Does the addition of essential oil decrease or hurt the effectiveness of the Shea butter
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Hi Bette, Thank you for your great question. Our ASBI Certified Premium Grade A Unrefined Shea Butter is 100% all natural, has passed high measures for safety, performance and shelf life and has the highest healing fraction and moisturizing fraction of any Shea Butter product or any natural skincare product available. Many people are unaware of this. As ASBI has communicated, it receives a "Gold Medal" in both healing and moisturizing and is for use on any skin type and on any skin on the body. Our current batch has actually been given the designation of 'Best Shea Butter In The World' by ASBI due to it's high test score during laboratory testing. All our batches score very high on the ASBI test and we make available our ASBI Grading Analysis for our batches upon request. That being said, our Shea Butter has it's greatest healing and moisturizing ability when simply used alone. By adding anything to pure Premium Grade A Shea Butter it may diminish some of the bioactive/healing properties, so we advise against doing that. For those customers of ours who are do-it-your-selfers and like to mix their Shea Butter with other things like Essential Oils, there is an ASBI approved safe and effective way to melt your Premium Grade A Shea Butter to preserve its bioactive/healing properties as best as possible (NOTE: do not heat in microwave.) We are happy to provide this to our customers upon request so that they may follow the instructions. Best results are typically seen within 4-6 week of regular use. Please stay in touch so that we may best serve you and enable you to have the best experience with our Premium Shea Butter. We'd love to be able to assist you with your unique situation as best we can. We want to make sure you are 100% happy with our product. Hopefully, this is helpful to you. Warmest regards, David Founder and President African Skin Solutions ASBI Certified Shea Technician
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Thanks Regina! I wasn't planning on heating but that's good to know too! This looks like the only Shea butter certified by the American Shea Butter Institute. I hear there are a lot of low grade non medicinal Shea out there.
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Yes but not bad and if it bothers you, mix it with peppermint essential oil or wintergreen or lavender oil...Hope it helps !
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Yes. Be sure to dilute the oil with a carrier like coconut oil, olive oil or jojoba oil as full-strength tea tree oil can cause a reaction. I had no reaction when I used full strength to successfully treat my toenail fungus, but my husband quickly became sensitized. He can now NEVER use tea tree oil because he's developed an allergy. I wish I had known of the importance of diluting when we started out.
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On average Shea Butter is usually good for about 2 years. Just keep it in a cool place, and make sure that you never leave the lid off. If you happen to experience extreme warm temps you may want to pop it into the fridge or wine chiller if you have one. When Shea Butter turns rancid, you'll be able to smell it, that's for sure! The smell resembles (to me) spoiled milk & feta cheese. Gross! Plus the consistency will also change. I'm speaking from experiences with other brands I've tried. Not this one in particular. Hope this helps.
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you can use aloe gel to dilute the oil along with peppermint oil or eucalyptus oil. Good luck : )
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I use essential oils in my unit and it works fine. It is a small unit, so just a drop or two of oil is all you need. I use the unit next to my desk - to humidify the local area and be sure to clean as per the instructions after each use.
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Yes no worries. The discolorations are normal. Its a lot easier to use if you get a "whipped shea butter recipe".
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Yes. Once you achieve desired results you may stop using the product although using the oil on a particular location will cause that section to be healthier and hair may continue to grow more rapidly in that particular spot even after you stop using the product.
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No, as long as you keep the Shea butter in a dark cabinet it should be fine. Putting it in the fridge would make it really hard.
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yes, sparingly at first, work your way up to the desired effect. traditionally essential oils shouldnt be heated from their essence. hence using a diffuser
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I personally use the essential oils, they are much more concentrated. I think you would have to use ALOT of perfume to get the same effect.
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if you melt the shea butter then blend the aloe vera into it, you shouldn't have any problems. What is this for? Bonnie
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Have not tried this unit. Megahome makes another unit specially designed for essential oils. It has a lower heat.
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I've been using mine with pure essential oils for an entire year, no problems. It works as well as my pricey diffuser though it doesn't have as many features and doesn't do as large an area.
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i used it with cocoa nut oil to make my body butter. i have seen alot of people warm the shea butter till it melts then cool it then whip it. i found alot of my info on youtube. with a hand mixer it takes longer in my kitchen aide on high it took15min and i dident warm it.
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yes, the coloration in shea butter can vary a few shades and it is still perfectly fine.that kind of thing happens with raw products that haven't been melted down and mixed.
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I put room about 3/4 shea and 1/4 coconut in a jar and use a wood stick (like the kind for making a shish kabob) to stir. When it is mostly mixed, I add a couple drops of essential oil (peppermint and/or lavender). Excellent!