Shea nuts are the key ingredient in shea butter, the coveted substance in high-end cosmetics and moisturizers.

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The special treatment begins with a warm exfoliating cream made with cherry blossom rice powder, followed by an exfoliating massage, foot massage and full-body massage using melted Shea butter.

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Makeup artist Rose-Marie Swift, whose RMS line is built on creamy bases like coconut oil, cocoa butter and shea butter, is a staunch cream shadow proponent, particularly for older women.

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Working with a facility in Long Island, Warren and her vice president Wickham Boyle have manufactured several hundred jars of shea butter that they will market to high-end shops and boutiques in New York and eventually the rest of the United States.

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In a span of less than 24 hours, our traveling band experienced critical elements of the shea supply chain, from the picking, packaging and tracking of shea nuts enabled through SAP mobile technology in Janga Town to the processing of the nuts into butter at Gumu Shea.

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After seeing the collection of the nuts in Janga Town the day before, we were now getting to witness the processing of the nuts into butter, the next critical step in global shea nut supply chain.

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