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Hydrogenated Shea Butter
Hydrogenated Shea ButterBarrier
A firmer, shelf-stable form of shea butter — softens skin, slows water loss, and gives balms structure.
What it does
It softens skin, leaves a layer that seals moisture in and gives balms and sticks their structure. It’s shea butter that’s been hardened so it’s firmer and keeps longer.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers judged shea ingredients safe at the amounts and in the ways cosmetics use them, on one stated condition: the product must be made not to cause allergy. Most of these ingredients are used to condition skin and hair.Burnett 2024 · International journal of toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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