shea &cocoa butter

[Guest guest]

Shea Butter is a white or yellowish fat obtained from the nut of the Shea

Tree (Butyrospermum parkii) which grows in Africa. Used by African healers

over thousands of years as an exotic luxury emollient, reported to benefit

dry ,damaged and maturing skin. Shea Butter is known for its natural healthy

and healing attributes which works in partnership with your skin and body

chemistry as a substitute for cocoa butter.

Can be used as a food, soap, candles and reputed to be used on the skins of

African drums.

 

Cocoa Butter is also known as oil of theobroma,(Latin for food of the gods)

it is obtained by grinding roasted cacoa beans and then separating the

vegetable fat. It is used by plantation workers to protect and soften skin.

It is a popular ingredient in commercially produced hand, body and face

creams.

Like the Shea Butter its benefit is it use as an emollient to soften the

dries of skins, it is said to be beneficial in the treatment and prevention

of stretchmarks if applied daily to the abdomen, breasts and thighs.

It is solid, but melts at body temperature.

A derivative of the cocoa bean (Theobromine) a bitter colourless alkaloid is

used in medicine as a diuretic and cardiac stimulant.

 

Hope this is useful

 

Ron P

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" Sher Gulfam " <gulfam_sher

 

Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:04 PM

[AX] shea & cocoa butter

 

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[Guest guest]

Would this also be great on the face for wrinkles or the prevention of more

wrinkles?

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes. Just make sure that you keep it away from your eyes. It stings like

hell.

Ron P

 

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<akishiku

 

Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:21 PM

Re: [AX] shea & cocoa butter

 

 

> Would this also be great on the face for wrinkles or the prevention of

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> wrinkles?

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