Especially overnight, it is advisable – if necessary – to use a rich night cream. At night it is no problem that the cream makes the skin look oily and shiny, since you don’t show yourself to anyone. This gives the skin the opportunity to supply itself with moisture and valuable plant substances.

If shea butter is too fatty for you and it is a problems for you that it lies on the skin like a film, you should try mango butter. Compared to shea butter, mango butter is harder – similar to cocoa butter – but also has a lower proportion of cosmetically valuable ingredients. Just like shea butter, mango butter is suitable for all skin types and is an excellent consistency enhancer.

Mango butter

Mango butter has a firm consistency at room temperature and is often used in creams and lotions. Like coconut oil, shea butter, and cocoa butter, it binds watery parts well. It has replenishing, healing, and regenerating characteristics, which is good for dry and chapped skin. The skin becomes softer and suppler. Due to its moisturizing properties, mango butter is also used in hair care to treat very dry hair. It seals in moisture and reduces breakage by strengthening hair follicles.

Coconut oil

Although coconut oil has a low penetration capacity into the skin, it is often used in cosmetics due to its moisturizing and cooling effect. The oil is absorbed quickly by the skin, but only superficially. The oil relaxes the facial skin and gives a fresh complexion. For irritated skin areas or sunburn, coconut oil provides a cooling, soothing relief.

Evening primrose oil

Due to the unique composition of the oil, it is used both internally and externally. Dry, itchy skin especially benefits from the oil and the fatty acids it contains. The active ingredients of the fats resemble the natural fats of the skin and are therefore particularly well tolerated and quickly absorbed. Inflammatory, impure, and dermatitic skin can be well cared for with evening primrose oil since the oil disinfects the affected areas and combats inflammations of the skin. The oil’s moisturizing component also accelerates the healing process. Thanks to the high content of gamma linolenic acid, the oil has proven itself as a remedy against neurodermatitis. Small, open wounds are disinfected and water loss of the skin is reduced.

Berry wax

Berry wax is suitable as a consistency-giving, slightly co-emulsifying, and refatting component in cosmetic products. It can also be used as a vegan substitute for beeswax. In skincare applications, however, it is much lighter and less film-forming than beeswax.

Vitamin E oil

Vitamin E or tocopherol is a collective term for various vitamin E derivatives. It is used in cosmetics to protect oils from oxidation. As the vitamin is fat-soluble it can easily penetrate into the cornea. High content of vitamin E in the skin improves the hydration of the uppermost skin layer, smoothes the skin and thus eliminates minor wrinkles, weakens scarring, provides light protection against sunlight, and acts against skin aging in deeper skin layers. Tocopherol is generally very well tolerated by all skin types, even in high doses.

Essential carrot seed oil

Carrot seed oil has remarkable healing effects. The oil is contained in many conventional cosmetic products. It moisturizes tired and sallow skin, it tightens, vitalizes and rejuvenates. Thanks to its blood cleansing properties, it also regulates problem skin and is therefore well suited for acne care.

Essential lavender oil

The linalool, which is contained in large quantities in lavender oil, has anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effects on the skin, thus preventing impurities. It also supports the healing of red pimple marks. Lavender oil can also help with more serious skin diseases such as psoriasis by preventing the further spread of psoriasis spots. In general, essential lavender oil renews the skin cells and accelerates the healing process of the skin. It can also be used for burns and sunburn. Essential lavender oil is suitable for all skin types.

Here you can find other essential oils.

If you hygienically take the cream out of the tin with a spatula, it will keep for up to 6 months.

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