Shea-Mu Hair Butter Treatment

The name Shea-mu (pronounced Shay-myou) comes from the high concentration of Shea Butter and Emu Oil. The product is 100% natural. It contains Organic Shea Butter, Triple Refined Emu Oil, Hemp Seed Oil, Natural Vitamin E, Beeswax, Essential Oils of Thyme, Rosemary, Lavender and Cedarwood. When massaged into the scalp and left to penetrate, the product encourages faster, healthier hair growth. It also clears up scalp conditions such a dermatitis and eczema. Can be used on newborns to remedy cradle cap.

How to use it: Warm a pea-sized amount between your hands to melt the product, then massage into your scalp. Leave on overnight and shampoo out in the morning. Can be used daily. (The product is a potent hair growth formula yet is gentle enough to be used on newborns, and has been used to successfully combat cradle cap).

How can I use it to grow long hair? Growing long hair is a two-fold process. First, you have to get hair to grow, then you have to keep it from breaking off. Shea-mu Hair Butter tackles the issue from both sides. First, emu oil penetrates the scalp carrying with it nourishing essential oils of thyme, rosemary, lavender and cedarwood to the hair's root to stimulate growth. Second, the product's natural conditioners keep hair growth nourished and supple so that it will never become brittle or weak.

When and what results can I expect? It takes approximately three months to see an improvement in hair growth and health. Healthy hair grows an average of 1/2" per month, yet many peoples' hair grows slower due to a lack of nutrients at the root. Shea-mu Hair Butter properly nourishes the root and encourages at least 1/2" of healthier, more robust hair growth each month.

What Shea-mu Hair Butter Can't Do: The ingredients in Shea-mu Hair Butter have been shown to improve the growth and health of living hair follicles. Unfortunately, no product yet discovered will regenerate dead or non-existent hair follicles.

What is Shea Butter? Shea Butter comes from the African Karite Tree. It is highly emollient and rich in Essential Fatty Acids, which makes it an excellent hair and scalp conditioner. It also has natural sunscreen ability. Our Shea Butter is Certified Organic and comes from Ghana (Africa) where Longhairlovers is involved with Fair Trade Practices with the people who produce the ingredient.

What about the other ingredients in the product? We use Hemp Seed Oil for its high levels of Essential Fatty Acids, which makes it an excellent hair and scalp conditioner. We also use Natural Vitamin E for the powerful anti-oxidant protection it provides to the hair and scalp. (Natural Vitamin E has four times the antioxidant levels of the synthetic version). Beeswax acts as a natural emulsifier (to hold the product together in a solid form).

Instructions for scalp massage: Warm a dollop of our emu oil hair treatment between hands to melt, then use the tips of your fingers in a circular motion to massage into your scalp. Scalp massage pressure should be firm but never painful. Leave on overnight before shampooing in the morning.

Ingredients: *Unrefined Organic Shea Butter; **Triple Refined Emu Oil; ***Certified Organic Hemp Seed Oil; Panthenol (Pro-vitamin B5); ***Organic Thyme, Rosemary, Lavender and Cedarwood Essential Oils; Filtered Beeswax; Natural Vitamin E.

*Transfair USA Fair Trade Certified **AEA Certified Fully Refined ***Oregon Tilth Certified Organic & OQK Kosher Certified

A Statement of Ingredients and Environmental Impact from Longhairlovers

Longhairlovers Luxe products are mixed and bottled by hand using the most natural, organic ingredients possible. We believe in using natural, organic ingredients in our hair care products because the scalp is porous, (it's skin, after all), and it's able to carry ingredients directly to the bloodstream. You wouldn't eat products with sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals or silicones, and you shouldn't put them on your hair, either.

We've gone one step further and have banned the use of artificial colors and fragrances in our products because they can cause allergic reactions in some people. Why we're not vegan Just like the Native Americans before us, we believe certain animal products can be extremely beneficial to the human race as long as they're created and used with respect. The animal products we use in our hair care include silk amino acids, marine collagen, and fully refined emu oil - all fantastic ingredients for promoting healthy hair growth.

The emu oil we source comes from AEA Certified (American Emu Association) farms. This means the conditions under which the emus live are healthy, clean and spacious. The emus are treated with respect and love by their handlers and we are thankful to them for their miraculous oil.

Fatty Alcohols We get many questions about two fatty alcohols that appear in our conditioners: cetearyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol. These are not the "drying" alcohols you may think of. Instead, they are lubricants and emollients that help bind water in the hair to prevent frizz and give a soft, velvety texture.

Certifications The majority of the ingredients we use are certified by one or more of the following entities: Oregon Tilth Certified Organic Ecocert Certified Organic USDA Certified Organic OQK Certified Kosher American Emu Association Certified Transfair Fair Trade Certified

Fragrance Notes The only synthetic fragrance ingredients we use appear in our Crowning Glory Perfume. Synthetic Musk and Synthetic Civet are humane alternatives to the real things, which have been traditionally extracted from the Musk Deer and the Civet Cat, respectively.

Packaging We use minimal packaging for our products including post-consumer recycled plastic for our shampoo & conditioner bottles. Our Shea-mu Hair Butter is packaged in recycled glass jars, while our Shea-mu Shampoo Bars are wrapped in a clear vegetable cellulose bag that's completely biodegradable.