BOKISSONTHRONE: 12 Skin & Hair Benefits of Mango

The mango is a member of the drupe family, a type of plant food with an outer fleshy part surrounding a shell (what we sometimes call a pit) that contains a seed. Olives, dates, and coconuts are also types of drupes.

There are many different kinds of mangoes. They range in color, shape, flavor, and seed size. While the skin color of mangoes can vary from green to red, yellow, or orange, the inner flesh of the mango is mostly a golden yellow. They have a sweet and creamy taste and contain over 20 vitamins and minerals.

Mangoes are delicious fruits that

taste like heaven in your mouth. These luscious fruits contain seeds or stones that we usually throw away. But did you know that these seeds are used to extract mango butter?!

Mango butter is a natural plant butter – just like shea or cocoa butters and it’s immensely useful in the natural beauty world!

Benefits

Mango Butter Profile

♥ Scientific Name: Mangifera Indica

♥ Other Names:
Mango butter is also called mango oil or mango kernel fat

♥ Origin:
Mangoes were first cultivated in the Indian subcontinent, found in South East Asia

♥ Color and Smell:
Mango butter is off-white in color. It doesn’t smell like mangoes! It has a very mild/neutral smell.

♥ Texture:
It is a semi-hard/soft butter that melts on skin contact

♥ Shelf Life:
18 months

Properties of Mango Butter

Mango butter is a nourishing plant butter rich in many nutrients and antioxidants. Here are some of the components found in mango butter:

Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Palmitic acid
Arachidic acid
Linoleic acid
Oleic acid
Stearic acid

12 Beauty Benefits of Mango Butter

1. Treats Dry Skin

Mango butter is ultra-moisturizing. It hydrates skin, plumps it up and prevents dry itchy and tight skin. It’s perfect to be used as a hand cream, face cream or body moisturizer.

2. Clears Blemishes

You can actually help clear blemishes and dark spots using mango butter! You can mix in a little with your usual moisturizer. Or better yet, make your own blemish-busting cream! Here’s how:

Blemish Balm: In a 4 oz jar, add 2 tbsp mango butter. Then add ½ tsp of rosehip oil, ¼ tsp vitamin E oil and mix up the ingredients using a popsicle stick. Add 3 drops of lavender oil and 3 drops of helichrysum oil as well for extra blemish healing powers. You can use this as a spot treatment or night time cream.

3. Fights off Fine Lines & Wrinkles

Rich in nourishing fatty acids and antioxidants, mango butter is good for smoothing fine lines and preventing wrinkles. It also deeply moisturizes skin which keeps skin firm, smooth and beautiful.

4. Heals Scars

Want to heal your scars/stretchmarks and get back flawless skin? Use mango butter! Since shea butter and cocoa butter are also very effective in healing scars at a fast rate, consider making a scar cream with all three of these butters combined together!

Scar Cream: Simply melt down 2 tbsp of each butter in a double boiler. Once melted, you can stir in scar fighting essential oils like 7 drops of helichrysum oil, 7 drops of lavender oil and 4 drops of carrot seed oil. Now pour this mixture into a glass jar. Apply on your scars daily.

5. Soothes Bug Bites

Mango butter is also very soothing for bug bites. It heals the skin, stops itching and reduces inflammation. Dab a little mango butter on bug bites the next time the little buggers put a mark on you!

6. Moisturizes Hair

For thick and curly haired people, mango butter can be used as an excellent moisturizer. To make your own hair moisturizer, follow the instructions below:

Fruit & Flower Hair Cream: Melt ¼ cup of mango butter down in a double boiler. Once melted, stir in 1 tsp of avocado oil, 2 tsp of aloe vera gel and 10 drops of any of your favorite essential oils: geranium and lavender are good ones! Now pour the oils into a blender jar and keep it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or at room temperature until it hardens up. When that happens, blend until you get a white creamy mixture. Store in a sterilized mason jar and use on damp hair as a moisturizer!

7. Maintains the Skin’s Elasticity & Flexibility

With its high linoleic and oleic acid content, mango butter is very good at maintaining the skin’s elasticity and flexibility. It also has vitamin C that boosts collagen production in skin. Collagen is a structural protein that keeps our skin looking smooth, soft and youthful.

8. Heals Minor Cuts & Rashes

Moisturize, protect and heal nicks and cuts using mango butter. You can use it straight out of the jar or make your own healing balm by mixing 2 tbsp of mango butter with 5 drops of tea tree oil.

9. Treats Eczema & Psoriasis

Mango butter is anti-inflammatory and can help treat dry itchy and red skin caused by eczema and psoriasis. Make an eczema and psoriasis cream right at home to use every after a shower:

Skin Healing Cream: Into a high speed blender, add ¼ cup of soft mango butter and ½ cup of soft coconut oil. Blend until you form a white creamy mixture. Store in a mason jar and use as a moisturizer and treatment for eczema and psoriasis.

10. Soothes Sunburn

Heal sun damaged skin with mango butter. To soothe and treat a sunburn, you can make a cooling cream using mango butter, aloe vera gel, sea buckthorn oil and peppermint oil.

Sunburn Soother: Simple melt down 2 tbsp mango butter in a double boiler then stir in 2 tsp of aloe vera gel. When well mixed, add 3 drops of sea buckthorn oil and 3 drops of peppermint oil. Leave it in the fridge for 15 minutes then get it out and whip till creamy using a hand mixer. Smear this lightly on sun damaged skin to heal.

11. Great Substitute for Shea or Cocoa Butter

Are you allergic to shea or cocoa butters but love the luscious moisturizing effect they give? Then look no further than mango butter! It has a low potential for allergies and skin irritability. Plus it’s similar to shea or cocoa butters. It melts at body temperature and moisturizes skin instantly.