Shea Butter Moisturizer | 100g

A shea butter moisturizer for the kind of dryness that comes back an hour after you have already moisturised. This is the plainest cream in the range and the most useful one — no strong floral note, just shea extract and aloe vera in a soft everyday base. Made in small batches in our own unit.

Why you'll love it

• Works on the parts that never stay soft — stearic acid gives the cream enough structure to stay put on heels, elbows and knuckles rather than sliding off them.
• Softness that lasts past the first hour — glycerin is a humectant, so it draws moisture into the upper layers of skin and slows how quickly it leaves again.
• Quiet enough to wear with anything — shea is a warm, low-key scent rather than a floral one, so it will not argue with your perfume or your soap.
• Conditioned, comfortable skin — pro-vitamin B5 holds water in the skin, and vitamin E is an antioxidant that also helps keep the oils in the jar stable.
• One jar instead of three — the same 100 g does face, hands and body, so you are not buying a separate cream for each.

Key ingredients

• Shea extract — the softening ingredient the cream is built around, and the source of its warm, mild scent.
• Aloe vera extract — light and watery; takes the heaviness off a cream this rich.
• Glycerin — the workhorse humectant, pulling moisture into skin and holding it there.
• Vitamin E and pro-vitamin B5 — vitamin E is an antioxidant; panthenol conditions and softens.

The full ingredient list is printed on the pack.

Who it's for

All skin types, all ages, and everyone in the house — this is a family jar, not a women's product. It is the one to pick if you dislike scented creams, or if the dryness you are dealing with is on hands, heels and elbows rather than the face. As with any new skincare, patch test on the inner arm and wait a day before using it on your face.

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