Shea Butter - Africa's Golden Gift

What is the first thing that comes in your mind when you hear about Butter –a dairy product? Well, Shea butter is a nut fat derived from the crushed nuts of the Karite tree that grows wild in the African which can live for 300 yeas Shea butter is becoming one of the best selling and highly recommended skin care products around. This butter is made by African women and can be applied on skin and hair; for cooking and to help people of all ages with accelerating the healing of minor cuts, burns, and scrapes as well. This butter is non-greasy.
These days from department stores to discount and drug stores, Shea butter lotions, creams, lip balms, soap, conditioners and moisturizers are becoming more familiar to us. Shea butter is a natural makeup remover. It’s safe to use on babies, children and adults. Its high in vitamins ‘A’, ‘E’ and ‘F’, soothes sore-overworked muscles, recommended for conditioning animal’s coats, helps prevent skin cancer, restore dry ashy skin, blemishes Spots & Marks, rashes, etc. It also acts as a natural barrier against the elements of cigarette smoke, and harmful chemical pollutants and smog in the atmosphere. Shea butter is not recommended for people with nut or latex allergies.
After discovering the benefit of Shea butter the women of Africa also got benefited. After knowing its value, it helped to build and strengthen women’s economic security. Each year approximately 100,000 tons of Shea butter and Shea oil are exported from Africa. By purchasing Shea butter products, we are able to dramatically change the lives of entire rural communities in Africa with better housing, medical care, food and fresh water. Most importantly with this extra income it allows the African people to send their children to school.