Alaffia Shea Butter, Everyday Lotion, and Liquid African Black Soap

Alaffia Fair Trade Shea Butter is awesome for dry skin, particularly for hands and feet - and probably everywhere else. I use it every night for my feet and my hands. Despite all the dishes and things I do, my hands manage to stay fairly soft. I say fairly because my fingers are always something I have to work more on. Plus this is also great for massages so if you have someone to massage your feet (or if you want to do it yourself), use some of this and not only will your feet feel better but softer too! It's quite hard when you open it so I scrape some off (about the size of a stack of 2 nickels) and then warm it up by rubbing it between my palms. Then it becomes oily so you can rub it onto your hands and your feet like lotion. The note on the back says something about hair but I'm not sure if that's for everyone. I haven't tried that so let me know if you do!

Another reason why I love this product is because it is fair trade and the company, Alaffia, operates through a co-op of women in Africa who help create these products and improve their lives through the sales of it. If you're curious, look them up. They also sell a whole array of other products. I have tried two of them: everyday lotion and liquid African black soap.

This lotion is so light and smells good without being overpowering. It says it's extra gentle and nontoxic for babies and up, so if I ever have a kid, we will be using this because we will only need one kind for all the people in the household. :)

So, this is some interesting stuff. We tried it as a shampoo but it didn't seem to work well for us. We are now using it as shaving soap and facial cleanser. Works better that way. :)