Survival Kit
Survival Kit
Special Survival Kit for 2022! It includes two face masks, 100ml whipped shea butter and handcrafted shea soap.
-Funky kitenge face masks are double layered, reversible and washable. Made with beautiful and colourful African fabrics. One mask has easy elastic band straps, the other mask has strings which make it easy to carry it around your neck when not wearing it.
-The handcrafted shea soap is both cleansing and moisturising. The lather is soft and creamy making this a perfect face and body soap. This gentle cleansing suits all skin types. The scent is from lavender and lemongrass essential oils leaving your skin delicately perfumed with sweet fresh feeling. Ingredients: Shea butter, olive oil, coconut oil, water, lye, lavender and lemongrass essential oils.
-Our premium quality Shea Butter is 100% natural, unrefined, fully vegan and cruelty free! Unrefined Shea has legendary moisturising and skin nourishing benefits: Loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, healthy fatty acids and valuable phytonutrients it is good for all skin types and ideal for damaged skin with its soothing and healing properties. Use it directly on your skin to keep the skin healthy and radiant.
Kitenge face masks are tailored by disabled women in Kampala Disables Initiatives in Uganda. The Fair trade shea butter and baobab oil are produced by women at the Kongo Nagbok Nongtaab Shea Butter Production in Northern Ghana. With the income earned the women are able to take better care of themselves and educate their children.
Good for you, good for the producers, good for the planet!
About the Artisans
Kongo Nagbok Nongtaab Shea Butter Production unites more than 100 widows in the community. Shea butter is often called African women’s gold, and is a skill that is passed on from mothers to daughters and every woman in the area knows how to make it for household needs. The partners of Mamaa Trade are located in Kongo village in Nabdam District, Upper-East Region of Ghana which is one of the poorest regions of the country. The area’s dry soil, coupled with erratic rainfall and harsh weather conditions, makes farming challenging.
Tips & Tricks
“Cannot imagine life in winter without a shea butter treatment for my hands and feet before going to sleep!”
Producing oil from shea-tree nuts (also known as karité) is a traditional skill of the West-African women that is passed down from mother to daughter. It provides an extra income to the widows of Kongo village in Northern Ghana who produce all the unrefined, raw shea butter sold by Mamaa Trade.
Shea butter contains vitamins A, E and F and various useful fatty acids. It also has anti-inflammatory properties. Unrefined shea butter is particularly valuable because it is produced manually through a labour-intensive process which preserves all the good qualities of shea butter.
Use shea butter:
to moisturise your skin
to moisturise dry areas of skin (heels, elbows, chapped lips)
to protect against wind, cold, sun (especially face and lips)
as after sun cream to alleviate sunburn
to restore the natural shine of hair
Rub a small quantity of the shea butter in your palm until it has melted, then apply to the skin or hair.
Note: Keep shea butter away from direct sunlight, in a dry and cool place. Avoid repeated melting and cooling. Shea butter does not contain preservatives – it will have a longer life span when you use it with clean hands or a spatula.
“I love the shea! You know that it’s ethical, since with your purchase you’re also supporting a community in Ghana and they can develop and grow & since there is this direct link with the makers, you know that it’s natural, pure, without any additives. I’ve used it to make my own creams and lotions.”
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