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Shea Butter Extract
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Extract · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter ExtractBarrier
Made by extracting shea butter, rather than using the whole butter. Little research tests what it does on skin.
What it does
The EU lists it as a skin conditioner, an ingredient that helps keep skin soft and in good condition.
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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