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WURA Pure
Whipped Shea Butter
Butyrospermum Parkii
Unscented, unrefined.
First Harvest
$38
Net Wt 3 oz (85 g)
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
WURA
Gold · From the Earth
Single Farm · Bénin, West Africa · Finished in North Carolina
Raw shea, baobab, and cocoa from one family farm in northern Bénin — pressed by a women's cooperative, finished in small batches in North Carolina.
117 Numbered Jars · The First Pour Is OpenWúrà — “gold,” in Yorùbá
Ethos
The land is a gift. We do not own it forever; we are caretakers for the next generations. What comes from it is pressed by women who love the work their mothers taught them. That is why it is clean, and why it is pure. Not made just to be sold. Made with love, respect, and skill.
Spoken by our partner in Bénin, whose family works this landProvenance
Four Hands Before Yours
I
The Farm
One family farm in northern Bénin. Shea, baobab, cocoa — grown and gathered on land the family has worked for generations.
II
The Women
A women's cooperative presses the oils and stirs the butters — the same hands, the same craft, every batch.
III
The Crossing
By motorbike, by river pirogue, by air. The butter crosses the water before it ever crosses the ocean.
IV
The Finish
Raw and unrefined on arrival — finished in small batches in North Carolina. Nothing added that Bénin didn't grow.
- Origin
- One family farm, northern Bénin
- Species
- Vitellaria paradoxa
- Pressed by
- A women's cooperative
- Finished in
- North Carolina
The Collection
The Line
Single-origin skincare from one farm in northern Bénin.
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WURA Cocoa
Whipped Shea · Baobab · Cocoa
Butyrospermum Parkii · Adansonia Digitata · Theobroma Cacao
The farm's own cocoa.
First Harvest
$38
Net Wt 3 oz (85 g)
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
03
WURA Vanilla
Whipped Shea · Baobab · Vanilla
Butyrospermum Parkii · Adansonia Digitata · Vanilla Planifolia
Mixed at origin.
First Harvest
$38
Net Wt 3 oz (85 g)
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
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Glow Oil
Baobab Facial & Body Oil
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Single-seed baobab, cold-pressed at origin.
First Harvest
$38
30 mL / 1 fl oz
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
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Òse Dúdú
Black Soap Cleanser
Shea · cocoa-pod ash (traditional)
The old recipe.
Arriving with the harvest
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
The Butter
Nothing added that Bénin didn’t grow.
Pressed by a women’s cooperative in northern Bénin; whipped in small batches in North Carolina.
Four Hands Before YoursThe Ritual
Unhurried, and best done by lamplight.
I
Cleanse
Lather Òse Dúdú between wet palms and let the black soap lift the day away.
II
Feed
Press a few drops of Glow Oil into damp skin; let the baobab sink in.
III
Seal
Warm a WURA butter between the hands and close the ritual over face and body.
The Drop
WURA is not stocked. It is poured.
I
The Harvest
Each season, one order leaves the farm. What the family presses is what exists.
II
The Pour
Each batch is whipped, numbered, and named. Batch SHEMU is the first.
III
The End
When the last jar goes, the batch is gone. No restocks. No discounts. The next pouring waits for the next harvest.
A Standing Line — always-available essentials — follows after the First Harvest. The drops remain the heartbeat.
Current Drop · Batch SHEMU
The First Pour
The first harvest, whipped: WURA Pure, Cocoa, and Vanilla — 117 numbered jars across the line.
$38 · Never discounted · Numbered for life
Preorder holds a numbered jar in your name. Nothing is charged until the drop. When the batch is gone, the season has ended.
The butter is crossing the ocean now. First Pour opens when it lands.
117of 117 jars remain
Your number is assigned at the pour and marked by hand. It is yours for the life of the vessel.
Preorder holds a numbered jar · nothing charged until the drop
Batch SHEMU · Product of Bénin
Hear the next pour.
The list is how a drop is announced — first word, before the counter starts falling. Sent rarely. Never sold.