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The Benefits of Using African Shea Butter Black Soap

Author: Ba Cisse
by Ba Cisse
Posted: Oct 28, 2015

African shea butter black soap is made using 100% pure African shea butter which is widely found throughout West Africa.

There are a lot of people these days who are in the look out of beauty products that can maintain and even improve the natural glamour of their skin. This is because of the air pollutants present in the atmosphere and the use of chemicals in beauty and health products. People in large, are turning towards the use of natural ingredients like plants, herbs, roots and oils for taking best care of their skin. One of the most commonly used natural products these days is African shea butter.

What is Shea butter?

Shea butter has long been used by the Africans. The shea butter found in Africa is quite renowned due to the fact that the Shea tree is found in abundance in this part of the world. The butter id derived from the fruit borne by Shea tree. Africans eat the fruit while there are seeds and nuts found within the fruit. These seeds and nuts are boiled, sun-dried, shelled then crushed pounded and kneaded or producing shea butter. Consistency of shea butter is quite similar to butter used on bread. It softens and melts when it comes into direct contact with heat. Africans use it not only as a skin care product but also for medicinal purposes. The product also serves as a very good medium of getting dietary fat.

Ingredients Used in Making African Black Soap

Shea butter that is abundantly found in Africa is widely used for making African shea butter black soap. African black soap is basically a soap produced in West Africa. This soap helps in naturally cleansing and nourishing the skin. one of the greatest things about this soap is that it is 100% natural since it is made using natural ingredients such as coconut oil, essentials oils, kernel oil as well as plant forms such as leaves of palm tress, plantain skins, cocoa pod powder, cocoa butter and most importantly shea butter. Plants which are used for manufacturing black soap are dried under sun exposure. Post this; the dried plants are roasted in clay ovens. Ashes are then mixed in water and filtered. The result of the entire procedure is African black soap. The soap has dark brown color featuring black specs throughout.

The Benefits of Using African Black Soap

Some of the major benefits of using African black soap include:

  • It can effectively be used in the form of a shampoo for cleansing the hair. One of the best things about this soap is that it does not consist of any harmful ingredients which are commonly found in the commercial shampoos. Thus, it does not remove the natural oils of an individual’s hair leaving the hair damaged and dry.
  • The soap possesses natural antiseptic and antibacterial properties helping an individual get rid of scalp dandruff. The soap can effectively help in cleansing the scalp by removing dandruff and dirt on it. Everything is done in an all-natural manner.
  • African black soap can also be used in the form of an all-natural make-up remover.

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The content writer has an expertise in writing articles on different shea butter products like body cream, shea butter black soap, body lotion and it's uses for African Fair Trade Society

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