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SHEA BUTTER
Natural Body Butter

This Natural body butter is readily absorbed into the skin to nurture and soften dry areas. The butter is produced from the Shea nut that grows in Africa, and is enriched with wheat germ oil, olive oil and avocado oil. Shea is also recommended for diaper rash, spreading on dry areas of the body to relax the skin after burns or excessive sun exposure, and more.

In West Africa, babies are introduced to the benefits and pleasures of Shea Butter almost at birth. Mothers massage them with it every day. The Shea Butter helps Mom stretch her baby’s muscles while softening the baby’s skin. This tradition helps solidify the bond between mother and child.

Most shea butter available to the general public outside West Africa is white and odorless, in other words it has been “refined” to remove the natural scent and color of natural shea butter. In the process, the majority of the effective agents are also removed. In addition, refined shea butter has usually been extracted from the shea kernels with hexane or other petroleum solvents. The extracted oil is boiled and then refined, bleached, and deodorized. The end result is an odorless, white butter that may be aesthetically appealing, but lacks the true moisturizing, healing, and nutritive properties of true traditional shea butter.

Unrefined Shea butter is a superior active moisturizer containing an abundance of healing ingredients, including: vitamins, minerals, proteins and a unique fatty acid profile. Unlike petroleum-based (Vaseline) moisturizers, Shea butter actually enables your skin to absorb moisture from the air, and as a result, restores the skin’s natural elasticity. In addition, shea butter has natural sunscreen properties and anti-inflammatory agents. Shea butter has also been shown to help with skin conditions and ailments such as extreme dryness, eczema, dermatitis, skin allergies, fungal infections, blemishes, wrinkles, Stretch Marks, scars, scrapes, and more.
Shea butter has also been traditionally used as a decongestant, an anti-inflammatory for sprains and arthritis, a healing salve for babies’ umbilical cords, a lotion for hair and skin care, and even as a cooking oil!

Fair Trade and Shea Butter – Moral Buying Decisions Unrefined shea butter is a valuable natural resource for West Africa and could be an important tool in empowering local communities. However, most shea butter on the market in the United States and Europe is not fairly traded.

The women who gather shea nuts and hand craft this remarkable oil receive only a tiny fraction of the final price. It is estimated to take 20 to 30 hours of labor to produce one kilogram of handcrafted shea butter, which is traded at $1 or less in today’s market. A woman making shea butter in West Africa will receive only a fraction of this price. Therefore, a person working for 30 hours, almost a week’s worth of work, will not receive even a dollar for her efforts. Even if she received the whole dollar, this does not even begin to reach living wage standards. Through our direct involvement in the entire process from gathering the wild shea nuts and crafting the butter, to distribution locally and abroad - our members receive fair and steady incomes.

In addition, a large percentage of your purchases will go directly back to the community in the form of community enhancement projects, AIDS and malaria outreach, and educational scholarships. We believe in “building African self-empowerment the moral way” and truly appreciate your involvement in reaching our goals. Visit the Fair Trade Federation and fairtradesheabutter.org for more information on the importance of supporting fair trade