Turmeric is quite a popular beauty and health ingredient and it is one of my favorites too when it comes to beauty and health. Using turmeric in face mask recipes is extremely common but did you know that just like this aloe vera butter, you can also make turmeric butter and use it for your skin and hair? Turmeric has great healing, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties that makes it a great beauty ingredient and today we will see how to make turmeric butter and use it too –
BENEFITS
Shea Butter
Shea butter is an all natural moisturizer and hydrating ingredient. It moisturizes skin and hair and keeps it super soft. Shea butter also helps heal dry patches and damaged hair and it is non-comedogenic that makes it a perfect beauty ingredient. Shea butter also has anti-inflammatory properties that helps soothe the skin.
Wild Turmeric
Wild turmeric unlike regular cooking one stains less and specifically is for beauty purposes. Do not use the the one that is meant for cooking because it can stain. Wild turmeric has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties and it also heals skin because of its anti septic effects. Wild turmeric also helps lighten pigmentation on the skin and helps even out skin tone. Just as it works for skin, it also works for Hair.
Turmeric Essential Oil
Turmeric essential oil has all the benefits of regular turmeric root just that it is more potent due to saturated extracts. If you do not have the powder form, you can just use this oil in the butter but using the powder form also works pretty well in the recipe. Turmeric essential oil has anti-inflammatory, healing, anti pigmentation and antimicrobial properties.
RECIPE FOR TURMERIC BUTTER FOR SKIN AND HAIR
Things You Need-
- 3 tablespoons soft shea butter
- ½ teaspoon wild turmeric powder
- 10 drops turmeric oil
Directions-
To make this butter, you need soft shea butter. If shea butter is hard at room temperature, you might need to add in an oil base like jojoba oil or sweet almond oil. Add in turmeric powder and turmeric essential oil and whip it until you get a fluffy creamy mixture. Transfer this to an easy-to-use jar and use it as and when required
WAYS TO USE TURMERIC BUTTER FOR SKIN AND HAIR
Pigmentation
You can use this directly on the pigmented areas as a 30 minute mask. Wipe it off after 30 minutes. If you have seen very dry skin, you can also use a very light layer as a moisturizer.
Acne
If you have a painful acne breakout, you can totally use this turmeric butter as a spot treatment before sleeping. For added benefits, you can also add a few drops of tea tree essential oil if you’re planning to use this for acne only.
Split ends
Split ends are usually because of dry hair ends. If you have split ends and want to stop it from progressing or if your hair ends are really dry and you are scared that you might develop split ends, use a very small quantity on your hair ends after I have wash while your hair is still damp.
Damaged hair
If you have damaged hair, you can use this butter as a pre-shampoo deep conditioning hair mask. If you have blonde hair, you might want to check whether it stains your hair or not.
Feet tan
I get so many questions on what to do for feet tan, you can use this butter as an overnight treatment. All you need to do is slather a good quantity of it on your feet and massage it in. Where a sock and sleep. Wash it off the next morning.
Dry cuticles
When our cuticles get dry, they often look pigmented. All you can do is massage your cuticles and your fingers including knuckles with this butter every morning and night.
Lip balm
Turmeric butter works great as a sleeping lip balm or sleeping lip mask if you have dry and chapped lips or also if you have pigmented lips. Simply slap a good amount of this butter on your lips and sleep with it. Wipe it off the next morning.
Night cream
If you have severely dry skin and also suffer from dark spots, pigmentation and an even skin tone, use this butter as a night cream. Massage it really well into your skin and sleep with it, wash it off the next morning.
