Raw Unrefined African Shea Butter

Era of Nature shea butter is a single-ingredient, 100% pure unrefined butter sourced from Ghana. It is firm in the jar, has its own natural color and scent, and softens with warmth.

Unlike a whipped cream or lotion, raw shea butter works best when you warm a small amount between the hands and apply it where you need richer moisture.

The Natural Texture Tells You What You Are Buying

With unrefined shea butter, some variation is normal. The butter may range from ivory to pale yellow, become slightly grainy after temperature changes, and have a noticeable natural shea scent.

Era of Nature sources its African shea butter from Ghana and identifies it as 100% pure and unrefined. It is a raw butter rather than a finished moisturizer with water, emulsifiers, or added fragrance.

That makes it useful both for direct application and DIY formulas.

Warm Shea Butter Before You Apply It

Cold Shea Butter can feel harder than expected.

For easier use:

• take a small piece;
• warm it between the palms;
• let body heat soften it;
• spread it over the skin.

This changes the shea butter texture from firm to much easier to distribute.

For shea butter for skin, hands, elbows, knees, heels, and other dry areas are good places to start. Applying it after bathing can also help it spread more easily.

Used this way, Shea Butter works as a rich body moisturizer without needing to be whipped first.

Face and Body Use Need Different Amounts

For the body, massage a small warmed amount over dry areas.

For the face, use much less. Warm a tiny amount between clean fingertips and apply it only where needed.

This approach to face and body use helps avoid applying more than necessary.

If you are introducing Shea Butter into a dry skin care routine, patch testing first is sensible.

Shea Butter for Hair

Shea butter for hair works best as a targeted step rather than coating every strand.

Warm a small amount between the fingers and apply it to dry ends, coarse areas, or sections that need more softness. Fine hair usually needs less than thick, curly, or very dry hair.

It can also be used as a hair care butter in DIY blends with lighter carrier oils.

For heavier pre-wash use, apply a small amount to the lengths or ends and shampoo afterward.

Its role is cosmetic conditioning, not hair-growth treatment.

Raw, Unrefined, Refined and Organic Mean Different Things

Raw unrefined shea butter generally refers to butter that has not undergone the refining processes used to create a more neutral color, scent, and texture.

With refined vs unrefined shea butter, the most noticeable differences are usually appearance, aroma, and consistency. Refined butter tends to be more uniform, while unrefined butter keeps more of its natural characteristics.

Era of Nature identifies this product as pure shea butter, meaning Shea Butter is the product itself rather than one ingredient in a blend.

People searching for organic shea butter should check whether certification is actually stated. Era of Nature notes that the product contains organic ingredients but is not certified organic.

One Ingredient, More Than One Use

Shea Butter can be used directly or as an ingredient in:

• body butters and lotions;
• soaps;
• balms;
• hair-care blends.

For DIY use, break it into smaller pieces before mixing. If melting is required, use low heat and only melt what you need.

This flexibility is one reason to choose raw butter instead of a finished cream.

Temperature Can Change the Texture

Natural plant butters respond to heat.

Shea Butter may soften during warm shipping or storage and become firmer or slightly grainy after cooling. This does not automatically mean the product is spoiled.

For how to store shea butter, keep the container tightly closed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, excessive heat, and water.

The simplest way to use it is also the most practical: warm a small amount and apply it where your skin or hair needs it.

100% Pure Unrefined Shea Butter.

If you are using the Wild Shea Butter directly on your skin, let it melt in your hand and then apply. In order to mix the Wild Shea Butter with other products, you can either break it into smaller pieces and then blend with the other component/s or melt it in extremely low heat on a pan. Can be used for homemade soaps, lotions, balms and for direct skincare. Please perform a patch test, if irritation occurs, stop using immediately. Era of Nature’s Wild Shea Butter is for external use only and contains organic ingredients, however it is not certified organic.