Estella's Pride Shea Butter is unrefined and pure. Shea Butter has surpassing healing qualities, it improves skin allergies and conditions like psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, sunburns and frostbites. It helps reduce the appearances of wrinkles, stretch marks and age spots. Shea Butter can also be used as a hair conditioner for all hair types; it gives the hair moisture and keeps it soft and manageable. Many Shea Butters available nowadays are adulterated, when that type of Shea Butter is used, all the listed attributes above would be lost; making the Shea Butter ineffective. Estella's Pride Shea Butter is organic and free of extraneous elements, it is derived from the Karite tree and prepared without the use of chemicals.