Shea and Ucuuba Butter Evening Hand Mask Recipe

Shea and Ucuuba Butter Evening Hand Mask Recipe

Cold and dry weather are the skin’s oldest known enemies. Especially your hands are exposed to cold and wind all day, Saturate your hands with moisture at night, with this gentle hand mask.

Ingredients

• 250 gr Ucuuba butter
• 250 gr Shea butter

Instructions

• Take the butter and melt it in a bowl au bain-marie or in the microwave.
• Check the temperature preferably with a thermometer, otherwise use your little finger to determine if the temperature is comfortable for your skin. Dip your finger into the melted butter mixture and wait 10 seconds.
• When it feels good on your skin, stick both hands up to your wrists in the butter mixture. You wait as long as possible with this butter mask, or at least 10 minutes. Then remove the mask with warm water and a little soap.

Ucuuba butter naturally has a light, earthy scent. Ucuuba butter is known for its very hard and firm consistency at room temperature, similar to cocoa butter. It contains high levels of saturated fatty acids, such as palmitic, stearic and myrrhic acids, and is rich in fat-soluble vitamins and antioxidants, including vitamins A and C. Ucuuba butter is used in some traditional healing practices because of its purported antioxidants. anti-inflammatory properties.

Our Shea Butter Organic is obtained by cold pressing the seeds of the karite tree (and then refined). Our shea butter is a creamy white solid that is ultra-refined and has a neutral scent. No chemicals have been used to process our shea butter. Our Shea Butter melts as soon as it comes in contact with the skin making it excellent for use in lip balm and in lotions.