Melting and nourishing organic Guinean shea butter

Exceptional product
100% pure and natural
Organic Cosmetic

Ideal as a nourishing and protective treatment, this raw shea butter is sourced from small producers in Upper Guinea and crafted by hand using traditional methods. It stands out from regular raw shea butter thanks to its light colour and naturally gentle scent. With its melting texture and richness in unsaponifiable compounds, it is perfect for nourishing, repairing and protecting dry or sensitive areas, rough hands or chapped lips.

Dry hair

£10.00

1 item = 200 ml

Price per L = £50

Dry hair

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Why we love it

Produced by a fair trade network of small-scale producers, using traditional craftsmanship
Pleasant melting texture and natural fragrance
Exceptional care for dry areas and damaged skin
Intensely nourishes, protects and softens skin and hair

Organoleptic properties

Appearance: solid butter at room temperature
Colour: ivory to light beige
Odour: characteristic of raw shea but very mild, without strong animal notes
Texture: rich and melting

This shea butter is raw, unbleached, unrefined, and undyed. However, due to the unique terroir of Upper Guinea and the traditional production process, its colour is naturally much whiter than the classic raw shea butter from Burkina Faso or Mali, and its scent is also milder and more pleasant, while still characteristic of an unrefined butter. Its texture is also slightly softer and melts more easily than our Organic Raw Shea Butter.

Environmental qualities and characteristics product sheet

Reference

0486001 - 200 ml Organic Guinean Shea Butter

Main packaging material

RPET (recycled PET) pot

Recyclability

Most of the packaging for this product can be recycled.

Packaging recycling instructions - VF

Properties

Skin care

Hair care

100% raw shea butter pure and natural, unrefined, and unbleached, but with a milder scent and a whiter hue than the classic shea butter from Burkina Faso or Mali
Sourced from a small ethical network of women producers in Upper Guinea, the production of this butter provides economic income for women in local communities
Artisanal production using the traditional method of manually churning shea nuts, which preserves all the natural active compounds of shea
Exceptional unsaponifiable content (10-13%), active compounds that contribute to the regenerating and soothing properties of shea - Rich and melting texture

Properties

Nourishing and protective, this butter prevents dehydration.
Softening and moisturising, it brings comfort to dry skin
Restorative and regenerating
Soothing, it is ideal for delicate skin
Helps to combat signs of skin ageing

Indications

Treatment for dry, flaky skin
Treatment for dehydrated skin
Treatment for mature skin
Treatment for sensitive, irritated, or damaged skin
Treatment for skin exposed to harsh conditions (cold, wind, sun, shaving irritation…)
Lip treatment
Treatment for foot cracks and calluses

Properties

Anti-dehydration barrier for hair fibres
Nourishes and protects the hair

Indications

Treatment for dry, damaged, split hair
Treatment for textured hair

Uses

Uses on the skin

Organic Guinean shea butter is very easy to use:

Pure, as a treatment for dry or damaged areas, lips, hands, feet, as a nourishing and protective cream against the cold, as an anti-chafing cream
In combination with carrier oils, oily actives, essential oils, or fragrances, to make treatment balms, massage balms, etc.
This 100% pure and natural shea butter can also be used as an ingredient in your own homemade cosmetic recipes:
- Nourishing butter
- Nourishing body or face treatments: balms, creams, lotions, etc.
- Moisturising face cream
- Hand or foot cream
- Lip balm or stick
- Nourishing lotion
- Baby balm
- Massage or aromatherapy balms
- Anti-stretch mark treatment
- Cold process soaps

Uses

Hair masks
Pre-shampoo oil treatment
Hair styling products
Hair balms

In practice

This Organic Guinean shea butter can be used:

in its pure form as a treatment for the face, body, or hair: take a small amount of butter in your fingertips, soften it slightly if necessary by warming it between your fingers or palms, then apply by gently massaging into the affected areas.
Customise using our practical guide.
Use it as an ingredient in your homemade cosmetic recipes, by melting it in a bain-marie and incorporating during the oil stage.

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Step 1

Melt the Organic Guinean Shea butter.

Step 2

Add your active ingredients, essential oils, carrier oils or fragrances and blend.

Step 3

Pour into a jar, leave to set in the fridge, label, and you're ready to go!

Practical guides and precautions

Features

The shea tree Butyrospermum parkii is an endemic species of Africa that only grows in the wild. Its fruits are collected from the ground at full maturity, as it is when the fruit falls from its branch that it yields the maximum amount of oil molecules.

The nuts for Guinean shea butter are harvested in natural reserves in Middle Guinea, a region of mountainous plateaus in eastern Guinea Conakry. After harvesting, the shea fruits are depulped and only the nuts are retained. The nuts are washed, dried, and then hand-sorted. They are cracked open to retrieve the precious kernels inside.

Culture

Wild
Organic

Quality

100% pure and natural

Production process

Traditional process: manual churning of the shea kernel paste

Part of the plant used

Fruit

Botanical name

Vitellaria paradoxa (syn. Butyrospermum parkii)

Organoleptic properties

Appearance: solid butter at room temperature
Colour: ivory to light beige
Odour: characteristic of raw shea but very mild, without strong animal notes
Texture: rich and melting

Composition

Ingredients : Butyrospermum parkii butter* *Ingredient sourced from Organic Farming. 100% of the total ingredients are from Organic Farming. COSMOS ORGANIC certified by Ecocert Greenlife according to the COSMOS standard available at https://cosmos.ecocert.com

Storage and precautions

Storage

Keep in a dark, cool and dry place.

Precautions

Do not swallow. Keep out of reach of children. In case of contact with eyes, rinse with plenty of clean water.

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