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title: Everyday Shea lotion
date: 2012-06-01T04:08:39Z
modified: 2012-06-01T04:08:39Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/everyday-shea-lotion/"
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status: publish
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categories:
  - Living Naturally
  - Recommended Products
tags:
  - Everyday Shea
  - fair trade body lotion
  - healing shea butter
  - moisturizer
  - natural body lotion
  - rainbow chard
  - safe body lotion
  - unrefined shea butter
author: Elizabeth
---

[Shea butter](http://www.everydayshea.com/shea-butter.asp "shae butter history uses") is one of my favorite moisturizers, and I like how my skin feels after applying _[Everyday Shea Moisturizing Body Lotion](http://www.everydayshea.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1&idcategory= "Everyday Saea moisturizing body lotion")_ for daily moisturizing after bathing.

_Everyday Shea_ pours a bit thinner than you might expect if you’ve played around with shea butter before, but once you get used to that you might find that you like the way it spreads. As with all shea butter products, it absorbs best when you slather it on freshly-bathed, still-moist skin.[![everyday shea moisturizing body lotion](http://www.everydayshea.com/store/pc/catalog/lotion-lavender_medium.jpg "everyday shea moisturizing body lotion")

](http://www.everydayshea.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1&idcategory=)

The [healing and moisturizing properties of shea butter](http://www.everydayshea.com/shea-butter.asp "healing properties of shae butter") have been extolled for aeons in Africa where it is used for everything from healing sprains to hair and skin care, a cooking oil, and even as a decongestant.

_Everyday Shae_ uses pure, unrefined shea butter that has not been treated with chemical agents to be refined, bleached, and deodorized. It’s free of parabens and synthetic fragrances and is not tested on animals. _Everyday Shea_ is also a Fair Trade company created to help support cooperatives that empower women in Togo, West Africa.

While _Everyday Shea_ does not appear in the [Environmental Working Groups’ “Skin Deep” database ](http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/search.php?hq=shea+butter&search_group=everything&ptype2= "ewg skin deep cosmetics safety database")that rates cosmetics for safety, the primary ingredient of shea butter warrants a hazard factor of 0 (yes, that’s a zero) for toxicity and adverse effects. It looks like shea butter is in fact one of the safest moisturizers available to hydrate your skin.

_[Everyday Shea Moisturizing Body Lotion](http://www.everydayshea.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1&idcategory= "Everyday Saea moisturizing body lotion")_ comes in three scents: unscented, lavender (made with pure French lavender essential oil), and vanilla (scented with pure, natural vanilla extract from Madagascar’s Malagasy vanilla beans). I’m partial to the vanilla (always!), but like to mix it with some of the lavender, too.

_Note: Unless otherwise noted, my reviews are always unbiased and uncompensated._