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BUTTER UP

For silky soft skin from head to toe

This rich, natural lotion is loaded with organic shea butter for long-lasting moisture and super soft skin. It is wonderfully thick, with a soft creamy consistency that spreads easily and absorbs quickly, leaving your skin silky soft and deeply moisturized, without ever feeling greasy. Use it on your hands, feet, body, and even your face for soft healthy skin from head to toe.

Our nourishing shea butter body cream is 99% natural, and is made without any petroleum-based products, parabens, dyes or synthetic fragrances. Beautifully scented with pure essential oils, it is available in 8 scents that coordinate with our natural handmade soaps.

 

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SHEA BUTTER

Where does Shea Butter come from?

Shea Butter (butyrspermum parkii) is a natural oil that has been used for centuries to maintain soft, beautiful, healthy skin. Shea butter comes from the fruit of Karite trees (also called Shea trees), which grow wild across the savannah belt of West Africa. These indigenous trees require very little cultivation, yet a single Karite tree will produce abundant fruit for up to 200 years, making it a valuable sustainable natural resource for the rural African villages.

Shea Butter is made by hand, through a process of drying, roasting, and crushing the nuts that are found inside the Karite fruit. Typically it is the women of a village who gather the ripe fruit after it falls from the trees, boil it and spread the shea nuts out in the sun to dry. The nuts are then roasted and crushed to extract the natural healing oil.

The Shea Butter for our body creams is purchased directly from individuals or small independent coops in Africa, ensuring both a high-quality organic shea butter and a fair trade price for the African women and their families who have worked hard to produce it.