PURE SHEA

Essentials, LLC dba Pure Shea Store was born out of the need for a premium hand-made soap created the way Grandma Pearlie and Dee Dee once made it. The company was founded by Chris Thigpen in 1999 in his garage in Maryland. Pure Shea Store had its growing pains like most small enterprises but has grown and thrived. Our passion in natural products started as a hobby almost thirty years ago in rural North Carolina and suburban Illinois. Our founders grandmothers made soap in the old fashioned way, in an old black cast iron pot with herbs, flowers and wood ash in the yard. As a kid, the family would make soap to barter and trade with our neighbors and friends... We focus on providing our clients and friends with products made with the best possible ingredients on and of the earth. All products are made by hand in South Carolina and Maryland with the same love and care used when they were just creating them for our friends and family. Enjoy!... We make 25 regular soaps in five categories..