With our Gift-Able pack­ag­ing, fab­u­lous fra­grances and Diva style…sometimes our qual­ity prod­uct is overlooked.

We are not just a pretty face, our Bath & Body line con­tains qual­ity ingre­di­ents which we are striv­ing to improve everyday.

One of our favorite ingre­di­ents is Shea But­ter.

1. Shea But­ter, also known as karite but­ter, is a cream-colored fatty sub­stance made from the nuts of karite nut trees (also called Mangi­fo­lia trees) that grow in the savan­nah regions of West and Cen­tral Africa.
2. Shea tress are not cul­ti­vated, they only grow in the wild.
3. The shea tree pro­duces its first fruit (which resem­ble large plums) when it is about 20 years old and reaches its full pro­duc­tion when the tree is about 45 years old. It pro­duces nuts for up to 200 years after reach­ing maturity.
4. The nat­ural fat extracted from the seed of the shea tree by crush­ing and boiling.
5. In most parts of West Africa, destruc­tion of the shea tree is pro­hib­ited because this lit­tle nut pro­vides a valu­able source of food, med­i­cine, and income for the population.
6. An acclaimed nat­ural but­ter, Shea but­ter is widely used in high-end cos­met­ics and beauty prod­ucts as a mois­tur­izer and emollient.
7. Shea but­ter is some­times referred to as “women’s gold” in Africa, because so many women are employed in the pro­duc­tion of shea butter.
8. Shea but­ter is a par­tic­u­larly effec­tive mois­tur­izer because con­tains so many fatty acids, which are needed to retain skin mois­ture and elasticity.
9. Shea butter’s soft, butter-like tex­ture melts read­ily into the skin with­out an oily residue.
10. Shea but­ter is also used in cook­ing and can be used as a sub­sti­tute for cocoa butter.

La Dolce Diva has always got­ten rave reviews about our Lux­u­ri­ous Shea Body But­ter, Shea Soap and Lip But­ter, which all con­tain shea but­ter (Buty­ros­per­mum Parkii).

Don’t let our fancy pack­ag­ing fool you, our ingre­di­ents are just as nice!

Like  Momma always told us; Beauty is Skin Deep. Isn’t it nice to know that La Dolce Diva has brains too?