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What is Shea Butter and where does it come from?
Shea butter comes from a shea tree which grows in the Savana Grassland on the west coast of Africa. Millions of shea nut trees, which grow to about 60 feet tall, are harvested in the raising season during the months of May through August. The fruit is very delicious. The shea nut seeds are collected and usually sun dried. At the bend of the rainy season when the nuts are well cured and dried, they are threshed and picked to separate the white nuts from the yellow nuts.

The grinding process is the most tedious in the production system, because the shea nut is as hard as a pebble. In West Africa, we (most) do not have grinding machines. Big-sized wooden mortars are used to pound the nuts into powder. The powdered shea nuts are boiled in large clay pots for four or five days. The effervescence is collected and the end product is 100% Shea Butter.
Note that the nuts are separated into white and yellow nut seeds during the threshing and picking process. These nuts, although produced on the same branch during the season, have different characteristics.
The yellow nuts produce yellow shea butter (yellow color). If the producer does not take the time to separate the nuts before the processing, the end product will not be the shea butter. The butter produced from such a process is a corrosive butter that cannot be applied topically.

The grinding process is the most tedious in the production system, because the shea nut is as hard as a pebble. In West Africa, we (most) do not have grinding machines. Big-sized wooden mortars are used to pound the nuts into powder. The powdered shea nuts are boiled in large clay pots for four or five days. The effervescence is collected and the end product is 100% Shea Butter. Note that the nuts are separated into white and yellow nut seeds during the threshing and picking process. These nuts, although produced on the same branch during the season, have different characteristics. The yellow nuts produce yellow shea butter (yellow color). If the producer does not take the time to separate the nuts before the processing, the end product will not be the shea butter. The butter produced from such a process is a corrosive butter that cannot be applied topically.

Using shea butter brings many benefits:

For Skin:
  • Helps prevent ashy skin, chafing, and rashes such as psoriasis and eczema.
  • Heals burn marks, spots on skin, scars, and stretch marks.
  • Rejuvenates skin pores.
  • Use as a sunscreen, due to its rich content of vitamins E & F.
  • Use for massaging away diaper rash.
  • Prevents after-shave rashes from developing while keeping skin soft.
  • Promotes even skin tone.
  • Firms aging skin.
  • Restores tattoo color in most instances.
For Hair & Scalp:
  • Perfect as a hair conditioner.
  • Apply to the scalp to help forestall weak hair from breaking, fading, or thinning out.
  • Use as hair treatment and regular dressing oil.
  • Helps prevent dandruff.

Shea Butter Black Soap nourishes your skin in many ways:

  • Shea butter black) Soap has deep cleaning effect.
  • Shea butter soap is a very sharp soap that does not leave a film. Its suds are almost like a bubble bath.
  • Shea butter soap cleans the body deep into the pores to activate the regeneration and rejuvenation of the skin.
  • Shea butter (black) soap has an antiseptic like effect that prevents rashes, itchiness, dry, and scaly skin.
  • Helps prevent dandruff.
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