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A Few Good Reasons why you should use shea butter for hair and scalp ?

Shea butter for hair will condition, nourish and revitalize your hair, making it soft and manageable whatever the length. It is completely non greasy.

If you have a dry scalp then this magical butter will soothe and soften.

If your scalp is itchy or inflamed shea butter has anti inflammatory properties which will help calm your skin.

If your hair has been damaged by colouring often, then this butter will moisturise and protect from further damage.

Fine hair will be strengthened using shea butter regularly.

Shea butter for hair is a completely natural product.

Shea butter is a vegetable fat which forms a water resistant film which your hair can still breathe through while conditioning and nourishing at the same time.

This butter is becoming more and more fashionable and is often used as a base by many cosmetic firms for popular brands.

The butter is only found in the tropics of Africa. It is extracted from the nuts of the Shea-Karite tree.

It takes up to 15 years for the tree to bear fruit and can take another 30 years before the nuts are of a quality that can be used. In the past these nuts were boiled by the natives until the fat rose to the surface of the water. The fat was scooped out of the water before being left to set and cool.

Shea butter for hair and scalp conditioner

This treatment should be carried out once or twice a week for really dry hair and scalp.

1. Warm the butter before use as it will enhance and make the treatment more manageable, giving you better results.
2. Massage shea butter into your hair and scalp, making sure you cover all your scalp.,br> 3. Now take a comb and comb your hair through to make sure that every strand is covered with the butter.
4. Take a towel which has been warmed and wrap it around your head.
5. Leave the towel and butter on for at least an hour.
6. Wash off using shampoo suitable for your hair type.

Why not try mixing your shea butter for hair with olive oil and a little aromatherapy essential oils?

half cup of warmed shea butter
half cup warmed olive oil
2 drops rose essential oil or an oil of your choice

1. Mix the above together in a bowl
2. Massage the mixture into your scalp
3. Comb the mixture through every strand of hair
4. Wrap a warm towel round your hair
5. Leave for at least an hour
6. Wash out using a shampoo suitable to your hair type

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Raw Gaia is a great website I have bought many products from myself, try their shea butter, organically grown & fairly traded :

Raw Gaia: The world's first range of living, vegan and organic skin care products for women, men and babies

Calories in Honey It’s not the fact that there are lots of calories, because at 15 calories per teaspoon of honey it’s not a lot. No, the problem lies in the fact we really enjoy that one teaspoon so much we want another and another!

Olive Oil This wonderful oil moisturises without leaving an oily feel to the skin, and there have been many reports that acne actually improves dramatically when olive oil is used regularly.

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