Its origins.
The shea Wolof called the "butter tree" grows in woodland on the slopes of hills or on shelves across West Africa. This particular tree is protected by local people that give a mystic protector. Its average life is three centuries, but it begins to produce its first until about 25 years and reaches full production around 45 to 50 years.
The shea that grows only in the wild. Attempts to date to control the cultivation of this tree have been unsuccessful. Fruit picking is done by women after field work. This activity occupies 300 000 400 000 single women in Burkina Faso and Mali. 3 000 000 women would derive 80% of their income from this crop.
The fruits ripen in the month of June It stands of trees and their fall is favored by the winds that open at this time of year. The shea fruit is collected between mid-June and mid-September. Once freed from the pulp, recovered the black one which we extract the fine. This fine once washed and dried with it, is bought to women in villages or processed locally.
The fine is then crushed, roasted, ground until a thick paste, mixed with water will be vigorously hut.
Immersion in boiling water will help separate the butter from other fine ingredients, including impurities that settle to the bottom.
In Frederic M. butter oil extracted from the shea nut will be refined, neutralized, bleached, in a manner respecting the traditional product and not involving any chemical preservatives. Because of the careful extraction, our shea butter and certified that the outcome of organic farming.
Shea butter is for centuries, both curative and culinary products sought and appreciated by the African population. Shea butter is used for sprains, colds and sores. Today the properties of Shea will be recognized by the medical Africans and Europeans.
Today and over the millennia Shea is operated in its entirety by African families:
Food: butter shea butter is a good cooking and for sauces
for medicine: infusion of bark, relax.
for cosmetics: shea butter is a product of toilet for the whole family and even infants. In after-shave for men, women balm that anoint the hair every day.
Legend has it that there was Nefertiti's beauty shea butter which she lathered his face and body daily.
The shea Wolof called the "butter tree" grows in woodland on the slopes of hills or on shelves across West Africa. This particular tree is protected by local people that give a mystic protector. Its average life is three centuries, but it begins to produce its first until about 25 years and reaches full production around 45 to 50 years.
The shea that grows only in the wild. Attempts to date to control the cultivation of this tree have been unsuccessful. Fruit picking is done by women after field work. This activity occupies 300 000 400 000 single women in Burkina Faso and Mali. 3 000 000 women would derive 80% of their income from this crop.
The fruits ripen in the month of June It stands of trees and their fall is favored by the winds that open at this time of year. The shea fruit is collected between mid-June and mid-September. Once freed from the pulp, recovered the black one which we extract the fine. This fine once washed and dried with it, is bought to women in villages or processed locally.
The fine is then crushed, roasted, ground until a thick paste, mixed with water will be vigorously hut.
Immersion in boiling water will help separate the butter from other fine ingredients, including impurities that settle to the bottom.
In Frederic M. butter oil extracted from the shea nut will be refined, neutralized, bleached, in a manner respecting the traditional product and not involving any chemical preservatives. Because of the careful extraction, our shea butter and certified that the outcome of organic farming.
Shea butter is for centuries, both curative and culinary products sought and appreciated by the African population. Shea butter is used for sprains, colds and sores. Today the properties of Shea will be recognized by the medical Africans and Europeans.
Today and over the millennia Shea is operated in its entirety by African families:
Food: butter shea butter is a good cooking and for sauces
for medicine: infusion of bark, relax.
for cosmetics: shea butter is a product of toilet for the whole family and even infants. In after-shave for men, women balm that anoint the hair every day.
Legend has it that there was Nefertiti's beauty shea butter which she lathered his face and body daily.
The major cosmetic virtues of shea butter.
Protection Hair: Smooth, flexibility, vitality.
Shea and keratin are two words sounding similar and are made for each other. Shea butter nourish, protect, read your hair. It is ideal for very dry hair, brittle, curly or devitalized.
Hydration.
Shea butter has been used for decades for its hydrating the upper layers of the epidermis and the protective film hydrolipidic skin. The application of shea butter on the skin of the face, body, or even the eye, form a protective film that holds water in your skin longer. The shea butter penetrates more slowly but in a skin cream classic because of its great wealth.
Relaxing.
Promoting microcirculation, shea butter is also known for its muscle relaxing effect (adding in a hot bath). It is also appreciated and used against pains and rheumatism.
Protective and restorative.
Greater protection against the cold, shea butter and the ideal agent to combat cracking, redness and assault due to extreme temperatures (hot or cold). Free riders, mountain guide hikers know its protective properties, especially on the face of the lips. The famous "film" deposited by shea on the skin, protects it for many hours throughout the cold exposure.
Facing the sun, shea butter, although a natural UV filter, not enough to protect the skin. However applied before sun exposure and completed a sunscreen, it can not peel and provides a tan uniform.
Anti-aging and anti-stretch marks.
Very rich in fatty acids (phytosterols), and insaponinfiables latex shea butter restores elasticity of dry skin, dehydrated, prone to wrinkles. This function of cell reconstitution and anti-elastase contributes to preserve the skin from the effects of aging and to fight effectively against stretch marks.
Protection Hair: Smooth, flexibility, vitality.
Shea and keratin are two words sounding similar and are made for each other. Shea butter nourish, protect, read your hair. It is ideal for very dry hair, brittle, curly or devitalized.
Hydration.
Shea butter has been used for decades for its hydrating the upper layers of the epidermis and the protective film hydrolipidic skin. The application of shea butter on the skin of the face, body, or even the eye, form a protective film that holds water in your skin longer. The shea butter penetrates more slowly but in a skin cream classic because of its great wealth.
Relaxing.
Promoting microcirculation, shea butter is also known for its muscle relaxing effect (adding in a hot bath). It is also appreciated and used against pains and rheumatism.
Protective and restorative.
Greater protection against the cold, shea butter and the ideal agent to combat cracking, redness and assault due to extreme temperatures (hot or cold). Free riders, mountain guide hikers know its protective properties, especially on the face of the lips. The famous "film" deposited by shea on the skin, protects it for many hours throughout the cold exposure.
Facing the sun, shea butter, although a natural UV filter, not enough to protect the skin. However applied before sun exposure and completed a sunscreen, it can not peel and provides a tan uniform.
Anti-aging and anti-stretch marks.
Very rich in fatty acids (phytosterols), and insaponinfiables latex shea butter restores elasticity of dry skin, dehydrated, prone to wrinkles. This function of cell reconstitution and anti-elastase contributes to preserve the skin from the effects of aging and to fight effectively against stretch marks.
As you can see the Shea has special qualities.
In my next article I will speak of shea and hair.
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