I use shea butter in almost every product I make from natural bath and body care products to handmade soap.  It has excellent skin care properties and I would not know what to do with myself  if I couldn’t use it.    When I first started making natural skin care products I did not know that there were different grades of butter.  From unrefined, refined to ultra refined.  Of course the more refining you do the less of the “goodies” are left in the butter.    I, in my newbie ignorance and enthusiasm just bought “shea butter”.   I didn’t realize I was buying an ultra refined product.  This butter was pure white and I had to cut it with a knife.  On accident I ended up ordering some shea butter from another supplier and this butter came to me creamy beige and soft enough that you could scoop it with a spoon.  It also had a slight nutty odor.   Thinking there was something “wrong” with this shea butter I started asking questions.    It was from this experience that I learned that there were actually different grades and quality of shea butter out there.    A couple of my favorite shea butter suppliers are Oils by Nature and Agbanga Karite.  I must say too that if shipping wouldn’t kill me I’d love to get my hands on some of the shea butter sold by Shea Radiance.

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