Already feeling the love for ultra-nourishing shea butter?

Take your skin’s hydration and glow factor up another notch by blending complementing ingredients into the mix.

We all know shea butter alone offers impressive skin-enhancing qualities. But teaming it up with other natural ingredients that offer targeted benefits can amplify its nourishing properties.

Here’s what to whip up with shea for a complexion that’s both supple and healthy-looking:

The Benefits of Shea Butter for Your Skin

Packed with skin-loving fatty acids and plant nutrients, shea butter moisturizes while delivering antioxidants right where your skin needs them most.

Here are just a few perks of incorporating shea into your skincare routine:

• Boosting hydration and sealing in moisture
• Improving skin collagen levels for a more youthful appearance
• Soothing inflammation and redness
• Combatting UV-induced damage with its photoprotective properties
• Smoothing the look of wrinkles and fine lines with vitamins A & E

With impressive capabilities like these, it’s no wonder shea butter has earned holy grail status. But blending it with other anti-aging botanicals can maximize its potential.

What to Mix With Shea Butter for Glowing Skin

1. Plant Oils

Plant-based oils have similar hydrating properties to shea butter that nourish without clogging pores. Oils like olive, jojoba, avocado and argan complement shea’s fatty acid profile to reinforce the skin barrier. Their vitamin E content combines with shea’s to pack an antioxidant punch.

2. Aloe Vera

Aloe vera gel is composed almost entirely of water, making it an ultra-light hydrator. Mixing it with the richer consistency of shea butter allows you to create a custom moisture balance so you can suit your skin’s unique needs. Aloe also contains antioxidants and amino acids to further nourish skin.

3. Essential Oils

Many essential oils boast skin-enhancing benefits. Lavender oil, for example, contains antioxidants to support your skin in its combat against visible signs of aging. But essential oils must be diluted properly before use – combining them with shea butter makes application safe and simple.

4. Antioxidant Serums  

Brightening vitamin C serums help combat the look of pigmentation and early signs of aging. Stirring a few drops into shea butter spreads these protective antioxidants while harnessing shea’s soothing benefits.

Shea Butter + Potent Botanicals for Your Youngest-Looking Skin

For glowing skin minus the mixing and measuring, turn to the Purity Woods Age-Defying Dream Cream.

This top-rated face and neck cream combines ultra-nourishing shea butter with nature’s most moisturizing botanicals like antioxidant maple extracts and mango seed butter. Just a pea-sized amount of this luxurious cream treats skin to deep hydration for a lit-from-within complexion.

Learn more about the Age-Defying Dream Cream here, and let your skin drink up this nourishing mix of plant powerhouses tailored to support a supple, evenly-toned and ageless complexion.