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How comes the majority of ethnic minorities use cocoa butter than other moisturisers?

Not a racists question, and i am open minded so i aint tryin 2 generalise. i was born n bred in the uk, I'm 3/4 bangladeshi n 1/4 welsh and i have a jamacan nan. ever since i was 7 my nana kept saying to me "use the cocoa butter child". i'm 17 now i use it most of the time after i shave. n wat i'v noticed is there are alot of indians and nigerians using the product too aswell as chinese folks. I'v never seen an english person even mentioning such product. My mum told me it was a cultural secret, n i was like yea right its only a face cream mother, any1 can use it.

so yea back to the question :D

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@ kitthawk : if u read my question it sayds the"Majority" not "all" n how is my question stereotypical? stoopid girl :P

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@ carlos : i want answers not opinions.....racoon :D lol

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I don't know how true it is....but from my experience....skin with more melanin is more susceptible to being dry ( even more in cold weather)...especially since you to can see it more on darker people "ashy". I use vaseline, shea butter and cocoa butter and my Caucasian friends still doesn't understand......That's the way I was raised though. My mom is very light and I can't see her dry skin as much...maybe it just requires more oil content and Cocoa butter can have that.....(not the cocoa butter lotion but the original stuff)...I don't know......just my experience!

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• It probably does just as good a job as a £10 100ml tube of a named (therefore 'scientific') product that Europeans and Americans are fond of buying.
  We love to rip ourselves off with branded items and ignore 'primitive' solutions without realising our branded items ARE the primitive solutions repackaged.
• im white and i use it as a body moisturiser, and have done for a while.ive not noticed only ethnic minorities buying it but i dont know, maybe its true.most people seem to prefer buying more expensive creams because they think they'll work better.more fool them!
• I don't think the 'majority' do. But it is a good oil for the skin as it has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties from memory. Plus it is cheap and lasts forever and smells nice.
• Um, a way to stereotype. I'm 1/2 black and 1/2 white, and I don't use cocoa butter. I use Suave.
  Cocoa Butter smells nice but it is sticky and weird glob on me.
• It matches their skin tone very well as opposed to other moisturizers.

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• no idea.
• im a white boy and i use it