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r o d u c t s 100% Pure Shea
Butter from Guinea, West Africa
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all-natural, unscented shea butter will leave your skin feeling
and looking sleek, helping to heal minor cuts, cracks, burns or
other damage to your skin. It's great for massages or as a moisturizer;
add a few drops of an essential oil like lavender to add fragrance,
or just apply as is. (As it is 100% pure & undiluted, a little
bit will go a long way...)
Our product is purchased directly from rural women producers in
Guinea, West Africa to ensure the highest quality while also ensuring
producers a fair price. Our product is still significantly lower
priced than others on the market -- shop around for yourself and
see!
100%
Pure Guinean Shea Butter (wholesale
prices by the pound also available)
2
oz. jar - $5 plus
$2.50 S/H
4 oz. jar - $8 plus
$3.50 S/H
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8
oz. jar - $13 plus
$5 S/H
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Shea
butter
is the new hot ingredient in beauty products as a result of the
sleek, creamy finish that it gives to the skin. Yet many people
don’t know the source of this product or its myriad healing
properties.
Shea butter, or beurre de karité, in French, is
extracted from the fruit of a giant, fire-resistant tree that
grows in the rural countryside throughout Africa. Though used
for centuries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Scotch doctor Mungo Park
“discovered” this wonder-product on his West African
wanderings and gave it its current name. Indeed, much to the dismay
of European botanists, the tree refuses to propagate anywhere
outside of its native Africa.
The karé, as the tree is called in the language
of the Fulah people that live through west and central Africa,
is thought to be a magic tree. Women are responsible for guarding
this special tree, as they alone can appease the karé’s
spirit with their songs and dances. It is also women who are responsible
for gathering the shea nuts and taking it through the many steps
necessary to transform it to the final product, including boiling,
drying, grilling and grinding the nuts. Most women work together
in cooperatives to pool their resources and simply enjoy each
other’s company while working.
Our
product is purchased directly from producers in Guinea to ensure
the highest-quality product while also helping producers to obtain
the highest possible price by cutting out any middlemen.
