Many people recommend finding a lotion with 'shea butter' in it without even really knowing what it is or what it will do for the skin. 

Shea butter, by definition, is an extract from nuts found on the continent of Africa (the Shea-Karite tree, to be exact). The reason it is in high demand and known to be 'special' is that it takes 15-30 years for the tree to produce the proper qualities needed for the fatty acid. 

This product is then infused with other chemicals and mixed together with the ingredients that make up your typical hand and body lotion. To get more info about body lotions browse to www.bangnbody.com/collections/lotions.

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The quality depends on how it is refined. Highly refined shea butter will cause the hand and body lotion to be an off-white color. Coloring is the easiest way to tell if the product has high quality or simply advertises the ingredient without a whole lot of the benefits.

It's perfect for the skin. Containing Vitamins A, E, and F, it can help moisturize, heal and maintain the skin better than almost any other ingredient you will find in your run-of-the-mill body lotion. 

Shea Butter is also very high in a type of fat called unsaponifiable, containing anywhere between 7-12% unsaponifiable. For perspective, avocado oil, a well-known skin moisturizer, has between 2-6%.

The benefits are countless. People have reported the ingredient helping their hair, relieving skin allergies, eczema, and many other physical ailments. It's a much cheaper alternative to various prescription medicines that do the same thing.