Our Shea Butter Center
In the Beginning
A little about how our Shea Butter Resource Center got its start.....
The regular products on the market that I had been using were not really
formulated to meet the needs of a natural African hair style, and they usually left my hair very course and
hard to manage, not to mention making my hair hard to the touch and hard to
comb.
Did I tell you that I am "tender-headed"? So of course this was
a problem for me that needed a solution.
I became seriously interested in
shea butter after attending a National Black Arts Festival held at a mall on the outskirts of Atlanta. There I met
this tall African American woman who literally had hair that had grown down to her knees. We started talking and it
wasn't long before she told me about shea butter and all of its wonderful
properties.
To make a long story short, this
resource center was started as a venue to share with my friends things that I am learning / have learned about this
precious natural African skin care product called shea butter. Beyond using it for my hair, I also now use it to
relieve muscle aches and as a moisturizer for my face and entire body.
As I mentioned in the
"About
Us" section, one of the reasons I began researching shea butter was to
find a cheaper source for the products which I will undoubtedly be using forever. So my ultimate goal is to
eliminate the middle man and be able to purchase the products wholesale and/or direct from the African suppliers so
that the African women who make the majority of these products can have more of a share in the
profits.
In so doing, I hope to eventually be
able to bring you shea butter products at hugely discounted prices or to at least make my competitors feel
compelled to offer their products at a fairer market cost to their
consumers.
Got an experience or comment you would like to share about
shea? Email
me.
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