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100% Organic West African Shea Butter 16 oz | 
| Brand: Nature & Herbs
Category: Beauty
Buy New: $4.35
as of 9/3/2010 13:33 CDT details
New (8) from $4.35
Seller: Halaleveryday
Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 194
Media: Health and Beauty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 3.7 x 4
ASIN: B0009JQFF6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
African Shea Butter
100% Natural
African Shea Butter is made from the nut of the African Shea Tree. It contains a rich amount of unremovable fatty acid which render it far superior to cocoa butter and other natural vegatable butters. this fatty is crucial to rejuvenating and moisturizing the skin. Shea Butter provides all the essential vitamins needed to make skin look and feel smoother, softer and most importantly, healthier. Its therapeutic properties protect the skin from wind, cold, sun and it helps heal wounds faster. Shea Butter stimulates cellular activity, fights the effects of aging and repairs rough, damaged skin.
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 Good butter, but not shea butter... August 27, 2010
Jared (Bergenfield, NJ)
This is Kpangnan Butter, or African Butter. It's not actually Shea butter (which is beige and not as dense as African butter). They are from different trees in different habitats. Still a good butter with some similar properties. This seems to be pretty common abroad epically in the US market where you will also find it labeled as Golden Shea Butter. I'm not sure how it became so widely adopted with this title, but having Kapangnan Butter, Golden Shea or even African Tallow as part of the title would be more appropriate.
 Funky packaging, but well worth it. August 24, 2010
Anonymous (USA)
This shea butter comes double bagged in a heat sealed plastic baggie. After that, you can squeeze it into your preferred container of choice. I simply removed the outer bag and put it into a zip plastic bag. Maybe in the future, I will invest in some containers. It works well, and it is creamy. My only issue is that it has an odd aroma, but I can overlook that for the wonders it does.
Great stuff. August 10, 2010
Krystal (los angeles, california, usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been using this for a couple of months to help the skin on my shins. Last year, I walked through a bush that I was highly allergic to (I didn't know that at the time) and I ended up with huge rashes/hives on my legs and they got infected, etc. After letting them heal and taking an antibiotic to clear up the infection, I have been trying various things to get the few spots left on my shins to lighten up. This shea butter, combined with some licorice extract, has been helping to fade the spots pretty quickly. I think the shea butter is pretty heavy and thick, but if you need a lot of moisturizing, then it will be perfect for you.
There are two disadvantages, though. Make sure to take off all surrounding clothing because it will turn them yellow until you wash them again (I got it on my socks a few times). Another thing is the smell, a lot of people don't like it. I'm not really a fan of the smell, either. But if you put a couple of drops of lavender oil (or another oil that you like), then you can solve that issue.
Wonderful for Eczema! August 9, 2010
S. Ames (Colorado, United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
100% Organic West African Shea Butter 16 oz
I bought this Shea Butter on March 11, 2010. I ordered two 16 ounce containers, accidently. I recieved them by the 17th. Today, August 9th, we have several tablespoons of the frist container left. Five months, of intensive use isn't bad. I'm thinking that we should be done with that in the next week or two and I'm getting impatient to whip up the next batch. I gave away several heaping tablespoons to friends, also.
After reading the other reviews, I decided to try beating the Shea Butter in my my Kitchen Aid Stand mixer, with the flat beater. I added some lavender essential oil at the end, which didn't affect the scent much but didn't hurt it either. The Shea Butter came out light and fluffy. I filled one 16 ounce container full and filled another one about 3/4 of the way full after whipping it. I don't have a problem with the scent. It's slightly nutty and fades after putting it on your skin. If the scent truly bothers you, maybe you should check out Candida Overgrowth as being over sensitive to scents can be a symptom.
My 8yo daughter suffers from both food (wheat, gluten, dairy, nightshades, grains, etc) and environmental sensitivities. She seems to have the Scratch to Rash symptoms of Eczema when she comes in contact with items that bother her. Because of these sensitivities, she gets horrible, bumpy, itchy rashes that she scratches until she's bloody. If you've ever had a bad, itchy rash, you know that no amount of discipline can keep you from scratching something that itches that badly. Since March, we've discovered that when she comes in contact with something that she shouldn't have (food or in the environment) and starts to get a rash, we have her take a cool shower and then put a generous layer of Shea Butter over the rashy areas. This seems to reduce the itchiness and inflamation. These rashes used to take about 3 weeks to recover from, start to finish. By using the shower and shea butter, it cuts the time down to less than a week. More often than not, her rash looks much better by the following morning and with continued use of the Shea Butter she is almost back normal in 2-3 days. By the end of the week, she's healed and you can't tell she ever had a rash! Compared to the weeks of itching, scratching, crying and in general being miserable, while getting this stuff out of her system, this is a miracle. Never the less, my daughter doesn't like putting Shea Butter on her rash. Because it's so itchy, and we have to touch the rash to put the Shea Butter on, it's not comfortable to apply it, even though after beating it in the mixer, it's light and fluffy. She also says that it feels like she's putting shortening on her skin and doesn't like the way it feels. However, within about 30 minutes after applying it, the itchiness is reduced to being bearable and the Shea Butter is absorbing into the skin.
I use shea butter on my feet elbows and hands after I shower. The soles of my feet used to be dry and scratchy. They're smooth and soft now.
Shea butter also works great on chapped lips. I recommend putting a bit of water on your chapped lips so they are very slightly moist and then putting a generous layer of Shea Butter over that, right before bed. When you wake up, your lips will feel and look much better. If you have cracked or severely chapped lips, you might need to do this more than one night but the results are amazing! During the end of our dry Colorado winter, I snuck into my kid's rooms, at night and smeared Shea Butter on their lips (without the water routine.) Doing that kept them from getting dry, chapped and cracked when they normally would have been a mess!
I haven't tried it on our hair as a pre-conditioner, yet but I plan to do so with the next batch.
I highly recommend this product to anyone with dry or rashy skin.
Awesomely good June 27, 2010
Mister
Coming from Africa, the sheabutter is the same. It is so good.I use it on my hair and on my body. It is a very nice cream and moisturizer. It works well as a sunscreen too. It is not oily.
I must say I bought a good stuff.
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