Bath & Body Mulberry & Green Fig luxury Hand Wash containing moisturising glycerin. Co-ordinates with bath & body mulberry & green fig hand cream, shower gel, body butter & bubble bath. Contains no parabens & no sulphates. Glycerin is one of the most versatile & valuable substances known to man & has no known negative environmental effects. A water clear, odourless viscous liquid with a sweet taste; it attracts moisture to the skin & is an ideal ingredient to include in soap. Shea butter, also known as ' Karite butter' is a cream-coloured fatty substance made from the nuts of the karite nut trees that grow in the savannah regions of the West & Central Africa. Karite trees, or shea trees, are not cultivated. They grow only in the wil, & can take up to 50 years to mature & live up to 300 years..