Battle Between Moisture

The Battle of Moisturizers
Skin sensitivities are unique between each person, so people may have eczema and others just must use a certain type of lotion to get the job done. For me I was born with jaundice a skin condition that made my skin yellow. It occurred due to my body not producing bilirubin properly, bilirubin is a yellow compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates. The catabolism is a necessary process in the body’s clearance of waste products. So, with all that in mind you can see how I would have to rely on certain moisturizers to be thorough. I was already using shea butter as a primary lotion, but then later along I came across cocoa butter, then I asked myself a question. Which moisturizing agent has more oil content in them? 
First i took notice of the ingredients in each agent and what they did to give the agents their properties. In the Cocoa Butter lotion the ingredients that i took notice to are water, petroleum, glycerin, and titanium dioxide. The water (H20)  gives it the properties of a liquid, the petroleum (CnH2n+2) makes it sticky and clumpy, the glycerin (C3H8O3) which is absorbs and retain moisture, and the titianium dioxide (O2Ti) gives the agent that white color. With just these few things you could see how the cocoa butter could get the resemblance and properties that it had from its ingredients. 
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Oleic acidShea Butters ingredients that i took notice to are Oleic Acid, Shea Butter, and Linoleic Acid, which all have a key into how shea butter works. The Oleic Acid (C18H34O2) which is a fatty acid that comes from animals and vegetables and its used to protect, moisturize, and lubricate your skin.  The Linoleic Acid (C18H32O2) is used to make quick-drying oils and it has a similar composition to Oleic acid. The Shea butter which is its main ingredients is a fat extracted from the nut of a shea tree. Ut absorbs rapidly in your skin and has a water-binding properties.
With this information i thought, how could i figure out which lotion is the best when it comes to retaining oil. So i decided to use this gadget that determines the oil content percentage, moisture, and softness. Making my Testable Question: Is Shea Butter a better moisturizer than Cocoa Butter Lotion?
1.) Make sure each arm is completely dry or just empty of other lotions or moisturizers.
2.) Apply Cocoa Butter lotion to one arm.
3.) Apply the exact same amount of Shea Butter on the other arm.
4.) Make sure each lotion is rubbed in to completion.
5.) Use the machine to determine each arms oil content percentage.


Shea Butter 
Cocoa Butter Lotion 
Oil Content % 
25% 
25% 
Moisture 
1 Bar 
1 Bar 
Softness 
1 Bar 
1 Bar 

As you can see from the graph the moisturizers have the same oil content percentage, level of softness, and level of moisture. Both of the moisturizers have the same values letting me know that the option between Shea Butter and Cocoa Butter is purely subjective. They share the same statistics and are both reliable items. 



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