Shea Butter

NCI: BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER, Shea Butter, BUTYROSPERMI PARKII, Shea Butter Oil, Vitellaria ParadoxaI

Origin

The shea tree is native to Africa. The fat gained from the fruits of the shea tree is called shea butter.

Ingredients

Shea butter contains a very high amount of active ingredients valuable for cosmetics, such as natural allantoin, vitamin E, provitamin A and cell-protecting tocopherols.

Effect

Due to this broad spectrum of ingredients, shea butter acts antioxidative, lipid replenishing and calming and can regulate the skin´s moisture household in a natural way. The result is soft, even and smooth skin.

Furthermore, the lipid barrier of the cornea is strengthened making shea butter a prefect ingredient for dry, damaged and neurodermitic skin.  As shea butter is extremely well tolerated by skin, it can help relaxing irritated and stressed skin.

Due to its natural sun protection factor (SPF 3), many sun care products contain shea butter.

RAU Cosmetics products with shea butter are intensively nourishing, moisture-binding, skin-friendly, calming and protecting.

Shea butter is admitted for certified natural cosmetics.