About Certified Shea and Our Products! ASBI's: "21 Reasons you should be using certified Shea butter!"  Dry skin, skin rashes, skin peeling after tanning, blemishes and wrinkles, itching skin, sunburn, shaving cream for a smooth silky shave, small skin wounds, skin cracks, tough or rough skin on feet and elbows, cold weather, frost bites, to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy, insect bites, healthy skin, muscle fatigue, muscle aches and tension; before, and after strenuous exercise, skin allergies such as poison ivy or poison oak, eczema, dermatitis, skin damaged from heat (hot grease while cooking, radiation treatment for certain medical problems, etc.). Why do we sell Grade A, certified Shea butter? After buying, researching, and sometimes cleaning raw African Shea butter (Butyrospermum Parkii/Karite) for about 2 years, we are commited to the idea that all raw Shea should be tested for effectiveness as well as cleanliness. For this reason, we have only sold ASBI tested butter for the past year and a half, and stand behind their ideas, theories, and level of standards. We truly feel that when you are concerned about achieving optimum health for your skin, Grade A African Shea butter is the ultimate answer for fulfilling your natural skin care needs. Why  Choose Our Products?  Our certified, Shea is imported from a co-op of women, in West Africa, where the proceeds from their labor goes directly toward their economic empowerment, and enriches the lives of their families. Our organic African black soaps also derive directly from African communities. By purchasing and supporting women's Shea and black soap cooperatives, we are consciously assisting African women, and their families, by enforcing a sense of empowerment and aiding economic efficiency. 1. Our certified Shea butter has been issued "grade A" certification by the American Shea Butter Institute.  This is premium, therapeutic, high quality quality African Shea Butter, which has received the highest grade possible.  2. We compare different batches of Grade A, certified Shea, before deciding which to offer through our on-line store; thus saving you time, money, and added expense. 3. Our Shea has been to a lab, it has been micron filtered for cleanliness, and it is bacteria/mold free. 4. We only sell Grade A Shea, so there is no guessing game at what you will receive each time your order. The color may vary slightly from each batch, but the grade does not. 5. Our certified Shea blends only contain quality, natural fixed oils, or aromatherapy essential oils where noted. 6. Our 100% pure certified Shea butter contains no additives - only Shea butter. 7. At AromaKaye, we work hard to always supply you with the best African Shea butter and organic black soaps on the market. Although you may find Shea butter cheaper  elsewhere, we do not believe in compromising quality, and are only interested in providing the best. 8. We welcome you to view our "lab analysis" (located at the bottom of this page) or to contact ASBI in Columbus, GA, to verify our Shea butter as being certified, or to verify any other vendors offering ASBI certified Shea). Classification and Grades: "At the Institute, we classify various Shea Butters imported from Africa in one of the following classes: Class A, B, C, or F. Where class A is Premium Shea Butter, while class F is poor quality Shea Moisturizer. It is important to note that Class A is ideally suited for the "21 Reasons to use Shea Butter," as a well as a number of other healing properties not mentioned here.  While Class F has little or no healing properties and should be used as a moisturizer.    **Did you know? "A pound of grade A shea butter, may be equal to 2 or 3 pounds of a lesser grade of shea butter." Quote: ASBI, Columbus, GA**   AromaKaye.com, Stockbridge, GA USA Lab Analysis: Certified 100% Pure African Shea Butter, Raw, Unrefined: Grade A American Shea Butter Institute, Columbus, GA, USA   Origin: Ghana, West Africa Color = 18y2R Melting Range = 28-32°C Butter Knife Test; Spreadability = soft/smooth Odor = characteristic Mold = 0 Yeast = 0 Bacteria = 0 Vitamin A = 1259 IU/kg Iron = 0.05mg/kg Sterol Profile = no aldulteration Cinnamic Acid Value = 89% Grade Score = A