SHEA BUTTER
USED FOR CENTURIES BY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WOMEN TO NOURISH AND PROTECT SKIN AND HAIR, SHEA BUTTER IS AN IDEAL BEAUTY INGREDIENT. AS A NATURAL PRODUCT, IT IS SAFE TO USE ON ALL TYPES OF HAIR AND SKIN, EVEN HAIR THAT’S DAMAGED OR COLOR TREATED OR BABIES AND SENSITIVE SKIN.
For Skin: Shea Butter is the perfect ingredient to bring hydration and protection to your skin. Its high fatty acid content protects the skin from free radicals and oxidation and encourages epidermal regeneration and skin elasticity. Because it contain the chemical coumpound amyrin, it is known for its anti-inflammatory properties and is suitable for sensitive or weakened skin. Its Vitamin A and E content had both emollient and healing properties for the skin.
For Hair: Shea Butter also has a lot of potential in the hair care world. Its high fatty acid content makes it easy to penetrate hair and can help with hair breakage and add moisture to dry hair. It might also help to reduce dryness and prevent split ends. Fatty acids also help increase shine and reduce the frizz of your hair. It may also help protect hair from heat damage caused by flat irons and blow drying. Shea Butter’s anti-inflammatory properties might also help reduce scalp irritation by providing healing effects without clogging the pores.
Shea Butter can only be found in a very specific region in Africa, especially in Burkina Fasso. This is a wild tree which grows very slowly. The harvest and processing of Shea fruit is done by women, manually and requires a long process to obtain the natural butter. “Women’s gold” is thus an additional source of income for millions of women in rural Burkina Faso, and it gives them some economic independence. This is why we take care to source it from only one specific community in the heart of Burkina Fasso with Fair Trade certification which is a guarantee that women are getting a decent price for their work, communities are supported with schools and health care and environment is protected from excessive harvesting.