ALDELPHI, MD – Shea Radiance is pleased to announce Shola and Funlayo Alabi have been selected as a 2012 Top 100 Minority Business Award winners.  The award ceremony was held on May 4th at an evening reception in Adelphi, MD. Funlayo and her husband Shola founded Shea Radiance. After  trying and failing to find a [...]

Finally, our container of shea butter made it safely home to our warehouse in Columbia, Maryland. We want to thank all our very patient customers who have been waiting on the arrival of shea butter.  We have all the different bulk sizes back in stock so please check out our bulk store we also have [...]

We have found over the years through much trial and error, that there is no shortcut to securing a steady supply of quality handcrafted shea butter. The shea butter sector in Africa is still in the infancy stage and in need of social entrepreneurs who are willing to put some skin in the game.

Natural unrefined shea butter has the potential to change the lives of women in rural areas where the tree grows in abundance. Lack of training on quality standards and market access have long been a hindrance to the women shea producers. Shea Radiance has partnered with Eight shea butter cooperatives in Northern Nigeria to buy their handcrafted unrefined shea butter.

In Asia, shea butters use as a fat substitute in margarine and ice cream, is growing in popularity. If it’s good enough to eat, it’s certainly wholesome enough to pamper your skin.

Wanna Be Spoiled by Shea Radiance?  Let us get you into Project Runway’s Korto Momolu’s New York Fashion Week Runway Show. How: All you have to do is ‘Like’ the Shea Radiance and Korto Momolu Pages on Facebook and write a comment on our wall telling us which three (3) Shea Radiance products you want [...]

One of the cool things about textured hair is freedom to rock different styles. Because of the fragility of the curlier hair textures, braids, cornrows and twists provide extra protection from the wear and tear of daily combing and handling.

I think my sons ages 14 and 6, will always think that our ability to live where we do and send them to the best schools we can afford has always been a fundamental right. Today I’ll take some time to explain to them that this was not always the case.

Everyone has been asking what makes makes our new Shea and Baobab Antioxidant cream so amazing. The samples we sent out during the holidays resulted in amazing reviews and folks wanting to know more about this product and how it moisturizes and softens even the driest skin

According to Mintel, sales of relaxer kits dropped by 17% between 2006 and 2011. The number of black women who say they do not use products to chemically relax or straighten their hair jumped to 36% in 2011, up from 26% in 2010.