The benefits of shea butter are many and miraculous: from lightening dark spots and toning skin, to easing joint pain and reducing stretch marks. This wonderful butter comes from the karité tree, which grows in a region across East and West Africa: from Guinea and Senegal to Uganda and South Sudan.
Used topically, Shea Butter is considered a skin ‘superfood.’ It nourishes skin, promotes clarity (thanks to its high concentration of vitamin e), and is a formidable ingredient against dryness, blemishes, dark spots, discolorations, stretch marks, and wrinkles. It also manages to to all of this without clogging pores.
Using shea butter regularly in a daily moisturizer can do wonders for skin over time. In addition to instant hyrdration, shea butter can help skin retain its moisture to become less dry and probelmatic in the long term.