Hutwise 100% Natural Unrefined Raw Shea Butter - 16 oz

Hutwise natural Shea body is 100% pure and natural shea butter cream from the shea tree. It is produced with the highest quality of kernels.  Our Shea body cream helps to nourish and rejuvenate skin cell, protect against ultra-violet rays, and has anti-inflammatory properties, soothes and treat dry scalp unlike any scalp treatment. Shea butter is the ivory colored or yellowish fat which is extracted from the nut of the Shea tree. The Shea tree grows in most African countries but largest Shea producing countries are the northern part of Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda.  

Name variations: Nkuto (Ghana / Akans), Karite (Senegal and Francophone countries), Okwuma (Nigeria)

Uses

• As body and hair lotion / moisturizer
• Also works well as a lip balm
• For Eczema treatment
• Can be used for hair conditioner

Health benefits

• It helps treats Acne and Blemishes
• Reduces skin inflammation
• It aids anti aging
• It provides relief to itchy and peeling skin
• Reduce razor bumps
• Is good for baby diaper rash
• It helps in nasal congestion

History

Shea butter origin takes us all the way to beautiful Africa. More specifically it comes from the so-called “African Shea Belt”. Shea Butter is produced in roughly 21 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Guinea. Out of these countries, the most common sources of quality shea butter are Ghana, Nigeria and Northern Uganda.

There are two tree sub-species that yield shea butter nuts. The first is Vitellaria Paradoxa from West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria). The second is Vitellaria Nilotica from East Africa (Uganda).

Both shea tree species can grow up to 50 feet, and it can take anywhere from 40 to 50 years to mature and start producing shea nuts.