Mary Tylor Naturals Organic Shea butter 8 oz — USDA Certified Raw, Unrefined, Ivory From Ghana Africa — Great for Hair, Skin Nails and DIY projects

I was impressed by this product. The scent is a bit like cocoa butter. I mixed it with a new recipe for winter day cream and I had to melt it and after I mixed it and poured it in a cream jar. It took almost 3 hours to thicken and I believe it takes a few more hours to form like a real cream.

This shea butter is creamy but a bit strong. Never had it before but I like it.

I’m just getting started with making my own soap, so I’ve been trying to choose organic and sustainable ingredients. Mary Tylor’s unrefined organic shea butter seemed like a great fit—until I opened the package. The smell was extremely unpleasant right from the start. Because the texture felt wonderful on my skin, I really wanted to make it work. I tried adding essential oils, but the strong natural scent completely overpowered them. I even researched ways to reduce the smell of unrefined shea butter and left it out to air as suggested, but nothing helped. In the end, I realized I should have gone with refined shea butter for my projects. Unfortunately, this batch was unusable for me, and I ended up throwing it away. A disappointing experience, but definitely a lesson learned for future purchases.

I am in the process of switching to a natural/organic skincare routine. I have ordered other Shea butters in the past that are yellow from borututu bark. They were fine but discolored my white clothing/bedding. I gave Mary Taylor's organic Shea a shot because it is ivory and seemed like the company really cared about it's product. I can say it is definitely worth the money. It somehow is not as "greasy" as other shea butters. Doesn't seem to stain my whites at all!

I’ve been buying shea butter from another known company and for some reason it smells like play-doh. I’ve tried mixing it with other ingredients and the smell was horrible. After reading a few reviews, I decided to give Mary Tylor a try and I couldn’t be more pleased. The texture was soft and silky. I loved that they printed the expiration date on the label and it smells like REAL shea butter!!! I’m completely satisfied with my purchase.

I got this shea butter to use in my lotion bars. The first thing i noticed was the scent and that it was incredibly sticky. I really love the moisturizing qualities, the shea butter is doing exactly what i hoped it would but the scent is STRONG. Like overpoweringly so and even when combined with equal parts beeswax and coconut oil, plus quite a bit of essential oil i am having a hard time getting past the smell. I used 35 drops of lavender oil into 4oz each shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil and the bar still smells like straight up shea butter. The only oil i could get to mask it was a TON of eucalyptus. So, if you dont LOVE the shea butter smell, you may want to consider a different product entirely.

I've added this to my soap receipe with coconut oil and love it. I've been using it on my kids and its combated my boys' eczema and hydrated his skin and hair. I use the bar for regular use and shower! I read so many bad reviews about the smell but honestly did not find anything unsettling about it.

As expected.