NaissanceOrganic Shea Butter Unrefined (No. 306) - 250g - Pure, Raw, Natural, Vegan - for Skin, Hair, Lip Balms, Body Butters, Moisturiser

My hair (4a/4b) loves this. Previously I used another company's shea butter and it turned up in a plastic bag and was all over the shop. It smelt very strong, was sticky (from confinement in a bag I suspect) and I found it messy to use.This product comes in a tub and looks professional. It was in a hard lump, but it is very easy to melt down. Whilst it does have a smell, it's very light and can be used with other oils to diminish it. I find the smell fades from my hair after a day or so anyway.I gently melt this down In the microwave at 10 second increments. I check often as you can ruin it with too much heat. Then I add a few drops of Argan oil, a small bit of honey, Coconut oil and rosehip oil. This will then set eventually, but can use warm. I then apply to the end of my hair up. I use jamaican black castor oil for my scalp.Since using on my hair, it no longer feels as dry on the ends. My hair also looks amazing when I unravel from a twist out - shiny and soft without residue.This will definitely be a repeat purchase.

This is a lovely product for making raw, organic body butters. I mix it with carrier oils (sweet almond, jojoba, avocado etc) and essential oils to make fantastic body butters.Everyone has commented how good they are!I make up a general purpose butter as follows:- 2oz raw, organic, unrefined shea butter- 1-2 tbs carrier oil (the more oil, the thinner the butter)- 30 drops of essential oil (I use lavender and chamomile for an all-purpose butter)Whisk the shea butter and carrier oil together; then fold in the essential oil. Spoon into a glass, screw-top bottle.This is great as a face cream (put on 1 hour before bed), an all-over body butter, lip balm, elbow and knee balm, smoothed all over feet after bath or shower (put socks on afterwards for 1 hour). All sorts really!Best avoided if you are planning on putting on foundation though!!

Horrible rancid musty smell, grainy unpleasant texture.I really wanted to like this but sadly it is completely unusable, had to go straight in the bin.I fully understood it wouldn't be perfumed as it is natural and unrefined. I come from Brazil and we use pure shea butter there. It smells lovely and nothing at all like this.Either I was really unlucky to be sent one that had gone off or this really is not a good product.

Great product and would have been 5 stars but it has a slight smell to it that I personally was not keen on.However that could just be me so don't let it put you off.Its lovely and soft and very easy to work with.

I buy this shea butter from this supplier on a regular basis. I use it to as a base to make a lovely natural face cream not only for myself but my friends also. For those of you that are put off by it's smell and substance the 'Unrefined' part is the key. (It is the real deal, nothing fake just in it's natural state)to make about 150ml of cream you need to use approximatley 125g of shea butter, this needs to be melted down very slowly so as not to damage the quality of the butter. I use the same method to melt mine as you would to melt chocolate. after a few minuites it will have turned into an oil substance. At this point you can add whatever your skin desires,such as, a table spoon off Grape seed oil this is especially useful for people with oily skin or macademina nut oil which is great for aging skin, some of my other favs are Almond oil and jojoba oil (for a better quality cream go for cold pressed oils) you can also mix and match your oils to suit.I then add a few drops of essential oils such as rose essential oil, however, this product can be a little pricey so I opt for something simple such as Cedarwood oil (again it is personal preference). Once at this stage you will need an electric hand whisk and yes you guessed it, get whisking. it also needs to be cooled so I whisk mine for 5 mins then put in the fridge for 5 mins and keep doing this until you have a nice thick cream that looks good enough to eat. transfer into 30ml tubs and enjoy.Oh and you should find that the scent becomes more favourable depending on the essential oils used.

The Shea butter inside the tube is in large, rectangular blocks which came as a surprise but the consistency is nice. It's rich, creamy and moisturises my excessively dry skin. Also, the amount received for the price, was quite a good bargain.However, as for being "unrefined", I'm not totally convinced of that claim. In the past, I've always used, "Pure Health SKIN FOOD 100% Pure Extra Virgin Shea Butter" which although not organic, was fairtrade AND it had a soft, greenish tinge to it plus a richer aroma than this stuff. Unfortunately though, now, I'm unable to find it ANYWHERE -and it was my favourite shea butter. The "unrefined" product which this claims to be, is a pale cream colour so it's clearly lacking something! It's like comparing a bottle of "extra virgin olive oil" to a bottle of just plain "olive oil". So... if anyone reads this and knows where I can purchase "extra virgin shea butter" -preferrably fairtrade and organic (and reasonably priced!), any details will be greatly appreciated; thanks in advance! :-)

One thing i look for is how fast the shipong was, this was great! It only took five says to recevive, and i live in Denmark.The quality is great too, shea butter is a very soft butter. It is non/low comedogenic, and i believe that, that it true. I am very acne prone and i have combination skin and this haven't broke me out. I use this as it's own on my lips and sometimes I put aloe vera gel on top of that too. It really helps my dry lips. I am going to use it to make a lip butter too. I'm just going to use Almond oil, beeswax, a little bit of blush, coconut oil, honey and shea butter. I also use it on my face and i even made a body butter with it. It became kinda thick though, but it was my first time. The only downside is the smell, i don't exactly hate it but it's not my favourite. Highly recommended

smooth as to be expected