SFQ

What is this “Shea Butter”?

By SFQ on November 15, 2020 in Skin Care

Shea butter is fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the shea tree. It’s solid at warm temperatures and has an off-white or ivory color.

Shea butter has been used as a cosmetic ingredient for centuries.

High concentrations of fatty acids and vitamins make shea butter a suitable cosmetic ingredient for softening skin. Shea butter also has anti-inflammatory and healing properties.

When you shea butter on your body, especially your face, can condition, tone, and soothe your skin.

Let’s help you nurture your body the nature beauty way. Would you try our Shea Butter bar soap today?

Black Soap – A short Story

By SFQ on November 15, 2020 in Skin Care

African black soap, or black soap (also known by various local names such as sabulun salo, ose dudu and ncha nkota), is a kind of soap originating in West Africa. It is made from the ash of locally harvested African plants and dried peels, which gives the soap its characteristic dark colour.Black soap has become a popular toiletry product in North America due to its benefits on oily and acne-prone skin.In West Africa, black soap is often made using traditional recipes and is often exported through fair trade groups.

A variety of black soap known as ose-dudu originated with the Yoruba people of Nigeria. A combination of ose-dudu with leaves of the tropical camwood tree (Pterocarpus osun). Another variety of black soap known as ncha nkọta which roughly translates to “soap you can scoop” because of its soft texture originated with the Igbo people of Nigeria.

Black soap has been found to have some antimicrobial properties against skin microbiota such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans.

Discover our “Ncha” range of Black Soaps