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Shea Nut Body Butter

The uses of whipped shea butter are endless. From a deep hair conditioner, to an all over body treatment, you will have no problem finding out that pure shea butter is great for the skin and hair. African healers have used shea butter for thousands of years as an ideal treatment for dry or aging skin. Shea butter also helps to protect against the damaging effects of the sun. We've whipped the shea butter together with sweet almond oil and Vitamin E to produce a thick fluffy cream that melts into the skin on contact. Great for massages, and for any skin type. SHEA BUTTER STORY The mangifolia tree grows in the arid savannah found in 17 African nations. This tree grows to 15 m in height, giving forth abundant fruit with green, sweet, fleshy pulp high in ascorbic acid, almost four times the amount found in oranges. It also contains iron, vit. B, protien, and calcium. Women wake early and trek up to 15 k to collect these fruits. While doing so they face the dangers of being encountered by scorpions and poisonous snakes. With up to 40 kg of fruits upon their heads, the women and children head back to their villages to feast upon the fruits and begin the age old tradition of extracting shea butter from the kernal of the fruit. Shea nuts are first par-boiled then sun dried for 3-5 days before they are baked to complete dehydranation, when they can then be stored for several years without spoilage. The kernals must then be pounded to crush open the kernals to remove their skin. Handcrusing shea butter makes the most therapeutic quality of shea butter. This laborious work takes an average of 20 hours to produce one kilo of handcrushed shea butter. Ingredients:Organic Raw Shea Butter, Sweet Almond Oil, & Vitamin E. **During summer months, we will ship in a double walled white container to prevent melting.
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