction is
called the nonsaponifiable fraction, which contains most
of the healing properties, (healing fraction). What
sets Shea Butter apart from other seed oils is its
exceptionally large healing fraction. The healing fraction,
contains important nutrients, vitamins, and other
valuable
phytonutrients required for healing. Depending on the
source, the size of the healing fraction may range from
5% and upward. Some report the healing fraction as
high as 17%. The larger the healing fraction the better
the chances are for a good quality Shea Butter. In other
seed oils, the healing fraction is very small, often in
the range of 1% or less. While other seed oils may have
a good to excellent moisturizing fraction, these oils
contain little or no healing fraction. Because Shea Butter
has such a large healing fraction, in addition to
moisturizing fraction, regular use of this natural cream
can treat many skin problems, including blemishes,
wrinkles,
itching, sunburns, small skin wounds, eczema, skin
allergies, insect bites, frost bite, and other skin
conditions. It is because of these unique healing
properties that
the shea tree got its name, the karite tree, which means
the TREE OF LIFE.
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF SHEA BUTTER:
Shea Butter, the multi-purpose all natural vitamin A
skin cream, is derived from the seed of the Shea tree.
The cream is extracted and prepared without the use of
chemicals. The best Shea Butter for skin use is prepared
by cold press methods without use of added chemicals
or preservative.
CHARACTERISTICS AND AVAILABILITY:
Shea butter substitutes are not likely to give you the
results mention in this document. At room temperature,
Premium Shea Butter is a soft uniformly beige colored
creamy solid that readily melts in the hands and is
quickly absorbed by the skin.. When left in a hot room
or near a heat source, Shea Butter will readily melt just
as
any other butter. At room temperature, using a butter
knife, Premium Shea Butter spreads very nicely as soft
butter or margarine does. Shea Butter is not yellow,
green, gray, dark brown, or white. Shea products with
these colors are modified substitutes sometimes bearing
the name 100% Shea Butter. Furthermore, pure
natural Shea Butter has a characteristic smell. Once you
smell pure natural Shea Butter, you will always know
the smell. In fact, some first time users of Shea Butter
occasionally say the smell of Shea Butter is not the
most attractive smell. However, after 10 or 20 minutes
on the body the butter has no smell. Unaltered Shea
Butter does not have a cologne or perfume fragrance. If
your Shea Butter does not have the characteristic smell,
color and does not spread like butter, it is probably
not a good quality Shea Butter. BEAWARE!
The worldwide availability of Shea Butter Cream may
depends at times on the needs of the chocolate
industry. The chocolate manufacturers to make
chocolate use
most Shea exported from producing countries. Shea
Butter use in the cosmetic industry is a very small
fraction of the annual shea harvest.
INGREDIENTS: Pure Premium High Quality All Natural
Shea Butter.
21 REASONS TO USE SHEA BUTTER:
Shea Butter will provide improvement in all the
conditions listed below. As you use this multi-purpose
cream you are likely to discover additional uses. The
amount
of time required for optimum results with various
conditions may vary with each condition. Wrinkles, for
example, require 4 to 6 weeks of daily use. Itching is
relieved
immediately.
1. Dry skin
02. skin rash
03. Skin peeling, after tanning
04. Blemishes and wrinkles
05. Itching skin
06. Sunburn
07. Shaving cream for a smooth silky shave.
08. Small skin wounds
09. Skin cracks
10. Tough or rough skin (on feet.)
11. Cold weather,
12. Frost bites
13. Stretch mark prevention during pregnancy
14. Insect bites
15. Healthy skin
16. Muscle fatigue, aches and tension
17. For before and after strenuous exercise
18. Skin allergies such as poison ivy or poison oak
19. Eczema
20. Dermatitis
21. Skin damage from heat (hot grease while cooking,
radiation treatment for certain medical problems, etc.)
The information provided here or elsewhere on this site
is not intended to constitute professional medical advice
for treatment. We encourage you to consult your
personal physician with any questions you may have
regarding a medical condition.
WHO SHOULD USE SHEA BUTTER:
Everyone! Every household should have a jar of Shea
Butter, either among the beauty supplies for soft smooth
better looking skin, or in the medicine cabinet for minor
skin injuries around the house. SHEA BUTTER IS THE
SKIN’S BEST FRIEND!
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