While attending a music festival, I was browsing among the wares they had for sale. I came across a booth, where there were containers filled with a thick-looking yellowish substance. The yellow stuff was shea butter and when I investigated further by speaking to the woman from the booth, I found out that it was 100% natural shea butter from Africa. She had a large block of it available for people to try, so I scraped off a bit and rubbed it on my arm. It immediately melted in my hand as I massaged it into my arm. My arm felt so soft and smooth! The container was about the size of a extra large tub of butter. And the price for pure shea butter was $5.00. What a deal! I immediately purchased some. What is shea butter and why is it so effective for natural skin care?

Shea butter is made from the nut of the African Shea Tree. It contains essential fatty acids, making it far superior to cocoa butter or other nut butters. Shea butter can rejuvenate and moisturize the skin and even protect it from wind and sun. It even help wounds heal faster! Shea butter is also excellent for anti-aging. It stimulates skin at the cellular level, repairing rough, dry skin. Shea butter is quite a versatile, healing moisturizer.

Here are just some of the benefits of shea butter:

• Treatment of dry skin, eczema, and burns
• Pain relief from swelling and arthritis
• Improved muscle relaxation
• Sunscreen, due to its high Vitamin E & F content
• Treatment of dark spots, skin discolorations, stretch marks, wrinkles, and blemishes
• Massages, diaper rashes, and a hair conditioner

Look for skin care products containing shea butter as a main ingredient. Aubrey Organics was the first skin care company to import African Shea Butter for use in their products. Some of my favorite Aubrey Organics products integrating shea butter include After Sun Face and Body Maintenance Moisturizer, Green Tea & Gingko Moisturizer spf 15, Blue Green Algae with Grape Seed Extract Moisturizer spf 15, and Calaguala Liposome Cream. Visit Aubrey Organics and search “shea butter.” You will find over 40 items!  One of my other favorite skin care lines, Keys Soaps, also tap into the healing power of shea butter in their formulations: Eye Butter, Tortuga Super Emoillent Lotion, Metacare Healing Lotion, and Redicare Healing Spray.

I hope you get to experience the incredible health benefits of pure shea butter. You will love the results from using this versatile product from nature. For even more natural beauty tips, download your free ebook, Beautify Naturally: 10 Nontoxic Ways to a More Beautiful You.

About the author: Robin Adler is the writer and creator of http://www.toxicbeautyblog.com and is currently working on a Toxic Beauty ebook detailing the toxic ingredients in cosmetics and beauty products and how we can avoid them. She also operates two other beauty blogs: http://naturalbeautyra.info, a site devoted to Aubrey Organics,  http://myorganicinfo.com, a site for a holistic acne cure, and a site for teachers and parents: http://teachingeasyas123.com.