Foreue – Natural Skin Care (Handmade & Vegan)

You’ve probably heard a lot about cocoa butter, and that it is common ingredient in a lot of natural skin care products and moisturizers. But what exactly is cocoa butter? Contrary to the name, this is a light cream colored fat product that is extracted from cacao beans. It can be added to various natural(and non-natural) cosmetics, tanning creams, and  various moisturizers. Cocoa butter is also sometimes used as remedy for skin conditions such as eczema, not to mention stretch marks from pregnancy. While its ok to use natural skin care products with cocoa butter, pure cocoa butter is much better. Here is why its an indispensable natural beauty product.

Pure cocoa butter is a healthy fat, making it perfect to use when making handmade soaps or other beauty products. Since pure cocoa butter is one of the better concentrated natural fats, it remains rather hard at room temperature. But once exposed to human body temperature, it melts fast so that your skin absorbs it that much faster. Everyone knows that pure cocoa butter is a key ingredient in moisturizing lotions, it also actually slows down moisture loss. It also hydrates and is gentle on your skin–making it ideal for those with sensitive skin.

Here are some ways to use pure cocoa butter to protect and moisturize your skin naturally. You can use cocoa butter to lighten the appearance of scars by gently massaging it into the scar daily.  This method also works for stretch marks.  Or, you can  add a little pure cocoa butter to your bath to help retain moisture.

Cocoa butter has so many different benefits, what is your favorite use for such a natural skin care product?

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