Shea Butter

Description

Harness the cushioning, protective power of Shea Butter, pressed from the nuts of the West African shea tree and produced largely by women’s cooperatives across the Sahel, for your Build-Your-Own ORY^® skincare, haircare, handmade soap, and cosmetics. Shea is unusual among plant fats for its very high content of unsaponifiable triterpene esters — lupeol, amyrin, and butyrospermol cinnamates — with laboratory-demonstrated soothing activity, alongside stearic and oleic acids that form a protective, cushioning film. In your custom body butter, repair balm, hand and foot cream, lip care, or rich cream, it deeply moisturizes and protects dry, sensitive, and mature skin and helps reduce water loss. In your hair mask, curl butter, sealing cream, or conditioner bar, it seals moisture into curly and coily hair for soft definition. In your handmade soap, it adds hardness and creamy, conditioning lather. In your cosmetics, it structures lipsticks, balms, cream sticks, and highlighters. Customize your cruelty-free, fair-trade formulation for soft, protected skin and defined curls. Caution: Rich — body use for oily skin; too heavy for fine hair. Rare nut-family sensitivity (shea is generally tolerated) — patch test before first use.

Why Choose Shea Butter for Your Build-Your-Own Formulation:

• • Rich in Soothing Triterpenes: Exceptionally high unsaponifiables — perfect for bespoke body butters and balms.
  • Barrier Protection: A semi-occlusive, cushioning film helps reduce water loss.
  • Deep Moisturization: Stearic–oleic richness for very dry skin.
  • Antioxidant Support: Tocopherols and phytosterols.
  • Curl Sealing and Definition: Locks moisture into curly and coily hair.
  • Soap Hardness and Creamy Lather: A conditioning structural fat.
  • Fair-Trade, Women-Led Supply: Supports Sahel cooperatives.

Dual Use Across ORY^® Product Lines:

• ORY^® Skincare: Body butters, balms, hand and foot creams, lip care, and rich creams.
• ORY^® Haircare: Hair masks, curl butters, sealing creams, and conditioner bars.
• ORY^® Handmade Soap: Hardness and conditioning; pairs with coconut and olive.
• ORY^® Cosmetics (coming soon): Lipsticks and balms, cream sticks, foundations, and highlighters.

Suitable for (Skin): Dry Skin, Sensitive Skin, Mature Skin, Normal Skin, Combination Skin (body and dry zones). Oily Skin: body only. Oily/Acne-Prone Skin: body use; refined shea in light lotions only.

Suitable for (Hair): Curly, Coily, Dry or Damaged, Color-Treated or Chemically Processed. Straight and Wavy: trace ends balm only. Oily Scalp: lengths only. Sensitive Scalp, Dandruff-Prone Scalp, Mature or Thinning: carrier for scalp actives.

Not for sale individually. Order Shea Butter as part of your Build-Your-Own skincare, haircare, handmade soap, or cosmetics formulation.