Cocoa Butter Works Wonders for Skin

Cocoa Butter is made of saturated fats that moisturize the skin, repair the skin barrier, and may prevent premature aging. According to many dermatologists, cocoa butter is a naturally occurring moisturizer for dry skin. Nature offers a wealth of skin-loving, hydrating ingredients, like aloe vera and jojoba oil, to name a few. But at the top of the list for one of the most moisturizing, is easily cocoa butter. 

Cocoa butter comes from the cacao bean, which can be found inside cocoa pods that grow on the cacao tree. After the seeds are dried, roasted, and pressed, the vegetable fat is extracted from the beans. That fat is what we know as cocoa "butter". 

Cocoa Butter is usually found in two forms: refined or unrefined. Creamy yellow, unrefined cocoa butter is simply cocoa butter in its rawest form. The drawback, arguably, for this yellow goodness is that it smells pretty strongly of chocolate. Some cosmetics manufacturers prefer not to use it because of that scent. 

Refined cocoa butter strips away the scent and color, which makes it easier to use in beauty products. The benefits are all still there. 

Benefits 

Cocoa Butter, also known as theobroma cacao, has many skin benefits.

• Full of antioxidants: Cocoa butter is high in antioxidants, which help fight off free radical damage. Free radical damage can be partly responsible for skin aging, dark patches, and dull skin. Protecting your skin from free radicals is critical if you want healthy, youthful looking skin.
• It's highly moisturizing: Cocoa butter is an emollient high in fatty acids that hydrates the skin. 

Along with Cocoa butter on the moisturizing favorites list, is shea butter. Both products have a satisfying thick consistency and moisturizing properties. The main difference is the composition. Cocoa butter is made of saturated fats, which moisturize the skin, repair the skin barrier, and may prevent aging. Shea butter contains saturated fats, like cocoa butter, and also contains anti-inflammatory properties - which may help repair skin damage, reduce trans-epidermal water loss, and increase collagen. All our Whipped Body Creams contain both shea butter and cocoa butter so you get all these skin-loving benefits!