About Us

We began our business in a search for a product that we wanted to use to improve our skin and hair.  In the search for a quality product, we met people that introduced us to Shea Butter and its wonderful effects.  The more we learned about Shea Butter, the more we found there was little quality control in the manufacturing process. 

From street vendors to multinational corporations, we found little quality control in the Shea Butter industry.  We also found most people in the Shea Butter industry were more concerned with the profit side than the quality side of the business and that they had very little knowledge about the product.  In our discussions with them, they will tell you things like, “…..our Shea Butter comes from Africa…..”; duhh, all Shea Butter comes from Africa.  Or, “….our Shea Butter is processed by women cooperatives the traditional way..”; most Shea Butter is processed this way.  Or, …”my Shea Butter came from the shell…”; Shea Butter is extracted from seeds, not large gourds, one of the many ways some vendors use to display and sell their Shea Butter, thus exposing it to air and various other contaminants.

What our competitors can’t tell you is:

• The composition of Shea Butter and why it works   
• How Shea Butter is contaminated
• What contamination does to Shea Butter
• What makes white Shea Butter less effective than Premium Grade A Shea Butter
• What is Premium Grade A Shea Butter
• What makes Shea Butter yellow
• What affect storage has on the medicinal qualities of Shea Butter
• Why Shea Butter costs so much or so little
• Why Shea Butter from one African nation may be better than Shea Butter from another nation
• Why Shea Butter works sometimes and not other times for certain skin conditions. 
  

On our quest to learn the answers to these questions, we sought the advice and knowledge of the foremost authority on the subject, Dr. Sam Hunter M.D. of the American Shea Butter Institute.  He had the credentials, the background, dedication, and knowledge necessary to help us answer our questions and more.  Dr. Hunter has dedicated many years to finding out all about Shea Butter.  In fact, we call Dr. Hunter the George Washington Carver of Shea Butter.  It was in our discussions with him that we found that we wanted to sell Premium Grade A Shea Butter.