Shea Butter: Friend or Foe for Your Skin?

Last week I did a consultation for a new client and as she was telling me about her regimen I did not suspect any pore clogging ingredients in what she told me she used. But then she mentioned an oatmeal and shea butter soap that she was using on her skin and that really caught my attention. Now I don't know every pore clogging ingredient on our list but there are some that stand out and Shea Butter was one of them.

I grabbed my pore clogging list to compare the ingredients and there it was listed as a pore clogger! But that's not all I reviewed some more of her products and then I saw a very scientific name Butyrospermum Parkii so I googled it and guess what! It was Shea Butter as well just given a very fancy name.

Now Shea Butter has a low pore clogging rating. However if you are an oily skin type or acne prone we typically have you stay away just to be safe.