Shea butter is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient. Shea butter is also edible

Shea butter can be found in many high end moisturizing products. it is known for its skin softening effect. It is also used in to add and maintain in dry brittle , in addition to revitalizing and preventing breakage.

Shea butter is used in some indigenous ceremonies. Followers of the rebel group of Uganda smeared their bodies with shea butter in the belief that it would stop .

Handcrafted shea butter is used in Togo, West Africa for ceremonies among the ethnic group.

Many carvers of shells and other African use shea butter to condition the wood. Shea butter is also used to condition the goat or cow skin heads of these drums.

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