: a pale solid fat from the seeds of the shea tree used in food, soap, and candles
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It’s designed specifically for aging hair and features nourishing ingredients such as watermelon oil, sunflower seed oil, jojoba oil, and shea butter to soften gray or going gray hair.
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Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
The texture of the shampoo was rich, coated the hair well, and imparted a like-new shine — thanks to the product’s rich ingredients of coconut oil, silk proteins, shea butter, and neem oil.
—Kayla Blanton, People.com, 5 June 2025
Plant life, shea butter, black soap and recurring imagery thread his work over the decades.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
Made with exfoliating glycolic acid, soothing chamomile, and moisturizing shea butter, the formula can also even out excess pigmentation and reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
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Jessie Quinn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
The texture of the shampoo was rich, coated the hair well, and imparted a like-new shine — thanks to the product’s rich ingredients of coconut oil, silk proteins, shea butter, and neem oil.
—Kayla Blanton, People.com, 5 June 2025
Plant life, shea butter, black soap and recurring imagery thread his work over the decades.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
Made with exfoliating glycolic acid, soothing chamomile, and moisturizing shea butter, the formula can also even out excess pigmentation and reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
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“Shea butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shea%20butter. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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