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11-14-2005, 04:11 PM
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Shea butter?
While I was doing research about dogs I found recommendations for dog bathing with soap made with oatmeal and shea butter. I went looking on Ebay and there are people who make handmade soap! So I ordered some oatmeal and shea butter handmade soap (can you tell how spoiled these dogs are?); but I never heard of shea butter, anyone ever use any soap and stuff with it?
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11-14-2005, 06:55 PM
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I've been to baseball and football games at Shea Stadium but never heard of shea butter until today:
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Shea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Shea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Vitellaria
Species: V. paradoxa
Binomial name
Vitellaria paradoxa
C.F.Gaertn.
Shea is a West African tree from the seed of which is extracted shea butter, which is used in cosmetics. The common names are from shétoulou, "tree butter", in the Senegalese language and ghariti in the Malian language. The tree is perhaps better known as Butyrospermum parkii (the genus name meaning "butter seed"; the epithet honouring Mungo Park, who learned of the tree while exploring Senegal). However, Vitellaria paradoxa is the earlier name and has priority: it should therefore be used (a proposal to conserve failed narrowly).
Traditionally in West Africa shea butter or vegetable butter are extracted from its fruit (called nuts) by crushing and boiling. This substance is edible. It is consumed in traditional cuisine and used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.
Shea butter is known especially for its cosmetic properties as a moisturizer and emollient of skin. Because of these properties, it is used in numerous cosmetics today.
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11-14-2005, 09:07 PM
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I bought some Shea butter based moisturizer. Worked WONDERFUL for very dry and cornified skin. But, the formulation I have leaves a film on the surface that makes my hair greasy just from using my fingers to push it out of my face. That undesirable side effect got old real fast with me.
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11-14-2005, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim O
I've been to baseball and football games at Shea Stadium but never heard of shea butter until today:
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So why did they name a baseball stadium after an oily tree seed?
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11-15-2005, 02:52 PM
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Come on the Mets play there...it DEFINITELY isn't the ONLY misguided thing happening at that stadium...
LOL
Oh...yeah...GO WHITE SOX!!
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