THE KARITÉ DIFFERENCE

From luxury retailers to mainstream drugstores, you can find shea butter—and other similar butters, like cocoa butter—in many different formulations and price ranges. Shea butter products come at various price points for a reason: The drugstore brand products actually have a very low concentration of shea butter.

Karité creams, however, have high concentrations of shea butter compared to other products. With 30% shea butter, our body cream has one of the highest—if not the highest—concentrations on the market today.

When you buy a shea butter lotion at the drugstore, you'll likely see all kinds of ingredients you can't pronounce. These are often chemical additives, preservatives and synthetic fragrances that are used to make up for the loss of shea butter's natural aroma in highly-processed and refined products.

On the other hand (no pun intended!), we know exactly what goes into our Crème Mains hand cream and Crème Corps body cream: Shea butter, organic coconut oil, sustainably sourced palm oil and other beautiful, natural botanicals. No dyes, silicones, artificial fragrances or parabens here. Partnering with women-run farming co-ops in northern Ghana allows us to know exactly where and how our shea nuts are processed, meaning we can track our butter from tree to tub.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

Three sisters from Ghana, West Africa with a passion for skincare & love for shea butter. Karité is the brainchild of three sisters from Ghana, West Africa. For years, we searched for a natural skin moisturizer that compared to the raw, unrefined shea butter that we grew up using.

Unfortunately—to no avail. So, we decided to combine our diverse backgrounds in dermatology, sales and law, to recreate the traditional formulation that we had used for so many years.

As a result, Karité was born. Unlike other shea butter moisturizers that often have low concentrations of highly-processed, refined shea butter (along with a slew of other skin-damaging chemicals and synthetic ingredients), Karité's all-natural, antioxidant-rich products feature high concentrations of raw, unrefined shea butter and palm oil sustainably sourced directly from Ghana.

We blend these pure ingredients with unrefined organic coconut oil and other botanicals to create the perfect moisturizer that soothes and heals even the most sensitive skin.

Formulated without harsh chemicals and solvents that can irritate skin, Karité products are hypoallergenic and free of synthetic dyes, silicones and parabens.

We’re excited to share these amazing natural products with you!

Akua Okunseinde

Co-Founder

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