Natural beauty products have many benefits
In a world where mass production of products is the norm despite the damage it can cause to local producers and the environment, one UK based company is bucking the trend. Tausi Signature Cosmetics is a cottage based industry that produces Shea Butter skin care products which are responsibly sourced. Tausi uses the rare east African Shea Butter which benefits the northern Ugandan communities that produce it, unlike the more common west African variety which is more widely used by competitors.
Fair Trade Responsibility
Tausi Signature Cosmetics is known for its anti-mass production stance and only uses fair trade ingredients. Unlike other companies, Tausi Signature Cosmetics uses the rarer east African shea butter. By using this rarer natural product, the civil war ravaged communities who produce it receive a better financial deal, helping them on the road to economic stability in one of Africa’s most turbulent regions. With the communities beginning to return to the area where the shea butter is produced, they will without doubt benefit even more in future years as its popularity rises.
Benefits for Everyone
Co-founder of Tausi Signature, Eileen Mngumi, says: “East African Shea butter is vastly superior to its west African counterpart. It is more easily absorbed into the skin, has a lighter scent and helps the skin retain its elasticity more effectively. These are real benefits that our customers enjoy. Added to these is the fact that east African Shea Butter is not mass produced, meaning the African communities who make it are not exploited and they also receive a fair price for the product.”
Shea Butter has incredible skin healing properties and is used to treat cracked skin, eczema, blemishes, itchy scalp, Athlete’s Foot, bruises and sore muscles. Tausi products combine 100% unrefined East African natural Shea Butter with all sorts of natural ingredients such as Aloe Vera, olive oil, rosehip oil, calendula oil, raspberry, pomegranate, geranium, apricot and coconut butter.
