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My shea gold body-Hannah's 100%pure African shea butter-skin and hair care and butter soap
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Making the Shea Butter The grinding process is the most tedious in the production system, because the shea nut is as hard as a pebble. In West Africa, we do not have grinding machines. Big-sized wooden mortars are used to pound the nuts into powder. The powdered shea nuts are boiled in large clay pots for four or five days. The effervescence is collected and the end product is 100% Shea Butter. Note that the shea nuts are separated into white and yellow nut seeds during the threshing and picking process. These nuts, although produced on the same branch during the season, have different characteristics. The white shea nut processed separately will produce white Shea Butter (off white color). The yellow nuts produce yellow Shea Butter (yellow color). If the producer does not take the time to separate the nuts before processing, the end product will not be Shea Butter. The butter produced from such a process is a very corrosive butter that cannot be applied topically. Making the shea butter black soap
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