Unrefined Organic Shea Butter 1kg (Yellow/Ivory)

Shea Butter is a skin and hair superfood that comes from the seeds of the fruit of the Shea (Karite) tree and that is naturally rich in vitamins A, E and F, antioxidants and is an anti-inflammatory. It offers UV protection (it is SPF ~6) and provides the skin with essential fatty acids and the nutrients necessary for collagen production.

Shea Butter has been used in Africa and many other locations for years to improve skin and hair. In West Africa there is a tree that has been used for centuries to make teas and topical preparations that will help detox and heal inflammations. The tree is called Borututu Tree, and is what gives Yellow Shea Butter the yellow color. The yellow/orange core is shredded and added to the boiling step of Shea Butter production, and the result is a Shea Butter that has a pretty bright yellow color, and infused with incredible antioxidants and healing elements in addition to those of our Ivory Shea Butter.

The benefits of shea butter come from its chemical makeup. Shea butter contains:

• linoleic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic fatty acids, ingredients that balance oils on your skin and hair
• vitamins A, E, and F, antioxidant vitamins that promote circulation and healthy skin cell growth
• triglycerides, the fatty part of the shea nut that nourishes and conditions your skin and hair
• cetyl esters, the waxy part of the shea nut butter that conditions skin and hair and locks in moisture.

Benefits:
Helps to improve skin and hair moisture for optimum health
It helps stop the itching of stretching skin while naturally being non-comedogenic (wont clog pores!)
Helps to reduce the appearance of scars on the skin
Reduces signs of ageing such as wrinkles                                                           

Shea Butter enhances collagen production and is a very effective moisturizer.