Quality skin care products should not only feel and smell great, but should protect and help heal your skin. The reason why Solarté Collections products work the way they do is because of the top quality and ethically produced natural ingredients we use with no parabens, no phthalates, no silicone, and no mineral oil or petroleum products.
Health Benefits from Nature
Shea butter is the key moisturizer in Solarté Collections products because it's simply one of the best natural moisturizers ever identified. Shea butter is produced from the nuts of shea trees grown in Africa. The moisturizers in shea butter are similar to those produced by your body's sebaceous glands.1 The sebum produced by these glands waterproofs and lubricates our skin while helping to protect us from infections.2 The compounds found in shea butter have also been found to help reduce inflammation naturally3, help skin recover from wounds4, and soften scar tissue.5
Shea butter Is a natural source of vitamins A, E, and F (linoleic acid). Studies have shown that topically applying these nutrients has provided benefits to the skin ranging from reducing wrinkles6 to protecting from sun damage7 to anti-inflammation.8 The numerous health benefits inherent to shea butter and its contribution to supporting our natural moisturizing factor (NMF) make it helpful in reducing the impact of such conditions as eczema,9 psoriasis, ichthyosis, and xerosis.10
In addition to Shea butter, Solarté Collections uses other quality ingredients such as glycerin11 and beeswax12 to improve moisture retention, vitamin C to help enhance the protective benefits provided by vitamin E13, and natural lavender14 and verbena15 to reduce anxiety and help improve mood.
Why to Choose Solarté Collections
Solarté Collections realizes you have a lot of choices when it comes to what you use on your skin. We choose ingredients to make a product that feels luxurious, but is made with ingredients that protect and heal your skin. We hope that you can feel confident in choosing to use Solarté Collections as part of your daily skin regimen.
2 - "...sebum serves other important purposes, including maintaining the skin's flexibility and acting as a barrier to protect the skin from bacterial and fungal infections."; https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-sebum-1069375
4 - "...triterpenes are also abundant in shea butter... Triterpenes may induce cell migration, proliferation, and collagen deposition. Triterpenes also enhance the tissue repair by reducing the length of time for wound closure, and modulating the production of ROS in the wound microenvironment."; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796020/
6 - "Skin is a major retinoid-responsive tissue and vitamin A metabolites have been in use for decades for the treatment of various skin conditions, including acne vulgaris and photoaging... Long-term (at least six months), continuous exposure to topical 0.05% tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid, at-RA) results in significant improvement in clinical signs of photoaging, namely fine wrinkling, roughness, and hyperpigmentation."; https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/health-disease/skin-health/vitamin-A
9 - "At the beginning of the study, the severity of the patient’s eczema was rated as a 3, with 5 being a very severe case and 0 being totally clear. At the end, the arm using Vaseline had its rating downgraded to a 2, while the arm using shea butter was downgraded to a 1. The arm using shea butter was also notably smoother."; https://www.healthline.com/health/shea-butter-for-eczema
10 - "Reduced levels of the NMF have been found in many disorders such as AD, psoriatic skin, ichthyosis, and general xerosis, a consequence, in some cases, of filaggrin loss-offunction mutations."; http://practicaldermatology.com/pdfs/PD0712_FTR_NMFReview.pdf
12 - "A moisturizer containing beeswax was found to work better than barrier creams when applied after work for dental laboratory technicians who suffer from contact dermatitis."; https://www.futurederm.com/spotlight-on-beeswax/
14 - "Lavender oil has also been shown to improve PTSD symptoms. 80 milligrams of lavender oil per day helped decrease depression by 33 percent and dramatically decrease sleep disturbances, moodiness, and overall health status in 47 people suffering from PTSD."; https://draxe.com/lavender-oil-benefits/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475718
