Shea Butter Antiaging Skin Care

By: Kim Mujahid

Shea Butter Antiaging Benefits

Antiaging skin care has become very popular. When describing a skin care product, antiaging simply means the product contains ingredients that can help your skin look younger. Antiaging skin care treatments can be very complex, with chemical based ingredients formulated to reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone, etc. However, simple natural products also exist that do an excellent job of improving the appearance of aging skin. 

Shea Butter is one of the most effective natural antiaging skin care products.  It helps to improve skin tone and elasticity and helps skin look smoother, making wrinkling less noticeable. Shea butter also helps to even skin tone and gets rid of rough, scaly, dry skin; making skin softer and more supple. And, shea butter offers natural sunscreen benefits.  Shea butter should not be used instead of a sunscreen product, however, shea butter does offer minimal sunscreen protection, making it a beneficial moisturizing choice to help protect skin.  (The sunscreen protection offered by shea butter is not sufficient to prevent sun damage.  It is important to use a sunscreen during sun exposure to prevent skin damage.)

In order to experience the anti-aging skin benefits of shea butter, look for products with high concentrations of shea butter, (20% or more).  Many products on the market have the name "shea butter", but the actual amount of shea butter in the product is not sufficient to be be beneficial to the skin.   If the amount of shea butter is not listed on the label, you can also determine whether a product contains a high concentration of shea butter by reading the ingredients listed on the label.  Ingredients are listed in order of amount of the ingredient in the product.  The ingredients with the highest concentration are listed first, with the lowest concentration ingredients listed toward the end of the list.  Products with shea butter listed near the beginning of the ingredients list contain higher amounts of shea butter and offer more of the antiaging skin care properties of shea butter.  For natural shea butter moisturizers: Click Here

Which shea butter has the highest concentration of antiaging nutrients, raw or refined? 

Raw Shea Butter:   Raw shea butter contains the highest amount of antiaging skin care vitamins and emollients.  Raw shea butter has not been exposed to a refinement process, therefore all of its natural skin care benefits remain intact.

Refined Shea Butter:   Some of the vitamin and nutrient content of raw shea butter is lost during the refinement process, however, excellent antiaging skin care results can be obtained with naturally refined shea butter products.  

Shea Oil (Shea Olein):  Shea oil is a powerful natural antiaging skin care ingredient.  Produced during the process of making shea butter, shea oil remains liquid at room temperature.  (Shea oil does thicken or become solid when cold).  Shea oil contains all the antioxidant rich nutrients found in shea butter but it is much lighter in weight, making it a superb light moisturizer.  Shea oil can also be found in skin care products where liquid ingredients are required to maintain light texture, such as lotions and skin creams.  For Shea Oil: Click Here

Shea butter and moisturizers containing a significant quantity of this nutrient rich butter, and shea oil offer many superb antiaging skin care benefits.  These natural skin care moisturizers are excellent choices for an antiaging skin care regimen that also includes gentle cleansing and exfoliation.  Shea butter is an effective natural antiaging product for younger looking skin.