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Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by Yhemit(m): 8:06am On Jul 06, 2018
What is Shea Butter

Shea butter is a slightly yellowish or ivory coloured and nutty, smoky scented natural fat extracted from the seed of the African shea tree. It is often referred to by its French name as karite tree, which originally (ghariti) means the tree of life.

The tree got this name due to its exceptional healing properties.

In its pure unrefined state, shea butter is also edible and has been used for centuries in Africa as cooking oil, as a waterproofing wax, for hairdressing, for candle-making, as an anti-inflammatory for sprains and arthritis, and to smooth dry skin.

Shea Butter Benefits

Shea butter is used to treat various skin problems including:

eczema
dermatitis
stretch marks
dry skin and hair
insect bites
psoriasis
acne
cracked skin
itchy skin
muscle fatigue and tension
rheumatism
arthritis
sunburns
skin allergies and rashes
scars and dark spots
skin blemishes
wrinkles

The other meaningful term is shea butter grade. Commercial shea butter is classified into five grades:

Grade A – raw or unrefined, extracted using water;
Grade B – refined;
Grade C – highly refined and extracted with solvents such as hexane;
Grade D – lowest un-contaminated grade;
Grade E – with contaminants.

¤ Grade A shea butter retains the most natural vitamins, especially vitamins A and E, which are partially lost in the other grades.

Refined vs. Unrefined Shea Butter


The main differences between unrefined and refined shea butter are
• The scent
• The colour

Unrefined shea butter maintains its nutty scent, beige colour and its healing properties. Refined shea butter has been chemically altered to remove shea butters natural scent, is bleach white in colour and retains only a small portion of its natural healing properties. The end result of refinement is an odorless, white butter that may be aesthetically appealing, but lacks the true moisturising, healing, and nutritious properties of true traditional shea butter.
Re: Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by Yhemit(m): 8:23am On Jul 06, 2018
We specialised in selling of (Grade A) raw shea butter in any scale.
you can contact us via mail
Re: Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by dingbang(m): 8:19am On Jan 16, 2019
Yhemit:
We specialised in selling of (Grade A) raw shea butter in any scale.

you can contact us via mail
pls can I call you? I heard that Shea butter makes hair grow faster.

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Re: Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by Yhemit(m): 5:13pm On Jan 18, 2019
dingbang:
pls can I call you? I heard that Shea butter makes hair grow faster.
good evening ma/sir
sorry for replying you late.
no Shea butter in stock for now .
Re: Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by dingbang(m): 7:21am On Jan 19, 2019
Yhemit:

good evening ma/sir
sorry for replying you late.
no Shea butter in stock for now .
please let me know when it will be in stock

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Re: Vital Input About Shea Butter In Our Household by Yhemit(m): 9:48am On Jan 19, 2019
dingbang:
please let me know when it will be in stock

okay sir

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