The nature has provided us with wonderful products that could be used for our well-being. This fact cannot be denied. Generations of chemists, biologists and specialists in related professions have been working hard in laboratories to reproduce chemical and biological compounds that the nature has selectively created and refined to perfection. One of these natural products namely shea butter, is derived from the nut of magnifolia (shea) tree found in Central and West Africa.

Africans, particularly African women, have integrated the healing effects and cosmetic benefits of shea butter into their household ingredients since centuries. But in Europe, shea butter is just being accepted and even less accepted in the USA. The reason, according to people in the business sector, is the smell of shea butter and availability of other competitive vegetable oils. Shea butter is nevertheless gaining acceptance due to novel processing methods, the superiority of its contents and advantages which include the following:

Unsaponifiables; these are components of oil that cannot be converted into soap. They contain valuable vitamins such as vitamin E and A with moisturizing as well as conditioning properties. The moisturizing property keeps the skin soft, fresh and reduces wrinkles.
Depending on the quality, quantity and type of cosmetic product, shea butter helps in healing sunburns, skin rashes, eczema and similar common dermatological issues.
Sarahmagazine April 2010
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