Chocolate is loved by everyone since childhood, people know about its useful properties, for example, about a large number of endorphins that increase mood. In recent years, girls have evaluated the use of chocolate and chocolate tree fruit in cosmetology. Anti-cellulite chocolate wraps, face masks - active use of cocoa butter is everywhere. The ingredient is popular because it is a natural product - fat, which is obtained from cocoa beans.
Than useful cocoa butter
The fat contains a lot of antioxidants, which opens the possibility of using cocoa butter as a natural stimulant of the immune system. A large concentration of oleic acid strengthens and cleanses the blood vessels, promotes blood renewal, reduces cholesterol. Among the components is palmitic acid, which helps beneficial substances penetrate deep into the skin.
Oleic acid in the oil helps to strengthen the epidermis, prevents the appearance of stretch marks. The vitamin F content helps moisturize the skin and produce natural collagen, and vitamin A speeds up the fight against skin damage( scratches, cracks).Due to the high content of polyphenol, the development of allergic diseases is prevented.
How to use oil
Oil extract from cocoa fruits can be useful for skin of face and body, for hair, for treating certain diseases - it is a real natural pharmacy. Keep cocoa butter better hard, and before use, melt in a water bath or just warm it up in your hands. You can use pure oil without additives: in the cold it will perfectly cure cracked lips and hands, if lubricated at night.
Oily mixture is suitable for massage - relaxing or anti-cellulite. But more useful properties will manifest if you mix fatty basis with other components to create natural cosmetics. Depending on which additive you choose, you can create your own cream, scrub or mask. To enhance the nutritional effect of cocoa, mix with other oils, for example, olive and burdock.
For hair
Beauty and shine will return to you quickly, as oil nourishes the hair bulb and strengthens the hair from the inside. The simplest way to use cocoa butter is to rub into the skin for half an hour before washing. Complex treatment becomes more effective if you make a mask. There are several recipes:
- Mask with yolk. Melt a tablespoon of oil extract from cocoa fruits, as much burdock oil and kefir, then add the egg yolk. Blend the mixture evenly on the hair, wrap it in a bag, then with a warm towel. Wash off after an hour and a half without using shampoo.
- Mask with rosemary. You need 50 grams of dried rosemary. Pour half a cup of boiling water, leave for an hour, strain. Mix the tincture with two tablespoons of melted cocoa butter and apply to the hair. Leave the mask for two hours. Rinse thoroughly with shampoo.
For the face
Vitamin A softens the skin, helps heal cracks, stimulates the production of collagen, so cocoa butter is widely used in cosmetology. The mask can be selected according to the skin's needs:
- Moisturizing, for all skin types. Mix a teaspoon of melted cocoa butter, a teaspoon of condensed milk and fresh fruit puree, for example, a strawberry or a banana. Leave the mask for a quarter of an hour, rinse with cool water.
- Against wrinkles. Grind parsley and mix with a spoon of melted cocoa butter. Apply patting movements on the massage lines of the face. Leave for half an hour. Rinse with cool water.
- Active hydration. Mix a spoon of melted cocoa butter, a spoonful of honey, yolk and a little fresh carrot juice. Leave the mask on for 20 minutes, wash and rub the skin with an ice cube.
From stretch marks
The high concentration of vitamin F and oleic acid in oil has many useful properties: it increases the elasticity of the skin, makes it softer, eliminates small defects. Therefore, massage with cocoa is an excellent remedy for stretch marks. The procedure will help smooth out stretches and make them invisible, prevent the emergence of new ones. Cocoa butter from stretch marks during pregnancy should be used with caution - do an easy stomach massage every two days. Hips can be massaged more actively.
For the body
The skin needs regular exfoliation. An obligatory condition for this procedure is the skin, which is steamy after a bath or sauna. Try to prepare several scrubs:
- For the face. Mix with two tablespoons of cocoa butter a handful of crushed nuts( any), a tablespoon of honey, a handful of oatmeal. Preheat for a couple. Finished skrab cool, roll into small balls - for one application. The scrub heats up from contact with the skin. Massage for two minutes, rinse and smear abundantly with a nutritious cream.
- For the body. Mix two tablespoons of sugar, the same amount of coffee grounds. Add a tablespoon of preheated cocoa butter, mix, cool. Keep in a cool place. Massage intensively and quickly from contact with the steamed skin sugar dissolves. Such a scrub helps in the fight against cellulite.
Video about the use of cocoa butter for skin and hair
Reviews
Alexandra, 24 years : I love different essential oils. And it's great to save on cosmetics. Anti-cellulite scrub I mix myself, adding to the cocoa butter coarsely ground coffee and sugar crystals. As it turned out, it is not difficult, especially since all the products are in the closet in the kitchen. Lip balm, too, do not buy - cocoa butter helps. I also lubricate my cracked heels.
Julia, 30 years old : Cocoa butter was first encountered because of a delicate problem - I was recommended to take it with constipation. And then I left a piece for a hundred grams, I decided to read about cosmetology. As a result, she cured her hair, preparing an oil mixture with medicinal herbs. To the scalp was not greasy, I do the mask before the main wash.
Svetlana, 45 years old : I have already learned to understand: most of the price of cosmetics is wrapping up the brand, and we can easily buy the components in the pharmacy. The same goes for cocoa butter. On its basis, expensive scrubs, balms, hair products are prepared. I do all this myself. Yes, I'm wasting time, but taking care of myself is almost free.