Does your skin ever crack? Maybe it does when it’s cold outside, you’ve been washing your hands too much, or you just can’t find a lotion or hand cream that actually works for you. Whatever the reason may be, having cracked heels, hands, knees or elbows is far from fun and can even be painful. And with chemical laden lotions and creams that don’t always work, finding something to not only provide immediate relief, but also long term healing can be a pain in the neck. Luckily, we’ve got Shea butter. Shea butter alone works amazingly well on dry and cracked skin. But sometimes it’s fun to mix things up- literally. With all of the abundance available when it comes...
Though this may seem somewhat surprising, part of what ages our skin is constant exposure to the elements- especially when they’re harsh. Strong sunlight, whipping winds and biting cold all contribute to the weathering of our skin and affect everything from our skin’s overall texture to tone. So what is there to do? Certainly you can’t spend your life hiding inside away from the world and the elements. Luckily, you can still enjoy the ups and downs of the weather while also protecting your skin. Raw African Shea butter is the perfect all weather balm to literally shield your skin from the storm. As the seasons change and the temperatures drop, our skin’s risk of things like sunburn decreases, while...
Folks, we’ve got some exciting news for you here. As much as we love good ol’ plain raw African Shea butter, we couldn’t help but add something new to our lineup. What with Shea butter being the perfect delivery system for skin healing and restorative ingredients, what were we supposed to do- NOT take advantage of that? In the spirit of truly intelligent, effective and lusciously therapeutic Shea butter skincare, we introduce to you one of our soon to be available products: Smooth Body Cellulite Cream. This cream is the solution to your cellulite problem. Clinically proven cellulite reducing and anti aging ingredients are effortlessly suspended in a deeply moisturizing base of our signature raw African Shea butter and Cocoa butter for...
You’ve probably heard about it by now, or seen it at the store, on Amazon or in one of your friend’s bathrooms. African Black Soap is fast becoming a skin care and hygiene favorite because of the unique ingredients it contains and the high quality therapeutic and healing results it delivers to the skin, and even hair. Though it takes a tiny bit of know how to make sure you are getting truly authentic Black soap, it is well worth the long lasting shelf life and fantastic results that come from this exotic Shea butter based soap. The reason why it’s called Black soap is of course because of its color. Though you can find solid black soap bars on...
Have you ever bought a skincare product or lip balm and looked at the ingredient deck to see that beeswax was part of the product formula? And did you ever wonder what exactly that beeswax did? Turns out, beeswax has many benefits for your skin and can play an important role in product formulas. So what exactly are these benefits, and how does beeswax compare to Shea butter when it comes to skincare? For starts, beeswax is a wax while Shea butter is an oil. In fact, beeswax is actually secreted from the glands on the sides of honeybees, where it then hardens along the honeycomb hive walls. Shea butter is pressed from the nuts of the Shea, or Karite...
