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Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:12 am  |
Shea butter seems to be very good for your skin. Sisley's Creme reperatrice also contains shea butter but I would like to know where to find pure shea butter and which brand carrries products containing only shea butter.
Thanx, 
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:47 am |
| I only ever use L'Occitane soaps as they contain shea butter and leave the skin so moisturised and soft. I also use their hand cream and foot cream both containing shea butter. They do pots of pure shea butter, which I use on my lips, cuticles, elbows and knees, its fantastic.. |
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:15 am |
Gucci and Eve, thank you so much for the quick reply !
I saw many companies selling shea butter online but I wanted to get it from a good recommended company. Shea butter isnt expensive but the shipping costs are 10 times the products price 
Thanx for the links Eve! 
Where can I get L'Occitane in Europe? TIA.
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:12 am |
I know QVC sells it and you can get it online
http://www.loccitane.com/index.asp
there are a few stores in europe usually in the main city.
I bought some lovely mimosa perfume from their. |
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:33 am |
| L'Occitane have there own website its
www.loccitane.com |
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:59 am |
Hello Medusa:
I get my raw shea butter from Olive Tree Soaps:
in website click on supplies section:
http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/
I have found this supplier to have the best prices and great quality shea. You can use it as is -- when it makes contact with the skin it will melt. Or you can melt it in the microwave and whip it with a mixer to make a "whipped shea butter" or you can just melt it straight and pour it into a jar as a balm consistency. |
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56, Very Fair Skin, Oily with Mild Breakouts, Blonde, Blue Eyes, Irish/German Descent |
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 12:50 pm |
| i have a gift card for $75 for loccitane. I want to know what are their best products...thats has worked for any of you. |
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Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:35 am |
ooooh Merci beaucoup Ladies 
I have mailed some of the links for more information, waiting for reply.
Has anyone used unrefined Shea butter and how was it like?
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Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:54 am |
not as 'clean' as the L'occitane product but worth it if you're on a budget.
Strawberry, I recommend the foot scrub, foot cream and hand cream, lovely stuff. |
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Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:56 pm |
| thanx eve will try them. |
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Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:29 pm |
| You can purchase on line or over the phone from nasabb dot com or karitegold from the U.S. In Canada at allnaturalcosmetics and reelizz. REAL shea butter makes a superb moisturizer. |
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:55 pm |
I am a newbie here, but not on the effects of shea butter. If you have researched it then you know the endless uses of it. Not only for your skin, but also your hair too. I have used it on my elbows and feet with wonderful effects. I get mine at a local soapmaker/herbalist. She has the pure shea butter and shea butter with aloe. My mother uses the second one on her face. Her face is extremely dry. Shea butter is also great for sunburns too. Both preventative and healing.I am not associated with this soapmaker in anyway, and if this is against the rules then please feel free to edit. But here is her webaddress: Sadiesherbalgarden.com.
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:37 pm |
| Crabtree & Evelyn makes a Goatmilk Hand Therapy hand cream that contains shea butter. The product is made in Great Britain but is sold in the U.S. I think it is great! |
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:56 pm |
Shea butter is so emollient, it works well on dry patches.. lips, elbows, feet, cuticles.. but I tend to slather so much on it gets gooey. What I do sometimes is heat it up in the microwave for 10 seconds and then it has more of a lotion consistency.
Strawberry-
I must have purchased the shea butter tin from L'Occtaine about 3 years ago and I'm still using it. It lasts so long because it's thick and goes quite far. I also like their shea butter hand creme, candles and l'eau d'toilette.. they have rose and green tea scent, which are heavenly!! L'Occtaine is known for their shea butter line so it's the best bet. |
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:09 pm |
i'd endorse L'occitane shea butter products also. Hand cream is fantastic but can be a little greasy for day-time use but brill for over night and the only thing to fix yucky hard skin feet is their foot lotion - or if really bad use the hand cream on your feet also. the shea butter soaps and liquid soaps are divine - my favourite being the almond one.
I always have a small pot of the shea butter with me - great for lips, cuticles and anywhere the skin is dry. |
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:39 am |
| Pure,unrefined shea butter should not be expensive. You can also go towww.allnaturalscosmetics.ca to get good deals. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:12 am |
| Strawberry wrote: |
| i have a gift card for $75 for loccitane. I want to know what are their best products...thats has worked for any of you. |
I want to know too |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:55 am |
| Cocoa Butter is also very effective. I prefer this to shea butter. |
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sensitive oily/combination, green eyes, brown hair, fair skin |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:59 am |
| I agree I prefer cocoa butter. I feel like shea is really greasy. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:26 am |
| I buy all my butters, oils, E.O.'s at Garden of Wisdom. Great products, great prices, great customer service. They ship to Greece, too, and I've never had a problem. |
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45, normal skin, formerly break out prone, normalised through OCM, CP's, Retin-A, emu oil, very few fine lines, some sagging in jawline on the way to be corrected thanks to Ageless, Facercise, Flexeffect, delighted with pucker-up, dermarolling , knuckle massage, tanaka massage, cross-stretching, facial detox |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:58 am |
| cocoa butter in high concentrations has a tendency to clog pores. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:23 am |
ww.thepureboutique.com has free trade shea butter. And free shipping over $50.
I like the foundation she offers. Its not too drying for me and I got a good colour rec from talking to her. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:33 am |
| Medusa wrote: |
Shea butter seems to be very good for your skin. Sisley's Creme reperatrice also contains shea butter but I would like to know where to find pure shea butter and which brand carrries products containing only shea butter.
Thanx,
Medusa |
Go to Nasabb.com. They have the unrefined and the prices are FANTASTIC and the shea butter is whipped and creamy with NOTHING added. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:49 pm |
Unrefined shea butter is much more effective than the refined version that most products contain. I used to like the L'Occitane Shea products until I got to try different versions of the unrefined, raw shea butter.
Apparentely when they refine shea butter, the process actually destroys all the positive benefits that the actual shea butter contains.
There are lots of places now selling unrefined shea butter.
www.anitagrant.co.uk
she sells lovely unrefined shea butter, but her Amaretto di Cupuacu Body Butter is amazing! |
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