Did you know that Shea butter found in moisturizing lotions truly has healing power? This butter is non-toxic, organic, and when left in its natural form can be used for cooking. Lotions containing Shea butter are famous for making the skin feel and look younger.

Lotions containing Shea butter act as a natural skin rejuvenating product, it is so safe that you can even music on babies, people with skin conditions, on wounds, ulcers even extra dry skin. Shea butter has also been known to help with stretch marks because of the way it restructures the skin.

Shea butter has many amazing uses. One of those uses is as a daily soap, or even in the bathtub. Rubbing Shea butter on aching muscles has been known to soothe them. Although most Shea butter lotions are expensive they are usually worth the price. If you cannot afford Shea butter can be duplicated and made at home for less.

Unfortunately most Shea butters now available to the general public have been over refined.this is done to remove Shea butter’s natural scent and color. The problem with refining Shea butter is that many of the effective ingredients found in it naturally are removed. refined Shea butter as often been bleached, heated to over 400, and deodorized. In effect much of Shea butter’s healing powers or values are significantly reduced or lost.

It’s good to remember that when you are buying Shea butter the chances are it has been refined. Most unrefined Shea butter comes directly from west Africa. Although refined Shea butter may look nice, most of its true healing powers have been removed.