Secret Model Beauty: Cocoa Butter

The Best Makeup, Skin Care, Hair, Fitness, and Diet Tips: Cocoa Butter

Cocoa butter lotion is a great choice to have as a body moisturizer. Naturally containing tons of vitamins like A, C and E, as well as phytochemicals working as mega antioxidants, which are all beneficial to skin’s health. The fat in cocoa butter acts as a natural emollient, giving suppleness to skin lipids (aids in stretch mark prevention) and acting as a barrier to protect skin from the harsh elements the environment can throw at you.

Chocolate (cocoa) in general should be in your beauty diet because it contains polyphenols and other compounds which possess antioxidant properties ridding the body of free radicals — toxins which come from pollution, smoking, stress, and sun damage.

Since cocoa butter has been proven to be mild it can be used on most skin types. Even companies like Johnson & Johnson trust its use in their baby products. Doctors also recommend it for treatment of skin ailments like eczema and dermatitis.