The Shea Butter Solution
March 8, 2008
Shea butter is a natural oil made from compressing and boiling the fruit of the African karite tree, also called “The Tree of Life.” The oil is used for cooking in many parts of its native Africa, but is most commonly used in skin products because of its amazing moisturizing and healing properties. Natural shea butter contains high quantities of vitamins A and E and is known to improve a variety of skin conditions, including wrinkles, eczema, dermatitis, and even some blemishes. More and more skin products containing shea butter are becoming available both on pharmacy shelves and in high-end cosmetic boutiques. If you are thinking of buying a product containing shea butter, read below for answers to commonly asked questions about this natural moisturizer.
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Why Your Skin Needs Shea Butter
March 5, 2008
Your skin needs moisture to stay resilient, healthy, glowing, and supple. Amongst the hundreds of moisturizers available on the market today, there is one that is considered the ‘crème de la crème’ of all. Shea Butter is a gift from Africa, and can turn almost any dry skin patch into a smooth and supple surface.Shea Butter has been used for generations in African cultures as a moisturizer, health aid, and healing balm. In its purest forms, it is a solid fat with a high skin absorption rate. This makes Shea Butter a highly valued product for almost all skin types.
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Who Should Use Shea Butter?
March 1, 2008
Who should be using Shea butter? Everyone! Whether you have white skin, black skin, brown skin, yellow skin, or purple skin this product is for you. Down below are three areas where you can benefit from it:
1. Shea Butter for your Face
The face is the main beneficiary of the daily use of the product. Massage your face using a small portion of the butter. Pay attention to the lower part of the nose, to the corner of your lips, ears and finally your forehead. After shaving, apply it again to avoid bumps.
2. Shea Butter for your Hair
A person with beautiful hair can enhance beauty tremendously. To rejuvenate your hair, massage a generous amount of African Shea butter on your scalp and in your hair.
Not only does it act as a good moisturizer for your scalp after you have washed your hair; it improves hair texture and has even been shown to stimulate hair growth.
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Black Women’s Anti-Aging Secret Revealed
February 23, 2008
Have you ever wondered why the average black women of even 60 and over have few if any wrinkles on their face at all?
Well, whilst there are natural oils that are found within black skin, there is still the essential requirement of a dedicated skin care regime.
Integral to that regime for many black women and increasingly men also, is the core ingredient Raw Shea Butter.
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Two Easy Methods Used To Test The Quality Of Shea Butter
February 21, 2008
Here are two fast tests to help you see the quality of the shea butter that you are getting. There are more involved tests that can be done, but these two will help you understand the quality of your shea butter fastest.
Featured Shea Butter Product Of The Day - Purely Shea
February 19, 2008
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Western demand drives Burkina Faso organic goods
February 19, 2008
TANGHIN-DASSOURI, Burkina Faso (AFP) - Burkina Faso may be one of the poorest countries on the planet but some of its people are now getting ahead thanks to rising demand in the developed world for organically grown cotton and skin-saving shea butter.
And the principal beneficiaries of this flourishing new trade are village women.
The famed US women’s wear chain Victoria’s Secret last July signed a deal for the delivery this year of 600 tonnes of organic cotton, with the first shipment sent out on December 24.
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Featured Shea Butter Product Of The Day - Carols Daughter
February 16, 2008
This superb and rich blend of cocoa and shea butters is the ideal moisturizer for extremely dry skin. The buttery texture is aqua free and glides on smoothly leaving the skin softer than ever before. You’ll see and feel the difference instantly.
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Fair Trade certification spreads to cosmetics
February 16, 2008
Shea butter has become the first cosmetic ingredient to be certified as Fair Trade in Canada but others are likely to follow as ethical consumerism catches on. Fair Trade certification has long been available to food manufacturers and importers keen to redress the power imbalances in international trade and protect the rights of disadvantaged workers.
Now the certification system has spread to personal care with shea butter being the first Fair Trade certified cosmetic ingredient to hit the Canadian market.
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