Great Shea Butters for Women of Color
Shea butter is a solid fatty oil made from the nuts of Karite Nut trees, also known as Mangifolia, that grow in the semi-arid savannah regions of West and Central Africa. Shea butter is sometimes called “women’s gold,” because extracting the butter from the nuts gives employment and income to hundreds of thousands of rural African village women. Shea butter is so non-toxic and beneficial that it is used in foods and cooking as well as soaps and beauty products.
African healers and beauties have known about shea butter for thousands of years: the substance is almost magical in its healing effects on burns, skin conditions, ulcerated skin, stretch marks, and dryness. Here are some great shea butter brands that we like and that you should try:
Carol’s Daughter Love Butter
L’Occitane Shea Butter
DORNEE Butter Cups
Kiehl’s Imperial Body Balm
The Body Shop Shea Body Butter
Whoop Ash
Farmhouse Fresh whoopie cream
by Christina Crawford Steed