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Saturday, 5 January 2019

nigeria Saturday, January 05, 2019

Cocoa Butter as it is

This aromatic solid butter is pressed from the roasted seeds of the Cacao tree. It will soften at body temperature and adds a rich, creamy, and thick consistency to lotions, soaps, creams, and toiletry items.

Cocoa butter contains natural antioxidant Vitamin E, as well as a number of other vitamins and minerals. Cocoa butter is mainly used as a thickening agent and is a common ingredient in lipsticks, soaps, and emollient creams.

MAKING OF COCOA BUTTER

Cocoa butter is made by pressing ground, milled cacao nibs to make a cacao paste. This process separates the thick and creamy butter from the fibrous powder.

Interestingly, cacao butter and powder, separated at birth, are reunited to make chocolate. That is, most of the ingredients for chocolate are present in the cacao bean in the first place, but need to go their separate ways in order to come together.

Cocoa butter has a low melting point, and often melts in transit to higher temperature states during the summer months. Fat bloom is a common occurrence in cocoa butter and should not be a cause for alarm.

Unrefined Cocoa butter is not deodorized and is lightly odoriferous, which will scent your products in moderation. Suitable for food and cosmetic use and makes an exquisite ingredient within culinary products (especially chocolate).

As an unrefined cosmetic butter it may contain natural sediments which will appear on the surface of the oil after the butter is melted. Straining the oil through muslin cloth is recommended, based on the product that is being formulated.

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Thursday, 30 March 2017

shea nuts Thursday, March 30, 2017

Uses of Shea Butter

Natural Skin Moisturizer.

Softening and revitalizing damaged/brittle hair.

Diminish the appearance of wrinkles.

Diminishing stretch marks.

A perfect lip balm, protecting your lips.

The best anti-aging agents for the skin.

A major Healing Agent against several Skin conditions.

A wonderful after shave cream to eliminate Irritation.

Anti-inflammatory effect against Insect bites.

On scars to naturally help collagen production

After sun or beach exposure to replenish skin

As the best under-eye wrinkle remover and bag-reducer

Best for baby care due to lack of chemical reactions.

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Tuesday, 28 February 2017

vitamin E Tuesday, February 28, 2017

What is Shea Butter?

Shea butter is basically an organic, natural cum essential oil from the seeds of the fruit of the renowned Shea tree also known as the Karite Tree. It has long been known to be used in Africa and as mentioned in our prior post, essential in hair and skin nourishment thus a super-food for skin and hair rejuvenation.

One of the element that differentiates Shea butter from other skin moisturizer is the fact that its compound moisturizer is similar as that secreted by the human skin sebaceous gland, thus allows easy penetration and technically rejuvenates the skin as if it secretes same compound itself.

In many of our present cosmetic products for skin and hair, we have heard a lot about the effect of vitamin A and E aiding in skin Mal-nourishment, wrinkles, eczema, and other possible skin defect from deterioration conditions. What we never know in essence is the source of these essential vitamins. Behold Organic Shea butter offers these vitamins naturally with no chemical additive to diminish its activities thus naturally restoring its effect back on the skin.

Vitamin A in Organic Shea Butter is essential while improving varying skin conditions like blemishes, wrinkles, eczema, dermatitis and others. It has also been known to possess properties while treating skin allergies, insect bites, sunburns, frostbites, and accelerates wound healing.

Vitamin E as we know is quite a powerful antioxidant in itself. It has been described as effective in anti-aging, preventing the harsh effect of the sun as well as anti-free radical agent, assisting in neutralizing radical cells which most often can lead to cancerous cells if not abated. The positive effect on increasing the micro-circulation is certain, which results in increased blood supply to and from the skin.

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