Cocoa butter in cosmetology is a popular highly effective remedy.
This wide use is not only due to the properties that cocoa butter possesses, but its aroma and taste characteristic for chocolate.
At room temperature it is hard and brittle, easily cut, and for use in cosmetics, cocoa butter is melted at a temperature of 32-37 ° C.
Using cocoa butter in creams and home-made mixtures, its small piece is melted in a water bath and only then mixed with the rest of the ingredients, since the contents of the jar from frequent heating and cooling can quickly begin to burn.
Cocoa butter - application
The cream with cocoa butter is perfectly absorbed and does not leave a fatty film on the skin. This cream is perfect for caring for dry and fading skin. Cacao oil for the face can be used regardless of the type of your skin, moreover, it is an ideal tool for gentle baby skin.
Active components of creams that contain cocoa butter for the body are irreplaceable. They nourish, restore hydrolipid balance, support the turgor, regenerate, rejuvenate, soften and tone up the skin.
Cocoa butter is also used in medical cosmetology, it is:
- protects the skin from the influence of aggressive environmental factors;
- prevents burns;
- prevents overdrying and frostbite;
- does not allow airing in winter.
Cocoa butter will also help to get rid of stretch marks, making the skin more tender, smooth and supple.
Cocoa Essential Oil - Application
With the help of essential oil of cocoa, added to daily means for washing, you can smooth out fine wrinkles, get rid of "crow's feet", and the skin of the face will become more radiant.
Masks with ethereal cocoa butter contribute to the disappearance of superficial cosmetic defects that arise from furunculosis, cuts, acne and other minor injuries. Applying cosmetics with essential oil of cocoa during pregnancy, you not only relieve yourself of stretch marks, but also more easily eliminate after pregnancy excess weight.
Cocoa butter is useful for lips in the cold and windy winter season, because it is a natural moisturizer that will not allow airing, peeling and cracking on the delicate skin of the lips. Cocoa butter is a real salvation for the hair, it will help to get rid of dandruff, dryness and dullness of any type of hair.
Grandmother's recipes
There is no better medicine during an epidemic of flu than a simple application of cocoa butter.
With a cold or bronchitis for those who do not particularly like synthetic medicines, you can use a natural and safe remedy that will suit even children. Simple and easy treatment of the nasal mucosa with cocoa butter significantly reduces the risk of infection by airborne droplets. The healing properties of cocoa butter will help cope with:
- cough;
- expectoration;
- hemorrhoids;
- thrush;
- cervical erosion;
- atherosclerosis;
- itching of the skin;
- fungal lesions;
- eczema.
Upon contact with the skin, cocoa butter begins to melt, which facilitates its use. Cocoa butter can be used both in pure form and in a mixture with other oils. When creating compositions with natural essential oils, cocoa butter is basic. It is used in the form of massage, lubrication, applications and bandages. Aromasses with cocoa butter is an excellent remedy for repelling insects. Although cocoa butter has no special contraindications, precautions should be taken before the first use and check their individual tolerability of this product.