Cold-pressed, unrefined, single ingredient. Sourced from women's cooperatives in northern Uganda.
Nilotica shea (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. nilotica) is a distinct subspecies grown in northern Uganda and South Sudan. It carries a higher oleic acid content than common West African shea, melts at skin temperature, and is cold-pressed with nothing added and nothing removed.
Anyone with sensitive, dry, or easily irritated skin looking for something simple to trust: a single ingredient, cold-pressed, with nothing synthetic added — no fragrances, preservatives, or fillers.
It's also for the ingredient-conscious — people who read INCI lists, question synthetic additives, and choose clean beauty for its own sake, as much for what's in the jar as for where it comes from and who it supports.
Parents looking for a plain, single-ingredient option for their children's skin will find the same simplicity here: nothing added, nothing to second-guess.
And for anyone who mixes their own blends — vitamin E, jojoba, essential oils — Aulara Shea Raw is a place to start from something unprocessed rather than a finished formula.
Available as Aulara Shea Raw, in 250 g and 500 g.
Aulara Shea is a Vancouver, BC-based company (Aulara Ltd.) currently establishing its first farmers' market and retail partnerships in the Lower Mainland. Our online marketplace is launching very soon.
We're also formalizing a revenue-share with the women's cooperatives who produce our shea, so a percentage of every purchase goes directly back to the communities that grow it.
If you organize a market or run a retail space and want to carry a genuinely differentiated, single-ingredient product, we'd like to hear from you.
General inquiries: hello@aularashea.com