Organic Guinean Shea Butter
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£10.00
1 article = 200 ml
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Organic Guinean Shea Butter
200 ml
Organic cosmetics
Ecocert Cosmos Organic
Foraged
100% Pure And Natural
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
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
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
This Organic Guinean shea butter can be used:
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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
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.
The kernels are dried in the sun, and they are not cooked or roasted to avoid altering their fragile molecules and to preserve all the active compounds of shea butter. The kernels are mechanically ground to obtain a brown paste. The crucial step that transforms this brown paste into butter is called churning. Just like turning cream into butter, the shea paste is churned to separate the fats and bring them to the surface.
The final steps to obtain high-quality shea butter include washing, gently heating, and finely filtrating the product. Our Guinean shea butter, made the traditional way, is fair trade. The artisanal expertise of Guinean women is showcased and allows for the production of high-quality shea butter. This ethical sector has been established to contribute to environmental preservation. In addition to protecting against forest fires, this Guinean shea sector creates jobs and income for women. This shea sector promotes the local economy and cohabitation among the communities living in these natural reserves, which are home to shea trees, often referred to as "butter trees." The development and collaboration of various economic and associative entities have equipped workers and modernised production with technical tools that facilitate certain steps, such as grinding.
While shea butter is the ideal ally for all skin types due to its emollient and protective properties, in Africa, its mainly used in cooking, serving as a common cooking oil. In terms of nutrition, its richness in monounsaturated fatty acids makes it a source of healthy fats.
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
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 Shea Butter.
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
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 thoroughly with clean water.
Customization is recommended for adults only.
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.
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Supplier documents
It's my go-to balm for everything: face, body, and very dry areas like knees and elbows. It absorbs well and leaves skin feeling very soft.
Pure, unscented, no fuss, perfect
PERFECTLY HYDRATES THE SKIN
An essential product for all creams and masks
Very pleasant and easy to spread. The paste doesn't make your fingers greasy. Pleasant smell.
