So clearly I have a thing with shea butter.

It was the only thing to save my severely chapped lips last winter. I tried a ridiculous amount of chapsticks from the store, just one after another when they didn't help. Gobs of money and weeks and weeks later had a split in my lip.

DO you know how aggravating that is when you're trying to eat, drink, speak or sleep? If you personally know me, you know how hard it is for me to keep my mouth shut!

Finally, I found an all-natural lip balm on Etsy and thought I would give it a shot. Obviously, if my lips were not getting better with what I was using it was time to take a different approach. Hey, who knows? Maybe they all use some secret ingredient that doesn't actually help but makes you need to use them more. We've all heard that story, right?

So I got the balm and some lotion.
The very first time I used the balm on my lips I could tell a difference.
The very first time I used the lotion my eczema looked better.

I realized they both had SHEA BUTTER. Magical little nut.

So I vowed one day I would get my own and make some products for myself and friends.

Lo and behold, I have found the #1 RATED SHEA BUTTER ON THE MARKET!

Here is what it looks like upon arrival:

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 Raw Shea Butter from Cleopatra's Choice - Best African Shea Butter - Grade A & Unrefined - Only The Highest Quality Shea Nuts Used - Convenient 1 Pound Resealable JAR - 100% Natural & Organic - Ivory Shea Body Butter for Skin or Hair - Deeply Moisturizing, Hydrating and Soothing - For Treatment from Dry Skin, Stretch Marks, Eczema, Psoriasis - Great for DIY Body Butter, Lotion & Soap - 1 Year 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guaranteed

Natural Relief from Dry Skin, Psoriasis Dryness, Eczema and Acne. Excellent for Stretch Marks for Pregnancy or Other.
100% Natural and Organic Pure Shea Butter - Made with Hand Selected Finest Nuts of the Shea Tree in Ghana.
Deep Moisturizer for Skin - Contains VITAMIN A, VITAMIN E AND VITAMIN F - DOES NOT CLOG PORES - Highly Moisturizing and Long Lasting - Beneficial for Hair & Skin Health and Beauty
Used by Top Skin Care DYI Experts for DYI Soap, DYI Lotions, Body Butter and More - Highest Quality Guaranteed
1 POUND - Packaged in a Resealable and Recyclable Container for Easy Access and Storage.

Believe it or not, this is only $11.95 right now on Amazon, with free Prime shipping! (prices subject to change, see Amazon for current details)

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Because it doesn't clog pores, it also works great on those dry patches that just spring up on your face out of nowhere.

I mean, if you have that sort of problem... ;)

Highest.Quality.Guaranteed. Need I say more?

And it's an entire POUND people. This is no baby butter tub. This will make enough lotion for you to slather on those stretch marks until you forget the graphic details and desire another tiny tater tot just toddling around and talking smack.

Yes, I have plenty of experience in that department. I'm relieved this is all natural since they try to eat everything that comes into their line of sight.

Even mroe conventient is that it is packaged in this handy little tub! Sits perfectly on a shelf or in a drawer, just quietly waiting for you to appreciate its greatness.

There are only around approximately a gabjillion recipes on the internet, so hopefully you can locate some great ideas for products of your own to make at home. Leave a comment if you find one outrageously innovative and clever. That's what friends are for, right? Sharing and giving away your best secrets?

Well then, you're welcome.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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I've often thought about blogging. Why do people devote so much time to these posts? Who has the energy to type all their thoughts out here for the world to see? Maybe I'll never know about them, but I do know this.

Since I was in high school, and we were first allowed to browse on the "net", I would sit at the screen in Computer Class and wonder what to look up. The web seemed an endless supply of information and links, but what to do with all that?

So, I searched "free". Lots of crap came up, trials and information and whatnot. But I wondered, could there really be something you could get for nothing? I mean, this vast expanse could surely have that possibility, right? I came across a site called www. its-all-free. com. This was back in the day when those initial repetitive dubs were necessary, and I couldn't even tell you if it exists today but it was jackpot back then. A forum full of completely free samples, for filling out a simple form. I had to create an email address to receive their products, but who cared? Let them fill that inbox up! As long as they filled my mailbox too!  I bet over the years I've gotten a million emails, no exaggeration. I'm sitting on almost 50k now because I hadn't yet discovered Unroll.Me. I have a silly, girl crush email address that has haunted me for over a decade but at what cost? I felt like a genius, a pioneer of my time. Who knew so many companies were just giving their stuff away? I collected hygiene products, a certificate for a full size TreSemme product, a free carton of cigarettes, full size Olay eye cream, food, the possibilities were endless.

In all these discoveries, I tried to forward the information, or share the link with someone I thought would be interested. Was it spamming? Maybe. But surely they would see what a gift I had given! I was blessing them with my treasured finds. Maybe they, too, want drawers full of mini products that may one day come in handy on vacations and camping trips. Can you ever have enough razors?

In wondering for the last few years why people blog, I've come up with many plausible excuses. Not that any of those should or did impact why I ultimately chose to do it; but I can say, for me, I'm doing it to pay it forward. I see freebies, I find deals, I save money. Some people don't know how to do that, or don't have the time.  So even if you aren't interested, there's a good possibility that someone in your life goes gaga over getting this little treats in the mail and you can share with them. They can come find me though. I'm sure they don't want the spamming any more than my eye-rolling sisters. :)

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