tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966482177618769994.post4177949404827383275..comments2010-07-11T20:33:51.458-05:00Tasha Burtonhttps://profiles.google.com/108763454863595263226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966482177618769994.post-72883388385812507302010-07-11T20:33:51.449-05:002010-07-11T20:33:51.449-05:00It really sucks having to research everything to the hilt, but necessary I guess. Right now I'm trying to learn about a lot of different organic and non-toxic items and being as they seem to be so unregulated, I'm stuck trying to figure out how to buy Coconut Oil, coconut butter, Palm Oil, Shea Butter, Organic hygiene and cleaning products, non-toxic sunscreens, on and on and on. It's so overwhelming to try and tie all that info up into one neat bit of comprehensible information. I mean how does one know truly if their Shea Butter color is from being mixed with Red Palm Oil, being dyed with toxic stuff or because it's really African Butter (Kpangnan). And then to figure out who to buy it from....you really have to trust the seller and one wonders how much many sellers really know about their products' origins, maybe only what they've been told. I've read and heard so many different things about Shea Butter and being that it comes from so far away from where I live, many people here seem to be just repeating what they've heard and read on the internet or elsewhere. And of course it's hard to completely trust those who manufacture it because they may just be saying what they think we want to hear. I trust the lady in the video a little bit more and I appreciate hearing what may be closer to the truth from someone who seems to be closer to the actual production area and so may have more 1st hand knowledge. And she seems so concerned about what she herself is using. She isn't a manufacturer and isn't selling it (at least not that I know of). So far I've determined that the color yellow seems to be an inefficient way to determine the quality and trueness of Shea Butter and that it's better to stick with the off-white colored. I wouldn't mind Shea Butter mixed with Red Palm or even having African Butter but how am I to truly know if the yellow color may be coming from something toxic? That would always worry me.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08297913934047103899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966482177618769994.post-59667893546827956142010-03-10T00:00:40.073-06:002010-03-10T00:00:40.073-06:00Thank you. She didn't say it directly in the video, but if you read her comment replies to some viewers, she does mention something about waxes and dyes and if it has been dyed yellow it is bad. I stand corrected however, she did mention in another comment that in some regions of Africa, Africa Butter is preferred over off-white shea butter and vendors have been dying their off-white shea yellow with a toxic dye in order to sell more.Miss Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167579963293468525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966482177618769994.post-86910211527112670652010-03-09T23:26:17.317-06:002010-03-09T23:26:17.317-06:00I saw the same exact videos about the shea butter that is yellow is African butter. But she never ever said that the yellow butter was bad. She simply stated that it was not shea butter but African butter. And that they market the African butter as shea butter in the states. She said that Shea butter is really an off-white color and that the African and Shea butters are similar in their beneficial properties. But besides that, great post.Janayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12223090726251000474noreply@blogger.com