Our Ingredients

"Fruit trees of all kind will grow on both sides of the river.  Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing".  Ezekiel 47:12

100% Pure Ingredients
At Khemet Botanicals, are goal is to provide customers with 100% natural skincare alternatives to commercial products.    

Quality products begin with pure botanical ingredients.  Our skincare system is built upon the use of nature's finest nut/ vegetable oils and butters which contain naturally occurring minerals, fatty acids and vitamins.  These pure ingredients are combined with other botanicals such as herbs and herbal extracts, flower petals, oatmeal, almonds, plant extracts and 100% essential oils.        

Our products contain no petroleum, no animal by-products, no artificial colors.   With the exception of high quality alcohol free, Dipropyl glycol (DPG) free fragrance oils, we only use 100% essential oils for fragrance.  Essential oils have been used for centuries for their therapeutic properties.  

Each product in our unique line of handmade soaps, body washes, balms, lotions, scrubs, herbal bath soaks, essential oils, bath milks and teas have been carefully formulated for your use and delight.

Shea Butter: The Beauty Secret of Africa

Khemet Botanicals specializes in creating products that utilize the miraculous power of shea butter.  Shea butter originates from the Karite Nut tree, also called the Mangifolia tree, found in the semi-arid savannahs of West and Central Africa. The women of West Africa have been using shea butter for centuries. The Karite Nut tree, which can live for 300 years, is often dubbed the “tree of life” by African women who make this precious butter by hand. Almost all parts of the tree have some practical use. The bark is an ingredient in traditional medicines against certain childhood illnesses and minor scrapes and cuts. The shell of the nuts can repel mosquitoes. Above all, because it is completely non-toxic and gentle, the fruity part of the nut, when crushed, yields a vegetable oil that can be used in soap-making, cooking, and skin and hair care.

The “Women’s Gold” of Africa

While Western women discover the endless beautifying qualities of shea butter, the women of Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and elsewhere who make this product by hand, also benefit. Unrefined shea butter is a valuable natural resource for Africa, a country classified as one of the poorest in the world, and is strengthening and building women’s economic security. Each year approximately 100,000 tons of shea butter and shea oil are exported from these African nations. By purchasing shea butter products, we are able to dramatically change the lives of entire rural communities in Africa with better housing, medical care, food and fresh water. Most importantly, this extra income allows African women to give their children, particularly their daughters, the chance to go to school.