100% Biodegradable., 70% Unrefined Shea, 10% Grapeseed, 10% Jojoba And 10% Extra Evening Primrose Oils. Fragrance.
What is the source of Shea Butter?
Shea Butter, the multi-purpose all-natural vitamin A & E skin cream, is derived from the nut of the Shea tree. It is because of these unique healing properties that the Shea tree got its name, The Karite Tree, which means the TREE OF LIFE. DayBreak Deluxe Karite is the best because it is unrefined and prepared by hand using the cold press methods with absolutely no chemicals or preservatives that might interfere with its potency.
What Makes Daybreak Deluxe Karite So Special? Exquisite Ingredients And Freshness
Exquisite ingredients lavishly used. We begin with 70% pure premium quality all-natural unrefined shea butter, fresh at it's full potency. Imported from The Shea Ladies, an indigenous cooperative in Ghana. Following the ancient ways, they prepare our shea from 100% fresh shea nuts, unrefined, unbleached and undiluted with no additives or preservatives. The remaining 30% of Deluxe Karite is equal parts tamanu, jojoba and evening primrose plant oils for even more skin conditioning and luscious spreadability. We don't offer 100% Shea because it is difficult to apply and takes longer to work.
When you purchase DayBreak Lavender Farm's shea products, you can be sure that you are getting the fresh, full potency unrefined shea. This is very important to us. And should be to you, as well. Our Whipped Shea Butter is made from pure, unrefined shea imported directly from The Shea Ladies Women's Co-operative in Accra, Ghana. Each shipment of shea is whipped and in our customers hands within 2 weeks of receipt of the shea. That means our Whipped Shea will retain all its healing benefits for 17 1/2 months … and all of our customers go through their jars long before that time period elapses.
How Can You Tell If Shea Butter Is Really Unrefined?
Unrefined Karite or Shea Butter is a pale golden yellow. Or a light khaki green … depending on where it's from. It is never white. White shea has been bleached, a process that destroys the shea's "healing fraction."
What Sets Shea Butter Apart From Other Natural Oils?
Most seed oils can be divided into two important fractions: (1) the first fraction is the called the saponifiable fraction, which does most of the moisturizing (moisturizing fraction); (2) the second fraction is called the nonsaponifiable fraction, which contains most of the healing properties (healing fraction).
What sets Shea Butter apart from other seed oils is its exceptionally large healing fraction. The healing fraction contains important nutrients, vitamins, and other valuable phytonutrients required for healing. Depending on the source, the size of the healing fraction may range from 5% to 17%.
In other seed oils, the healing fraction is very small, often in the range of 1% or less. While other seed oils may have a good to excellent moisturizing fraction, these oils contain little or no healing fraction. Because Unrefined Shea Butter has such a large healing fraction, in addition to moisturizing fraction, regular use of this natural cream makes it the skin's best friend!
For hundreds of years, African women have been gathering the nuts of the Karite tree to make Shea Butter. The very finest Shea Butter is a golden color, comes from Ghana and is unrefined, leaving all it's nourishing nutrients in their natural state. I take this imported, unrefined butter, melt it ever so gently and then hand whip it for a minimum of 45 to achieve the perfect Shea Butter texture. The secret to our velvetized Shea? Adding just a small amount of Hawaiian Extra Virgin Coconut Oil to make it more spreadable.
