Mai Raw Shea Butter | 100% Natural & Unrefined

Mai Glow's Shea Butter is unrefined and handcrafted by Meena Agro Women Cooperatives in Northern Nigeria. Our engagement in the production of Shea butter starts from the Shea Nut itself-which grows in the wild and not on plantation. We work directly with the Women Cooperatives, by providing them funds to pick shea nuts during season. After picking the Shea Nuts, the women then add value by extracting the butter from the shea nut at a processing center using sustainable methods. 

Benefits: 

• Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that aid with cell migration, collagen deposition, and cell proliferation 
• Melts into your skin, creating a smooth and soft barriers that seals in moisture
• Promotes relief from eczema and also serves as sun protection
• Hair treatment for a dry scalp
• Contains Vitamin A and sterols that play a key role in wrinkle reduction; and Vitamin E to enhance microcirculation 
• Safe and suitable for all skin tone and type

Why choose Unrefined over Refined? 

Unrefined Shea Butter is more natural, and has been extracted and prepared without using any chemicals or preservatives. It is how we have been making and using it for 1,000s of years. It helps communities add value to the shea nut by turning it into Shea Butter, as oppose to picking and selling the Shea Nut as raw material to major corporations. 

Refined Shea Butter loses about 75% of the active ingredients in the shea nut in the process of removing its natural odor, color, and other undesirables. The women cooperatives in our communities-and the communities all over the sub-saharan belt where the shea trees are-can not produce hand crafted refined shea butter. 

 How to Use: 

• DIY using carriers and/or essential oils for face, body, and hair care
• A little goes a long way
• Apply to sensitive skin, aging skin, bruised skin, dry skin, peeling skin, and wounds 
• Apply directly to scars, wrinkles, stretch marks, and blemishes 
• As Shave Cream; before, during, and after shave to promote natural healing of the shaved area