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Tideline Shea Body Butter, a black square jar on warm linen in soft light
Shea body butter glistening on a freshly-applied shoulder

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shea body butter

Thick in the jar. Thin on the skin.

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A gorgeous, thick body butter — rich in natural fats, built on sunflower seed oil. Non-greasy, non-sticky, deeply softening.

Shea body butter glistening on a freshly-applied shoulder

the formulation note

thick in the jar. thin on the skin.

Goes on thick and melts in. Sunflower and jojoba seed oils boost suppleness, beeswax gives the butter its density, and chamomile soothes.

No greasy film, no sticky finish — just softness that lasts. Perfect for the body in transition, and for any skin type.

The body is where the dryness turns up last and gets attended to least. This is a thick butter — more fat than water, which is the whole point — and it goes on like something substantial. Then it is gone, without the slick film that makes you stand around waiting before you can put clothes back on.

specifics

Sunflower seed oil is the base, with jojoba and soybean oils for suppleness and beeswax giving the butter its density. Chamomile flower extract soothes; tocopheryl acetate is the antioxidant the oils ask for. The texture is thick in the jar and thin on the skin — you scoop rather than pour — and it absorbs without residue, fastest on skin still warm from the shower. Best on the dry places: shins, elbows, the backs of the arms. 50 ml, recyclable packaging, cruelty-free and paraben-free. It contains beeswax, so unlike the rest of the line it is not vegan.

the difference

  • most body lotionswater first, thin.
  • shea body butterthick in the jar, thin on the skin.
  • most buttersgreasy, then a wait.
read more on the formulation note

water

Squalane, glycerin and hyaluronate for skin that holds less of it now.

lipids

Rosehip, grape seed and jojoba for the oils skin makes less of.

tone

Stabilised vitamin C and vitamin E for the skin that shows time first.

key ingredients

  • A frosted dish of pale solution beside a small powder pile on bone-cream linen

    sunflower seed oil

    helianthus annuus, first on the list. The base of the formula.

  • A frosted glass dropper bottle mid-drop on bone-cream linen

    jojoba seed oil

    closest thing to the skin’s own sebum.

  • Fresh green leaves on linen with a small ceramic dish of botanical extract

    chamomile extract

    matricaria flower, soothes what the dryness irritated.

  • A small ceramic spoon of pale ivory balm beside a folded muslin cloth

    beeswax

    cera alba, the density that makes it a butter.

the ritual

three quiet steps.

01

warm skin, towel-dry

Straight out of the shower is when it goes in fastest.

02

scoop, warm between palms

You scoop rather than pour. A little covers a lot.

03

the dry places first

Shins, elbows, the backs of the arms. Long passes.

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Aqua, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Tetraborate, Fragrance, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Sodium Gluconate. 50 ml. Made in North America. Cruelty-free · paraben-free.

  1. 01warm skin, towel-dryStraight out of the shower is when it goes in fastest.
  2. 02scoop, warm between palmsYou scoop rather than pour. A little covers a lot.
  3. 03the dry places firstShins, elbows, the backs of the arms. Long passes.

We publish the full ingredient list rather than a study we did not run. Cosmetic-only language throughout — nothing here treats, cures or repairs. What each ingredient is for, and what this line refuses to put in a bottle, is set out at /pages/science.

Made in North America. Recyclable packaging. No refill or take-back scheme — see /pages/sustainability for what we do and do not claim.

Cruelty-free · paraben-free · contains beeswax, so not vegan.

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pair with the daily ritual

the ritual is three steps.

a closing note

Massage into the body, focusing on dry areas. Cruelty-free, paraben-free.

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