The application of shea butter in cosmetics
January 13, 2012Shea butter (SB) as an excellent new cosmetic raw materials, have applied for hundreds of years in Africa and European countries. But in China, it has been only a few years after the shea butter being recognized. Avocado butter is a woody oil plant in hot dry western and central Africa. The butter was found in fruit of the tree and is a new type of natural oil ingredients. In the 1970s, China cultivated it on Yuanjiang valley of Yunnan. A butter tree’s height is about 4 m to13 m with milk. The flowering period is from December to February next year. The fruit period is from April to June with berry spherical, diameter 4 cm ~ 5 cm and brown color.
Avocado fat to monounsaturated triglycerides as the main component, the appearance of hard paste, soft and covered with small granular crystals, refined scent before a large, color according to its processing and production process of different yellow or light green, after refining a touch of unique flavor fruit butter, white, storage and transportation very convenient.
Avocado butter is natural oil, in addition to many traditional uses, at this stage as new cosmetic raw materials for its excellent melting properties and performance of widely used emollient cream, emulsion, Lip balm, skin care and hair products and other cosmetics.
As a new cosmetic raw materials, not avocado unsaponifiable matter in fat mass fraction of 9% to 13%, which is not available in other vegetable oils, and avocado butter and natural moisturizing factor in the extract from the sebaceous glands moisturizing agents have the same composition to itself as a natural vitamin A cream [cited, so avocado fat is also considered to be the most effective natural skin moisturizer and conditioner, which used in beauty creams, emulsions, anhydrous cream and other repair jewelry to complement the lack of human epidermal cells in the fat, keep the skin to provide a variety of physiological balance of the required basic elements minoxidil. Used collagen facial cleanser cream.
Because it contains cinnamate, the shea butter can be used in cosmetic sunscreen to prevent UV radiation damage on the skin. Meanwhile, the natural latex can also prevent the sunlight-induced skin irritation. Shea butter can promote cell regeneration and capillary circulation, used in skin care to prevent and delay skin aging with the role. Avocado butter has a strong ability to lock the water, have a good affinity for the skin, it can be used in shampoo and other hair products in epithelial repair and dry hair easy to break the internal organizational structure, so dry, damaged hair recovery health, and gives the hair moisture and light.
Shea butter used in cosmetics, in addition to a good moisturizer and conditioner outside, or a therapeutic effect of additives outstanding, with many unique usefulness. Avocado butter in vitamin A for many skin defects such as wrinkles, get rid of eczema and other important improvements have effect; quality avocado butter for treatment of skin allergies, dry skin, skin ulcers, various types of skin inflammation, insect bites and skin burns are improving effect; it can greatly reduce the scar area, to treat rheumatism and muscle pain, nasal mucosa can also relieve congestion and thus reduce the cold. According to another report, avocado butter contains trace amounts of alcohol dibutyryl whales, have the cortisol a similar role.
Composition of shea butter fatty acid shows that: From the content point of view, shea butter cocoa butter fat have similar characteristics, high levels of stearic acid and oleic acid, shea butter so abroad has become one of cocoa butter substitute fat. However, avocado butter, and two with a saturated acid, oleic acid triglycerides of about 45.9%, compared with the much less cocoa butter, and two saturated acid, oleic acid and triglycerides about 45%, than cocoa twice the fat, If the place of cocoa butter used in chocolate and other food industry is not appropriate, but the avocado butter can be prepared on behalf of the cocoa butter as a raw material. In addition, the fat in avocado unsaponifiable matter content of not so high but also as a good greasy raw materials tretinoin used in soap production. At present, China has successfully Yuanjiang region introduction Shea, Shea development, production and cocoa butter, which is China's development of chocolate, margarine and cold food with fat, and more recent application of the cosmetics industry to provide the raw materials, especially its natural green nature, more of today's cosmetics, food industry raw materials are looking forward to. It could be expected that avocado butter as a new material has both beauty and health effects, it will be widely used and developed in the food and cosmetics industry in next few years. Source:http://www.cosprm.comPosted by tracy ma.