This extremely sweet fruit originates from South Asia. Aside from being delicious treats, mangoes, can also be used for skin care!

Mango butter is a great ingredient for nourishing your skin. Mango butter is derived from the fruit’s seed, which is cold-pressed to extract the butter. The butter is soft and doesn’t feel greasy. Although it hardens at room temperature, it melts as soon as it makes contact with skin. Since the butter is extracted from the seed and not the fruit itself, it only had a mild scent.

By: Zeila Edrial

Use mango butter for dry and damaged hair. 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup mango butter
• 1 tsp avocado oil
• 2 tsp aloe vera gel
• 10 drops lavender essential oil

First, melt the butter in a double boiler. Essentially, that means to place it in a container that is floating in a pot of boiling water- make sure to use a container that can withstand the boiling water! Then mix in the avocado oil, aloe vera gel, and lavender essential oil. Next, place this mixture in the refrigerator until it’s hard. After about 15 minutes, place the mixture into a blender and blend until you get a creamy texture.

Aside from hair conditioners, mango butter is incorporated into bar soaps, balms, lotions, and creams. Do you have any experiences with mango butter? Let us know what you used it for in the comments below!