Moisturizing and nourishing are the two main factors in caring for our skin. Butters, rich solid vegetable oils, can give us both, and even those who are not enthusiastic about natural oils will fall in love with their advanced composition in the form of creamy butters.
Cream butter - what is it?
Batteries are no longer a novelty in the world of skin care cosmetics. These are solid base oils with excellent nourishing and moisturizing properties, often by butters they mean shea butter or cocoa butter. Normally, these oils are solid, but when heated a little, such as when applied to the skin, the warmth of the skin melts and turns into a liquid oil.
Based on these butters, various care products are made: massage tiles, body and lip balms, and butter creams.
Features
Now that we know: cream butter - what it is, let's look at its differences and features. Typically, such products combine the caring properties of oils and the soft, delicate texture of a body cream. Butter cream is well distributed over the skin and quicklyabsorbed. Thanks to the stearic acid found in oils, buttercream has a dense and thick texture, which is different from a regular body cream.
The same stearic acid (it belongs to saturated acids) helps the skin by creating a protective barrier, however, unlike mineral oils that create a vacuum harmful to the skin under the film, saturated acids allow you to breathe and maintain water balance. Therefore, butter creams are good to use not only in winter, but also in summer. It also explains why butters are for all skin types, not just dry and sensitive ones.
How to use
Like all oils, buttercreams should be applied to clean, dry skin. It is better to do this in the evening so that the components are well absorbed. In the shower, do a light scrub, then pat your skin dry with a towel and lightly apply a little cream. For a massage effect (for example, for anti-cellulite), a butter will need about twice as much. After the procedure, it will be possible to blot the body butter cream remaining on the skin with a napkin.
User reviews and professional recommendations suggest using cream butters for hair as well. They should also be applied to dry, clean hair, exclusively on the tips. Warm up a very small amount of cream on your fingers and spread it on your hair, comb it through with a comb.
Body Butter Creams
This is the most common use for this type of product, especially during winter when our skin needs an increased dose of nutrition, hydration and protection frombad weather.
Main base oils used in cream butters:
- shea - slows down the aging process of the skin, nourishes and moisturizes, is widely used in body care, face and hair;
- cocoa - restores damaged skin cells, therefore it is used to correct wrinkles, small scars, acne effects, also maintains the hydro-lipid balance and skin turgor;
- cupuacu - oil from a Brazilian plant, acts at the cellular level, perfectly retains moisture and is successfully used for dry, sensitive and irritated skin;
- mango - allows you to retain water for a long time, due to which it prolongs skin hydration, restores firmness and elasticity;
- babassu - Brazilian palm nut oil has natural cooling properties, so it is widely used in after-sun cosmetics;
- muru-muru - another brazil nut, creates a protective film on the skin that allows you to breathe, but conserve moisture;
- coconut - quickly absorbed, turning the skin into velvet, moisturizes, nourishes and removes dryness.
Besides this, other oils in one percentage or another can be added to the cream butter. What does this mean for our skin? Different combinations of oils can give products with different properties. So, for example, grape seed oil has anti-cellulite properties, cream butter with its content is good for massage. In the Fruit & milk line of the Quizas brand, you can find such a creamy butter. Reviews note nutritional propertiesdue to the content of not only grape seed in its composition, but also shea and mango oils. There is a similar product in the Bliss organic line - cream-butter “Lifting”.
Also popular is the Ecolab buttercream, this brand offers a wide variety of oil-based body care products. These are moisturizing, nourishing, and regenerating products for the skin. Different oils, in addition to the base ones, are included in the composition of these products, so if you want to experience the properties of argan, almond, pistachio, kumquat, peach and many other oils, choose the Ecolab butter cream. Small manufacturers of organic cosmetics also have similar products, for example, Valentina Kostina can highlight a product with almond and coconut oil or a solid butter cream from the Novosibirsk scientific and cosmetological enterprise Microlysis.
A wide variety of such products are presented in the European and American markets. Some of these products can also be bought from us, for example, Cocoa Butter Creme from Queen Helene. Rich in cocoa butter, this rich cream instantly hydrates even the driest skin without leaving a greasy film.
Hair
If the idea of putting oil on your hair seems strange, then try a cream butter. Apply it to the ends, avoiding the roots, then the hair will not be heavy or greasy. Shea butter and cupuaçu butter are well suited for this purpose. They have a large amount of phytosterols that are suitable for colored hair. Oils not only make them smooth, they seal the color,not letting the paint wash out.
Sun protection
Mango and shea butters are well known to have sun protection properties in their own right, their natural SPF, although low (3-5) units, helps to protect your skin from the aggressive effects of the sun.
But cocoa butter does not have such properties, but it perfectly attracts a tan, so a cream based on mango, shea and cocoa is very convenient to use for tanning.
For an intense tan, for example, Ecolab Butter Body Cream is perfect - all products from this line contain a large amount of organic cocoa butter. And after a sunbath, you can apply the SOS Cooling Butter Cream with Peppermint Oil from the Beauty Cafe brand.
Hydrophilic Cream Butter
What does this mean? Hydrophilic products are a thick cream that, when heated in the hands and in contact with water, melts, turning into milk. It perfectly removes makeup, cleanses the skin, while nourishing and moisturizing it, so more often this hydrophilic formula is used in washing products, Look for these butters in small shops that sell handmade natural cosmetics, like Natali Organic.
