Make sure that you ear a balanced diet, your meals should include fresh fruit and veg. Avoid excess caffeine in your diet and stay away from fizzy drinks. Get the appropriate amount of sleep, avoid stress and …
Read the full story »On Wednesday the 11th November we went to the Fairtrade Christmas Fair at Derby University.
Angus talking about our lovely Shea Butter products.
Plenty of pretty fair trade things to look at…
…and buy!
Our Shea Butter on the stand.
Busy, busy, busy…
Akoma Stand up close.
Shea butter can be used to restore condition to hair, here are some simple steps you can try…
Step 1
Towel dry wet or pre-washed hair, hair needs to be slightly damp before applying the raw organic …
1. Dry skin
2. Damage to skin from heat
3. Skin peeling, after tanning
4. Blemishes and wrinkles
5. Itching skin
6. Sunburn
7. Skin allergies
8. Eczema
9. Skin cracks
10. Tough or rough skin (on feet.)
11. Cold weather – great for gardeners …
Shea Butter – So what is it?
Shea Butter comes from the Karite tree which is also known as women’s gold. It grows in the Savannah regions of West Africa, from Senegal in the west to …
After the news yesterday that a chemical found in the spice turmeric has been found to destroy oesophageal cancer cells, I decided it was about time I put a Akoma Virgin coconut oil curry recipe …
Just seen this recipe, let me know if you try it…looks wonderful.
Chocolate Lover’s Exfoliating Soap Recipe
Ingredients:
2 lb Melt & Pour Soap Base
1/2 cup Goat’s Milk Powder
1 tsp powdered Kola Nut (or other brown herb)
1 tsp …
I am concerned over the price war in supermarkets on bananas. The world’s most popular fruit is now part of dangerous price war which could see the real victims being the farmers and the communities …
Herbal Stick Deodorant
Ingredients:
1 1/2 tbspn beeswax
1/2 tbspn cocoa butter
1 tablespoon coconut oil
15 drops white thyme essential oil
15 drops rosemary essential oil
25 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops castor oil
Directions:
Melt beeswax in a glass jar standing …
A recent TIME article discussed the Fair Trade coffee, asking if it is really making a difference. Fair Trade was orignally set up to get more money to farmers and farm workers who grow coffee. …
920g distilled water
114g bar castille soap (grated or
flaked), you can also use 1 cup unscented shampoo
as an alternative to the castille soap.
85g liquid glycerin
3 drops lavender fragrant or essential oil
Directions:
Mix …
Good morning!
And todays topic will be ‘greenwashing’.
Open your text books please. Greenwashing is now a well known term used to talk about companies using green polices to hide unethical business practices. I am tempted to …
Since 2005 Akoma has sold over 45MT (45,000kilos) of raw organic fair trade shea butter from the Akoma Cooperative and various shea cooperatives in Ghana worldwide .This has a positive impact on peoples lives in …
How to Use Tea For Homemade Beauty Treatments
Things You’ll Need:
· Green tea
· Black tea
· Chamomile tea
· Peppermint tea
· Spearmint tea
· Tulsi/holy basil tea
Step 1
Add shine to lacklustre hair with a …
2 Top companies Shea Body Butter ingredients list
Company 1
Ingredients: Aqua, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, PEG-8 Beeswax, Cyclomethicone, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Theobroma Cacao Butter, Bis PEG-12 Dimethicone Beeswax, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter (Shea Butter), Benzyl Alcohol, PEG-100 …
