Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ibhetela le-shea sekuyisikhathi eside lisetshenziswa abantu base-Afrika ekwelapheni izifo ezihlukahlukene zesikhumba, okwakuthiwa okokuqala ngendawo yokuphulukisa impahla. Elinezwekazi lase-Afrika kukhona umuthi onomthelela othakazelisayo weVitellaria (kusukela kuLatini Vitellaria paradoxa), okuhunyushwa ngesiNgisi ku-shea-buttertree, kanye ne-pulp ye-seedpipe engumthombo webhotela lika-shea.
Inqubo yokuthola amafutha emathanjeni iyathakazelisa ngokweqile futhi idla isikhathi. Ngakho-ke, ngaphambi kokuqoqa isivuno esihlahleni esingcwele phakathi kwabantu base-Afrika, kumele kube okungenani iminyaka engama-30 ubudala. Okulandelayo, izithelo zihlanjululwe, futhi amathambo asomile. Emva kwalokho bahlukanisa, bachotshoziwe, bashaywa, njengeminyaka eyinkulungwane eyedlule, ebhukwini elikhuni elibhekene nombuso kafulawa. Bese ungeza amanzi uphinde upheke kuze kube yilapho kutholakala umthamo oluhlaza obumhlophe obuswe phezu kwendawo ngefilimu yamafutha. Ifilimu eguqukile isusiwe futhi inqwaba esele iqoqwe, ihlanzwa, ihlile futhi ifakwe ngendlela yemishayo yokugcina endaweni epholile. Umphumela uba ibhotela, umbala omhlophe nomhlophe, ongekho iphunga. Enye inothi kuphela ukunambitheka kancane nutty.
Ibhotela likaShea licebile ngokungajwayelekile emakhemikhali alo. Ehambisana ikakhulukazi ne-triglycerides (kufika ku-80%) namafutha angenakuphulukiswa (kuze kufinyelele ku-17%), iqukethe ama-oleic, stearic and palmitic acids.
Ngenxa yokwakheka okucebile, ibhotela lika-shea lisetshenziselwa ukuvuselelwa isikhumba kanye nokuvimbela ukuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Amafutha asheshe afakwe esikhumbeni, angashiyi ukukhanya phezu kwawo futhi angagcini ama-pores. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amavithamini namanoni acids, asebhotela le-shea, anezinto ezivikela ukushisa kwelanga, ama filters amahle kakhulu e-ultraviolet. Ubhontshisi we-Shea uphuthukisa kahle isikhumba, okujwayele ukoma nokucasuka, kuqeda ukuqina nokucubungula. Lokhu kubangelwa amafutha angenakukwazi ukuguqulwa, okufaka isandla ekusebenziseni isakhi se-collagen.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ubhontshisi we-shea awugcini nje ukondla isikhumba, kodwa futhi kwandisa ukuqina kwawo nokuqina. Kanye ne-antiallergic effect, kuhle ukuba abesifazane abakhulelwe banakekele isikhumba sesisu bese ugweme amanothi emva kokubeletha.
Umphumela omuhle wamafutha esikhumbeni somntwana waphawula. Abanye abantu basenesiko lokugubha isikhumba samantsha ngamafutha, ukuvimbela izifo zesikhumba.
Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yazo zonke izakhiwo ezingenhla, ibhotela le-shea lisetshenziselwa kakhulu izimonyo, futhi liyingxenye yezinga eliphezulu. Insipho, eyenziwe ngebhotela le-shea, ibhekwa njengenye yezinto ezihamba phambili. Lokhu kubangelwa ukucola kwayo okuphansi kanye nomphumela ophansi wokutholisa. Ngokusekelwe ebhokisini le-shea, ama-creams akhiqizwa isikhumba esibucayi nxazonke, okusiza ukugwema ukuvuvukala, ukulimaza amehlo, ukukhathala kahle, ukunciphisa ukukhathala kumajwabu amehlo, okwenza isikhumba sibe lula kakhulu.
Ibuye isetshenziselwe ukulungiselela izidumbu ezihlukahlukene zomzimba. Amafutha asetshenziswa ngokucophelela esikhumbeni, amunwe ngokuphelele, ashiye umuzwa wokukhanya nokubushelela. Ikhuthaza ukukhwabanisa okuhle kwezandla ze-masseur, ngenxa yalokho okungeke ube nakho okungajabulisi ngesikhathi sokusikhipha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhotela lika-shea ngeke lishiye imizwa yokunamathela futhi isikhumba. I-Shea Butter iyisici esibaluleke kakhulu ekukhiqizeni uchungechunge olumelene nokuguga kwezimonyo, ngenxa yokubuyiswa kwayo.
Uma ufuna ukuthenga imikhiqizo yezimonyo esekelwe ibhotela le-shea, kufanele ubheke ngokucophelela uhlu lwezithako. Kuyinto efiselekayo ukufeza umphumela omuhle wale nxenye ukuba ube phezulu ohlwini. Lokhu kuqinisekisa okuqukethwe kwayo okukhulu kunomkhiqizo, ngakho-ke, umphumela ophumelelayo kakhulu. Manje uyazi ukuthi ibhande le-shea liwusizo kangakanani, imithi yokwelapha esikucebisa ngayo ukuba uzibonele wena!