Apparently there are a lot of imitation 'shea' butters on the market. I went to the site below and found some interesting reading.

Here is a link that might be useful: Info. on shea butter

A French store called L'Occatane sells it. This store can be found in malls around the country. Here is the link to their shea butter. Copy/paste:

http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/Catalog/Search.aspx?key=shea+butter

I wonder how many sheas you have to milk to make butter...inquiring minds and all that......

A friend of mine gave me a wonderful gift of different types of L'Occatane products.
I love the cuticle cream, but not sure about the shea butter skin cream. I think it stinks. It probably works great, but don't like the smell enough to use it and it has a waxy thickness to it.
Try some samples (maybe at a mall?) before you buy. I would not buy it myself, and my skin has been dry all my life. Aging is not making things any easier, but I would use something else if given the chance.

Trin

how many sheas you have to milk to make butter.

*snort*

Good one!

Lori

I've used Palmers Cocoa Butter for years...they also make a Shea Butter...(i buy it at Walmart..6 bucks for a huge tub!) I didn't like it as well as the cocoa butter...It comes in a solid form in a round jar and will really grease you up! I don't mess with the lotion...total waste of time in my opinion!! When you work in an enviroment of ZERO humidity, you need all the help you can get!

pawsitive,

After you do the milking, like with cows, you have to wait for a while for the cream to rise, then skim it off.

Then churn.

Don't know how long it takes.

o j

I found a product with shea butter that had good reviews. Its called Skin Tight by Nourish. It is suppose to firm your skin. It is not for the face but fot the body. I love it! This product is to be sold at tanning salons and spas. However i found it on Ebay. Does my skin look younger? I would like to think so. I do know that it feels great. Give it a try.

I've been buying Shea Butter from this e-tailer since 2003. Her fragrances are TO DIE for! The scent list is on the left hand side of the screen, second from the bottom. I suggest printing it off to read more thoroughly because she has a LOT of scents.

Babe Cakes Body Icing is 55% Shea Butter, but she also offers 100% Shea Butter and a couple of other products with Shea in them.

She mixes your order from scratch and she ships from Canada so turnaround time can be about 2 weeks, but it is definitely worth the wait.

I hope you love it as much as I do.

Here is a link that might be useful: Make Me Smooth Body Butters

joyfulguy, any idea what they use the "skim milk" for? Might be a market for that if we can get our hands on it. Opens up a whole new possibility for beauty products, not that I need any (yet!)