When Abena Boamah Acheampong started her natural skincare brand, Hanahana Beauty, she followed the shea butter straight to the source (via healthy_ish)
It all starts with a shea nut.
In Northern Ghana, where much of the world’s shea butter is produced, collectives of women make a living by processing the nuts of the shea tree into butter. The Katariga women begin by buying shea nuts in bulk or collecting the shea nuts from dense forests of shea trees, then boiling them for about half an hour until their shells come off, as in the photo above. Next, the women will grind the nuts, either by hand or with a mechanical grinder, until they're fine.
Besides local markets, the main avenue for selling shea butter is large distributors, who’ll then sell it to skincare, haircare, and other companies all over the world., which means "flowing" and "malleable" in Twi, now uses shea butter exclusively from the Katariga women. Boamah hopes to encourage other small buyers to connect with women's collectives and buy shea butter straight from the source.
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