Cocoa Butter
Produced from the fat of cocoa beans, cocoa butter is commonly recognized as the starter ingredient in desserts and chocolate sweets. However, this plant butter has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years and has many different health and cosmetic benefits.
Cocoa butter provides a very potent source of nutrients, phytochemicals, and essential fatty acids, which are thought to benefit skin health. This may promote hydration and elasticity and protect skin from damage. Certain studies suggest that cocoa butter may also reduce inflammation and help the symptoms of conditions such as eczema and acne.
You can use cocoa butter by gently rubbing it onto dry or affected skin. Consider a patch test before a full application to ensure that the product doesn’t irritate your skin.