The Origin of Shea Butter
Shea Butter is from the nut of the Shea or Karite Tree also known as "The Tree of Life". The Shea Tree grows naturally in the wild in the dry savannah belt of West Africa from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east, and onto the foothills of the Ethiopian highlands. It grows up to 60 feet, can live up to 200 years, and produces its first fruit when it is about 20 years old. The nut in the center of the fruit when traditionally crushed and boiled to extract the oil is what yields the vegetable fat known as Shea Butter.

Shea butter is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient. Shea butter is also edible. It is used as a cooking oil in Africa, as well as a skin treatment for its amazing ability to renew, repair and protect the skin against harsh climates. African healers and beauties like Cleopatra have known about shea butter for thousands of years. Shea butter is also called "Women's Gold," because extracting the butter from the nuts gives income to hundreds of thousands of rural African women.
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The Types of Shea butter
Unrefined Shea Butter
Unrefined Shea Butter is traditional shea butter in its raw and all natural state. It has a soft texture, ivory to yellowish color, and a mild nutty scent which fades away onced applied to skin or hair. Unrefined shea butter is the most effective type of shea butter because the healing and moisturizing properties are intact, undiluted and unaltered.
This is the only type of shea butter we carry.

Refined, Processed Shea Butter
Refined shea butter is altered to remove the natural shea scent. It has been bleached, and refined with various chemicals such as hexane, fillers, and preservatives. Refined shea butter is white and odorless, but it lacks the true therapeutic, healing and moisturizing properties of pure unrefined shea butter. Some people buy refined shea butter because it doesn't have the natural shea scent, but they don't know it has significantly reduced beneficial properties.

Many major cosmetic companies have started making shea butter products including moisturizers, anti-aging, stretch marks and hair products. These products also fall under the category of processed shea butter because the percentage of shea butter in these products is very low and not so effective.
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The Top 10 Uses of Shea Butter

• Moisturizer for dry skin
• Eczema cream
• Blemish cream
• For softer smoother skin
• For burns
• Wrinkle reduction cream
• Moisturizer for dry hair
• Shaving cream
• Anti-itch cream
• Stretch mark prevention cream
  

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The Shelf Life of Shea Butter
The natural shelf life of pure shea butter is 2 years. After that time the healing properties of shea butter are less effective but it is still a good moisturizer. The shelf life of shea butter can be prolonged by storing it in a dark, cool, and dry area.
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Application of Shea Butter
Shea butter melts at body temperature. For easy application warm shea butter between palms until it is completely melted and smooth on. Shea Butter absorbs quickly, penetrates deeply and coats the skin with a fine film, diminishing water loss and leaving it softened and protected.
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The Amazing Properties of Shea Butter
Shea butter is the best natural product to protect, heal and improve skin. It is prized because it contains a real cocktail of elements good for the skin. Among these, is first a very high content of unsaponifiables and Essential Fatty Acids. These fatty acids are oleic acid, stearic acic, linoleic acid, and palmitic acic. They play a very important moisturizing, softening, and anti-inflammatory role, and help renew the cutaneous cells. Shea butter also contains vitamins A & E that have a recognized effect against skin aging. It is also rich in phytonutrients with protecting and regenerating virtues.

Note: the manufacturing process has a great influence on the properties and efficiency of shea butter. If it is refined or processed, it loses its vitamins and part of its efficiency. The Organic Shea Butter Company brings you a handmade certified organic shea butter that is a guarantee of purity and higher quality
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About Our Organic Shea Butter
We are one company with One Focus ...Organic Unrefined Shea Butter. Our organic shea butter is 100% natural, fresh, and effective. It is naturally hand extracted and filtered using traditional methods, without the use of hexane or chemicals, and still contains an extremely high level of healing and therapeutic factors. Our organic shea butter is not processed or refined. All the vital nutrients and natural properties of the shea butter are intact. We bring to you the best quality of organic unrefined authentic African shea butter on the market, at the best price. Order now and find out for yourself why we are the leader in organic shea butter skincare.

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Organic Certification
We source our organic shea butter directly from producers who are certified organic according to USDA and Ecocert standards. Our organic shea butter is certified USDA Organic and Garantie-Bio by Ecocert. Ecocert is an internationally recognized natural and organic certification. The Bio certificate guarantees the consumer to get a high quality product with no residues of chemical pesticides or fertilizers.

Our organic shea butter is also fairly traded, which means that the producers of our organic shea buttter receive fair wages and good employment opportunities.

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