Chances are, if you look in your medicine cabinet or your bathroom shelf, you’ll find at least one beauty or skin product that contains cocoa butter. It is a pale yellow, natural vegetable fat that comes from the cocoa bean, which is found inside the white fleshy parts of the cacao pod.

Cocoa butter for hair is a popular choice for many people, perhaps due to its deliciously sweet aroma that’s faintly reminiscent of a creamy chocolate bar. Cocoa butter is also rife with fatty acids, and when applied to the hair, skin, and nails, it does a wonderful job of coating, sealing, and protecting their surfaces.

It is edible and used in a variety of products, including chocolate, lotions, cosmetics, and other toiletries and pharmaceuticals. Its natural antioxidants mean that it has a long shelf life and will usually last from 3-5 years.

Cocoa Butter for Hair

There is no shortage of hair products that contain cocoa butter as an ingredient. Yet some things are best utilized and enjoyed in their natural, unadulterated state, and cocoa butter is certainly one of them.

Why use a commercially produced shampoo, conditioner, or other hair treatment product when natural cocoa butter benefits are so much better? Plus, it has no additional chemicals or additives!

Cocoa Butter as a Pre-Poo or Deep Conditioning Treatment Mask

Cocoa butter can treat damaged hair. If your hair is getting damaged and dried out from frequent shampooing, treat it with a nourishing dose of cocoa butter applied directly to the ends and shaft.

If your cocoa butter has solidified in the cooler temperatures, scoop out a couple of tablespoons and place them in a small dipping dish (like the kind you use for soy sauce). Heat it with a blowdryer until it melts to a buttery consistency.

Dip a few fingers into the dish of melted cocoa butter and rub it into the palms of your hands. Apply it to your hair, paying special attention to the dry and brittle ends. Saturate the hair with the cocoa butter, making sure that all the strands are coated until no more can be absorbed.