Shea Butter Africa's Golden Present.

Those that try natural shea butter are dazzled to find out that applying all natural shea butter onto their skin, a thin protecting layer forms, that's non-greasy. Shea butter comes from karite trees, which live for centuries and only begin providing fruit by the point they're about 25-30 years of age. Shea butter, also called karite, meaning "life" has been used across the African continent for centuries.

When the shea butter is hand crushed like this, it keeps all its many minerals and vitamins and the nutty, hazy smell is naturally saved.

It's always refined once or more, to remove mud, bits of gourd, or leaves, objects that would not be neat to apply to your skin. In Africa, shea butter is commonly used as a cooking oil. According to spotted soapmaker / writer Susan Miller Cavitch, in her 1995 book The Natural Soap Book, writes : "Shea butter is delicate enough for babies and folk with delicate skin. "She was using this smashing substance, and including it in her home made soaps, long before the general public in Northern America had even heard of shea butter. The 1st type is generally white to cream coloured, has no discernable nutty / hazy smell, and is smooth and creamy. Also, shea butter can be bleached to make it appear even lighter. While shea butter is added to a superabundance of bath & body products, the only way to taste the pleasures of this African butter is to purchase a little jar and try it for yourself to discover what is so nice about shea butter.