Brand: JKUB
Color: Yellow
Size: 6oz & 12oz
Origin: Cameroon (West Africa)
Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree. It is usually ivory in color when raw, with more processed versions being white in color. It can be yellow when a root is added to it. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer salve or lotion
Shea Butter is known as karite butter in Africa. This white-yellow to ivory-colored paste has been used by African healers for thousands of years to alleviate maladies of the skin and scalp. Shea Butter comes from the African shea tree found along the
West African Savannah region. It is a wild growing tree that produces tiny, almond-like fruit from which shea butter is extracted.
The tree itself is not cultivated and takes 40 to 50 years to mature. In most parts of West Africa, destruction of the shea tree is forbidden due to its economic, health and social benefits. Shea butter is a valuable source of food in Africa. Many herbalists
regard shea butter as an invaluable agent for internal and external body purification!
Traditional uses of shea butter include: treatments for dry skin, blemishes, skin discoloration, scars and wrinkles, a relaxer for stiff muscles, as an aid for pain from swelling and arthritis, sun screen, and chapstick for lips.
What makes shea butter so great for the skin is its high content of non-saponifiable fatty acids (comprised mostly of stearic and oleic acids.) These fatty acids are indispensable for moisturizing and retaining the elasticity of the skin.
