This has been successfully used for thousands of years to moisturize, heal and condition the skin. With body butters, especially the unrefined certified organic form, there are a couple of things that you can do to make sure that you are keeping the product fresh.

First of all, you want to make sure that the product comes to you fresh. Unrefined, organic body butters does have a smell. You may think that whipped body butters is not supposed to smell like anything, but it is. Refined body butters has been chemically heated to remove the odor, but it also removes most or all of the healing powers as well.

The purest unrefined forms of body butters are yellow to gold color, and may have a greenish tint. It smells earthy, like nuts. This comes from the natural smell of the Shea nut, and the roasting process it goes through in order for the body butters to be extracted. It does not smell bad. If your body butters product smells bad, chances are it is old and has gone rancid.

Keep your whipped body butters product at room temperature. You don’t want to leave it at extremely warm temperatures because this can cause it to go rancid. You should be just fine if you keep it in your bathroom or bedroom, as long as you keep the lid tightly closed. You also want to make sure that it comes to you in an opaque container. This means that the container is impenetrable by light. Light can break down the body butters, and degrade the healing properties.

As we mentioned before make sure that you keep the container lid on tight. If the body butters is exposed to air for a long period of time, auto-oxidation will occur. This is the chief cause of product break down, and you won’t want to use products that aren’t fresh. Making sure of all of these things will help keep your organic, unrefined body butters fresh and ready for your use. Whipped body butters is a truly amazing gift that Mother Nature has given us. Make sure yours stays fresh so it will provide maximum healing for oyur skin every time you use it.