Homemade In-Shower Moisturizer!

This is a wonderful, carefree style moisturizer that works quite nicely along with our Ocean Breeze Dead Sea Salt Soap, which is, incidentally, a beautiful exfoliating soap bar.  They're both scented mildly with coconut fragrance that can whisk you away to the sea shore for a relaxing moment in time.

In-Shower Moisturizer!

This lotion works right in the shower while your skin is still full of moisture from your shower. Just put it on while you're still wet, massage it in, then rinse off and gently pat dry. It's chock full of good, wholesome ingredients that will pamper your skin after an invigorating scrub with either our Ocean Breeze Soap, or anything else such as a loofah, etc.  

Now let's move on to discussing the ingredients and their absolutely glorious benefits to you:

Apricot Kernel Oil is a lightweight oil that is high in Vitamin A, rich in Oleic Acid and Linoleic Acid. It has an excellent texture that is great for all skin types. It exhibits skin softening, moisturizing properties and is therefore recommended for skin that is dry, irritated or has prematurely aged.

Apricots and their Kernels

Coconut Oil is a moisturizer, antibiotic, multivitamin, multi-nutrient, anti-aging, anti wrinkle and an anti-oxidant.  Coconut oil provides deep and real moisture. It helps strengthen underlying tissues and helps remove excessive dead cells on the skin's surface that makes your skin rough and flaky in texture.

Coconut and Coconut Oil

Cocoa Butter is a rich butter that is made by pressing roasted seeds of the cacao tree.  Cocoa butter has been around a long time, for centuries in fact. Africans have used it for hundreds of years for moisturizing, healing and protecting their skin against damage caused by sun and wind. Cocoa butter has been known to treat eczema and dermatitis. Cocoa mass polyphenol (CMP) in cocoa butter inhibits the production of immonu globulin, which tends to worsen the symptoms of dermatitis and asthma. It may help prevent cancer. Studies have shown that CMP helps inhibit the growth of cancer cells. It does this by preventing the oxidation of good cholesterol and also the production of inflammatory cells.  Ever wonder why pregnant women reach for cocoa butter enriched products to rub on their bellies? Cocoa butter is full of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C, and E. It has the ability to moisturize like no other.

Cocoa Butter and Beans

Shea Butter is made from the kernel of a fruit that grows wild in West Africa, the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It is commonly referred to as a nut, but, technically it is a pit from the fruit of the Shea Tree. The shea nut is more closely related to the pit of an avocado or apricot than a real nut like walnut and almond. The butter made from this nut is known to reduce the appearance of fine lines, stretch marks and scars, and to ease many skin irritations, such as psoriasis, eczema and sunburn. Shea butter contains several derivatives of cinnamic acid, a compound common to cinnamon and balsam trees. "Shea butter not only demonstrated anti-inflammatory benefits, but one compound, lupeol cinnamate, also prevented tumor development in a carcinogenesis test, a procedure in which cancer cells are literally "grown" in a culture dish." (Source: National Geographic) Shea butter contains vitamins A and E, as well as catechins, which are plant antioxidants found also in green tea. While it is unclear how well vitamins A and E in raw Shea butter are absorbed, there is evidence to suggest that cinnamic acid esters in Shea fat help to prevent skin damage from ultraviolet radiation.  Shea butter is also used to soften and condition leather and wood, so musicians use it to improve the flexibility of leather tuning straps, and the pitch and timbre of animal skin drums and other percussion instruments. In addition, Africans use Shea butter in cooking, and in other parts of the world, manufacturers add Shea butter to margarine. 

African Shea Tree with Shea Fruit

Vitamin E Oil is a heat stable antioxidant. Studies have shown that this particular form of Vitamin E is the best antioxidant for cosmetic applications. It has a higher amount of gamma tocopherols compared to pharmaceutical Vitamin E pills. All Natural. Plant based.

In-Shower Moisturizing Lotion!

There's the scoop for a natural and chemical free moisture lotion for healthier, softer, glowing skin for your whole body.  Try it and enjoy!


Carpe Diem! Lil and Bill