Cocoa butter is an emollient lip that protects and repairs the lips from sun and cold. In the market there are different according to personal needs, and the choice ranges from herbal products that filter UVA.
Cocoa butter lips usually show up or stick or cream, can be white or colored if there were added dyes.
The same goes for the fragrance, because if you choose neutral, has no particular smell, but if they changed their product to the fruits, the choice is vast, it ranges from vanilla or chocolate, strawberry.
The classic cocoa butter, it is a cosmetic product used primarily by women, but in recent years has also become a habit of men, especially in winter when the lips are more sensitive and more easily cracked.
The main element is the containing oleic acid, stearic acid and palmitic, its name comes from cocoa butter, which is contained in larger amount. It is obtained from a tropical plant that lives in America, and from it through a roasting process to extract the vegetable fat. Course before being used is seasoned for about a month and this allows to compact and give it the look solid. In other cases it is used the shea butter that has the same characteristics of cocoa butter, the main difference in cost in this case is much lower.
The smell is slightly more intense and appears similar to rancid butter creamy and smooth. Naturally contains antioxidants and therefore may be useful to use it only for the lips even on sensitive areas such as around the eyes in case of dry skin and constant exposure to cold or wind. The latest research has led to the creation of innovative cocoa butter containing other sunscreen filters with a dual function: moisturize and protect against sun damage. Obviously in this case in addition to the common elements first mentioned substances are added to filter out harmful rays of the sun, especially during the exposure.
How to use
Cocoa butter that comes in stick is very convenient and practical because you can carry and does not take absolutely no room. The classic cocoa butter is good to use it every day especially in winter when it is most exposed to cold and wind, and the skin tends to dry and chapped. The feeling of dry lips disappears only with a steady application continued. In this case you should avoid scented cocoa butter because it could further irritate the area, so you better guidance on a classic product.
Colored ones instead may be appropriate to replace the common lipstick, because it has a color that is impressed on the lips of course, to contain substances that serve to moisturize. In some cases it may be that patients particularly predisposed to allergies can be so intolerant to the product in case of redness on the lip contour is well suspended immediately and seek advice from your doctor as cocoa butter more appropriate for your situation.
The cocoa butter instead contain sunscreen filters are designed specifically to shelter from the harmful rays of the sun, so they can be applied several times during the day and must repeat the operation, especially if you stay long in the sun. In this case, the stick can be used to protect sensitive areas such as around the eyes or nose, which burns more easily.
The sunscreen comes typically up to thirty, so always need to be repaired, do not forget to repeat the application. The new stick does not leave the annoying white halo on the lips and can be used safely, even as a base for the gloss. You should then buy one for the winter with high moisturizing power, perhaps based on shea butter and one for the summer with good protection.
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