Touloucouna Oil

In practice

Touloucouna Botanical Oil can be used as an ingredient in your cosmetic preparations.

Uses

Use as an ingredient in the following skin care blends:

• Lipid-replenishing, emollient and restorative skin care products for skin with atopic tendencies (oils, balms, creams)

• Soothing products for skin prone to discomfort

• Nourishing products for dry skin

• Products for blemish-prone skin (in emulsion or mixed with a dry oil)

• After-shave or post-depilation products

• Products reducing the appearance of cellulite

• Joint relief massage oils

• Muscle relief massage oils

• To make cold-saponified soaps

Synergies

• For skin with an atopic tendency: Camelina, Kukui & Chaulmoogra Botanical Oils

• For skin prone to discomfort: Camelina, Oatmeal, Evening Primrose, Raspberry & Rosehip Oils, Calendula Infused Oil, Essential Oils of Fine or True Lavender & German Chamomile, Bisabolol Active Ingredient, Phytosterol Concentrate, Provitamin B5 (in emulsion, as this active ingredient is insoluble in oil)

• Products for skin with imperfections: Nigella & Jojoba Carrier Oils, Tea Tree, Manuka, Fragonia & Rosemary Verbenone Essential Oils, Algo'Zinc, Bacti-Pur Active Ingredients, Plant-Derived Salicylic Acid (in emulsion, as these active ingredients are insoluble in oil)

• For treatments to reduce the appearance of cellulite: Chaulmoogra Oil, Essential Oils of Virginia Cedar, Atlas Cedar, Juniper, Grapefruit & Sea Fennel, Natural Caffeine Active Ingredient, and Concentrated Anti-Cellulite Active Ingredients (in emulsion only, as these active ingredients are insoluble in oil)

• For soothing effects: Essential Oils of Wintergreen, Lemon Eucalyptus, Thyme Sateoides, Katafray, Rosemary Camphor & Italian Helichrysum, St John’s Wort Infused Oil

• For muscular comfort: Essential Oils of Lavandin Super & Rosemary Camphor

Uses

Use as an ingredient in your hair care products:

• Scalp oils, serums and balms

• Pre-shampoo oil baths or masks

• Nourishing cream shampoos

Synergies

• For scalps prone to discomfort: Chaulmoogra, Oat & Camelina Carrier Oils, Spikenard, Fine or True Lavender, German Chamomile & Blue Tansy Essential Oils

• For anti-dandruff products: Laurel Berry Carrier Oil, Bay Laurel, Palmarosa, Geranium & Cade Juniper Essential Oils, Neem Powder, Nettle, Nagarmotha Powder, Horsetail Powder

• As a complement to head lice treatments: Coconut, Copra & Neem Carrier Oils, Isopropyl Myristate, True Lavender, Lavandin Super & Bourbon Geranium Essential Oils

Organoleptic properties

• Appearance: from a runny oily liquid to a semi-solid paste, depending on the temperature. If the oil is too thick to remove, run the bottle under a stream of hot water for a few moments to thin it out.

• Colour: beige to amber

• Odour: characteristic, seedy, fairly strong odour when smelled from the bottle, with slight notes of animal musk, which fade after application to the skin or may be masked by adding essential oils.

• Feel: rich. If you want to improve skin penetration, mix it with a drier oil (jojoba, kukui, macadamia, hazelnut, etc.).

Density

0.93-0.94

Storage

Stable carrier oil. Store in a dry place away from heat and light.

Precautions

• Do not ingest, for external use only.

• Bitter oil, not recommended for lip products.

• This powerful oil is very active and may cause sensitivity. As with any new product, always carry out a test in the crease of the elbow 48 hours before using for the first time.

Warning

The properties, indications and methods of use described above are derived from scientific literature and/or reference books or websites in aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informational purposes only and cannot under any circumstances be considered as medical information. This information cannot under any circumstances replace a diagnosis, consultation or medical follow-up, nor engage our liability.

Supplier documentation

Mombouli JB, Andzouana M, Andzouana A. Evaluation of Proximate, Mineral and Phytochemical Compositions of Carapa procera (Family Meliaceae). Pakistan Journal of Nutrition,13 (6): 359-365, 2014.

Djenontina TS, Wottoa VD, Avlessia F., Lozanob P., Sohounhlouéa DKC, Pioch D. Composition of Azadirachta indica and Carapa procera (Meliaceae) seed oils and cakes obtained after oil extraction. Industrial Crops and Products, 38 (2012) 39- 45.

Dembélé U, Lykke AM, Koné Y, Témé B and Kouyaté AM. Use-value and importance of socio-cultural knowledge on Carapa procera trees in the Sudanian zone in Mali. Dembélé et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2015, 11:14.

http://www.carapaprocera.com

http://www.carapa.org