Shea butter is the best!

Hi all - I'm new here! Over the years, I have gone through all kinds of skincare, and I have finally come to the conclusion that simple and natural is best, as I have dry sensitive skin(I'm 57 and live in a seeemi-arid climate). Anyhow, about 3 years ago, I discovered the benefits of pure unrefined shea butter - it helped heal my skin from using treatment products that were too strong for me, for one. It is a superb dry skin treatment, and if you do a search on the web for it you'll get tons of info. It can basically replace all kinds of toxic skincare products, and it is also excellent as a hair treatment too. I make my own shea butter face cream that has a large portion of the shea butter, and smaller, but equal parts of extra-virgin olive oil and jojoba oil - my skin loves it. Furthermore, I used this exclusively on my face while in Hawaii last year, and never burned at all(but then, I tan easily!) I also make a body butter using the shea butter and coconut oil with a bit of lavender essential oil - this is the only thing that my husband has ever used that fixed his dry, itchy legs and soothed hot dry feet. I just make these mixtures for our personal use, although I did make a jar of the body butter for a friend, and she loved it!
I am totally convinced that people's skin problems would basically disappear with correct health practices, and the judicious use of natural, non-toxic alternatives to the chemicalized stuff out there now. Tweet