Our Unrefined Shea is obtained directly from the owner/distributor of the processing plant in Ghana/West Africa. He is devoted to personally overseeing the complete process, quality of batches and packaging prior to shipping. This has given us the rare ability to bring you the freshest, best quality butter.
Coming direct, not going thru several hands and long waits sitting on a shelf, you can always feel secure that the product we send you will surpass any other you may acquire.
Soft and Creamy Unrefined Shea Butter. Excellent for healing and moisturizing. This is Unrefined and therefore still has all its medicinal properties.
Storage:
Store your pure shea butter and oils away from harsh lighting or sun, in a cool dark area away from heat. May be refrigerated to extend shelf life. Raw, unrefined shea butter has an average shelf life of 12 to 24 months without the addition of preservatives. The life of the pure shea butter can be prolonged when stored under proper conditions as outlined below: Keep the unrefined shea butter in a cool area, below 50 degrees F Store unrefined shea butter in a dark area, away from direct sunlight
What can Shea Butter do for you?
Shea butter has been used for centuries in Africa. It is used to moisturize and protect the skin from sun, wind, heat and salt water. It is known as the most effective skin moisturizer and conditioner because of its high content of non-saponifiable fats including vitamin F. It is an excellent skin moistener and is used for aging skin, eczema and all forms of massage. It is also used to relax the muscles and to treat sprains wounds and colds. The unique formula of Shea butter also helps prevent and protect dry skin providing temporal relief from irritation, dryness and wind burned skin.
Shea butter can be used as a hair dressing cream to moisturize a dry scalp and stimulate hair growth. As a hair cream, it helps to hold the hairstyle and lightly relax curls.
Fair Trade Shea butter
| Through our adherence to Fair Trade, the manufacturer of our shea butter pays much higher prices for our Shea butter by organizing the women in the Northern Region of Ghative societies with interest free loans, credit facilities, training in packaging, labeling and quality control services therefore a higher price for their quality processed Shea butter. When you buy our Fair Trade Shea butter, you are enabling the Tamale and Wa women that process our Shea butter to live with dignity and invest in their families, communities and the environment. Higher Living Standards: Higher living standards, thriving communities in the Northern Region of Ghana and a more sustainable farming practices. A fair price: The farmers and Shea butter producers received a fair price for their product. The Fair Trade price means that farmers and producers can feed their families and that their children can go to school instead of working in the fields. Quality products: By receiving quality control training and a fair price, Fair Trade Shea butter producers can avoid cost-cutting practices that sacrifice the quality of the Shea butter we import. The Fair Trade producers' traditional artisan processing methods result in exceptional Shea butter products we import. |
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Community impact: Empowered by the economic stability provided by Fair Trade, some members of the manufacturers cooperative societies are sending their local kids to School for the first time. Near Tamale, in Ghana, our women producers are helping new members in raising Shea butter quality and transitioning to quality processes.
How is shea butter made?
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Shea Butter is produced from an edible nut of a fruit from The Shea Tree or The Karite. The Tree grows in the western region of ca - Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso and other Savanna Regions of West Africa. The Fruits of these trees contain a nut. These nuts are processed to create the Shea butter. Women are usually responsible for the processing of Shea butter. These processes include picking the shea nut fruits, drying, pounding and kneading. |
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DISCLAIMER: ORDERS MAY VARY SLIGHTLY IN COLOR AND APPEARANCE DUE TO BEING AN ALL NATURAL PRODUCT.
