FEED ME SOME CHOCOLATE

I guess it is a bit early to eat some chocolate BUT what if you have waited for what seemed eternity?!?!? After a long wait in between nagging phone calls, text messages and even threats to purchase other chocolates, I finally received a package this morning with some bars freshly made as recent as 1st December 2010.
Ooohhh, the rich scent of Ghanaian chocolates just erased all that "anger".

I am drooling and really trying to resist a crunch - I wonder if you can resist though - visit Sheabutter Cottage for your Golden Tree chocolate

THE MILK FLOAT IS HERE

It has been quite busy in-between organising soap production in Ghana, trips to the post office where I now have a "VIP" pass and restocking some of our products. Here is the new addition to the Cioccolatina range of handmade natural toiletries - a vegan friendly bamboo hair milk/spray.

Make sure you enter our competition before the 1st of November as we celebrate Cioccolatina @ 8

Take care
Akua Wood
Sheabutter Cottage

CIOCCOLATINA AT 8

How time has flown by. Yes, Cioccolatina is celebrating it's 8th year of providing you a fine range of handmade natural toiletries.

Watch the video clip

and send your answers to eight@cioccolatina.co.uk by the closing date of 1st November 2010. A better video clip can be viewed on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42mz90PMJaM

Good luck.

MY CHEEKS ARE BLUSHING

I bet you never thought I would say that!!! Well, they really are blushing with pride.
You know the saying "you wait for ages and 3 turn up". In my case, 2 turned up today. After a rather sleepless night, it was with such joy when I woke up to this picture:

This is in response to our initiative when I visited the Gumu village in June as part of our helping hand programme. I noticed that the community did not have any public place of convenience. Through your purchases and kind donations, we have so far raised £759.72 [£325.00 made up of individual donations] of our £4,675.00 target. Yes, a long way to go but this figure would enable us start construction.

I then received another picture just as the colour of my cheeks was returning to its normal hue.

In order to keep the co-ops working as shea nuts are not available all year round, we also commissioned them to make some shea butter soaps for us. Our supply of organic argan oil from Morocco was already in Ghana but production was delayed due to the supply of moringa oil from Uganda. However, the bubble machine was soon in action and here is the picture:

As always, the tools have been manufactured in Ghana:

Thank you all for your support. I can't wait to see these African beauties.
I am so full of pride as a soapmaker, a Ghanaian mumpreneur/socialpreneur and as a shea butter lover ♥

Akua Wood
SheabutterCottage.co.uk

PRESSED LOCALLY

It is funny how as a young girl growing up in Ghana, I used to hate having my pictures taken. It was the time when you only had the black and white option with the negative strip - no colour. I was really scared. How times have changed!!! I still get shy in front of the camera but hey, I don't mind showing my "pearlies" and cheekbones in the name of PR ;)

Here is another picture when Peter got snappy The full article can be read here -.

JAPANESE CAMELLIA KISSI SEED OIL

I was not worried to see the delivery man this morning even though I was still in my pjays. Why? Well, he had a heavy box of a long-awaited lovely oil.
I think the mischievous squirrels must have run away in horror as I yelled at the top of my voice. The excitment was a bit too much to handle.

Although Japanese camellia kissi oil. is new to our range of oils, it is not a new product to us. We used it back in 2007 in our men's shaving oil.
For a limited time only, we are offering a FREE bamboo face cloth with the purchase of 100ml of our Japanese camellia kissi oil.

HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Imagine having an idea brought on by your talent but not being able to share with others due to lack of funds! It is not a pretty situation to be in.
We believe in empowering men & women
We believe in helping to make poverty history
If you have the same beliefs, then come and join us at our Sheabutter Cottage Kiva Community where $25 : £16 [at current exchange rate] can help make a difference.