Body Butters
So the butters I’m talking about are:
- Shea
- Cocoa
- Kokum
- Mango
- Almond
Oils whipped as butters:
- Olive oil
- Argan oil
- Coconut oil
And here are my questions:
- How are butters better than creams and lotions in terms of moisturising the skin?
Body butters are made up of fatty acid chains from fruits, seeds, nuts, kernels of plants extracted by cold pressed technology. These chains link together, harden and form butters at room temperature. Body butters, creams and lotions all differ from each other in terms of the water content they contain. Body butters do not contain water and hence are thicker with more moisturizing properties and are quite effective as skin barrier creams.
Creams contain 60% water hence are more easily spreadable and thinner in consistency compared to butter but thicker in consistency compared to lotions.
Lotions contain 80% water and are thinner than creams. They spread very well.
The more the water content the more the evaporation hence the need to keep reapplying these creams and lotions to mosturise skin.
Butters contain no water so they moisturize and protect for much longer. They is no need to keep reapplying a body butter as frequently as a cream or a lotion
- Which butter do you recommend for the Indian skin in winters (dry season)? You can take a look at the list above.
Any body butter works great in winter when you experience drier skin. Body butters are especially great for application over the rougher body parts such as knees, elbows, soles, palms etc. avoid applying a body butter on delicate facial skin unless you have very dry skin. This can clog pores and cause acne breakouts on facial skin. Mango and coconut butters will suit indian skin as they are more indigenous and provide great moisture for dry skin types in winter.
- Which issues of which body parts can be tackled with butters? (as we have body butter, lip butter, etc)
Most body butters can also be applied on the dry chapped lips although shea butter, coconut butter are most commonly used in lip butters
These butters can be used on soles of feet to smoothen calluses, on palms to prevent dryness, on knees and elbows as well as any other body part except for the sensitive facial skin
