Tucuma Butter
Nourishing
Tanning
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Cold Pressed
100% Pure And Natural
Foraged
For use as an ingredient in the following blends:
Preparing skin for the sun and aftersun care products
Satin skincare products
Nourishing lip balms
As an active superfatting ingredient for making "superfatted" soaps
For use as an ingredient in the following blends:
Hair masks and balms
Smoothing and conditioning hair products
Properties
As a cosmetic ingredient, tucuma plant-based butter (wild) is known for the following properties:
Nourishing, protects the skin from dehydration.
Thanks to its carotenoid content, it activates and prolongs tanning.
An excellent emollient, it softens and smoothes the skin.
Pleasant to the touch and melting, it does not leave the skin greasy.
A co-emulsifier with a composition that means it creates highly stable emulsions.
Indications
All skin types
Very dry "crocodile skin" type areas
Properties
As a hair improvement ingredient, plant-based tucuma butter (wild) is known for the following properties:
Repairing, nourishes, strengthens and improves the hair.
Excellent penetration into the hair thanks to its exceptional affinity with the hair.
Delicately perfumes the hair.
Indications
Dry hair
Frizzy and curly hair
On the skin
Incorporate as a fatty substance in an emulsion, or mix with your own oil blend (more or less rich in carrier oils and butters) to make a balm (from 1 to 80% depending on the desired texture).
Synergies
For gourmet scents: coconut carrier oil and cocoa and cupuaçu butters.
For mature skin: argan, rose hip, borage, evening primrose and prickly pear carrier oils, frankincense, damask rose, rosewood and ho wood essential oils.
For very dry skin: wheat germ, avocado, olive and sweet almond carrier oils.
For sensitive skin: calendula macerated oil, avocado phytosterol concentrate, calendula, chamomile and pomegranate CO2 extracts, spike lavender, Roman and German chamomile and blue cypress essential oils.
On the hair
Used as an oil phase in hair balms, masks, shampoos and conditioners.
Synergies
For curly hair: coconut, yangu and sapote carrier oils.
To make your hair colour last longer: shea butter, buriti carrier oil.
To improve hair condition and make it shiny: ceramides, castor oil, ylang-ylang essential oil.
Culture
Foraged
Quality
Raw butter, 100% pure and natural
Production process
Cold pressed then filtered. Natural butter that is unrefined, non-bleached, and non-deodorised
Part of the plant used
Beans
Botanical name
Astrocaryum vulgare or Astrocaryum tucuma
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Function
Cosmetic ingredients
Oxidative potential
Not very sensitive
Astrocaryum tucuma, also known as tucuma, is a palm tree native to Amazonia, in the same family as Murumuru. Unlike Murumuru, tucuma prefers dry, raised ground to avoid flooding. It can grow up to 20 m tall and produces between 100 and 200 orange fruits, each 5 cm in size, packed close together.
tucuma fruits are highly prized in Brazil, as they are rich in lipids, vitamins and proteins. Oil is extracted from the pulp, but tucuma butter is obtained by pressing the beans.
As a cosmetic active ingredient, it has an exceptional emollient action that adds a touch of softness to the skin. Its high concentration of lauric acid, a fatty acid with a very strong affinity for hair proteins, makes it an ideal ingredient for nourishing and beautifying dry hair. A natural source of carotenoids, this butter is ideal for preparing pre- and post-sun creams and balms.
It protects the skin from dehydration and naturally prolongs the tan. Let yourself be seduced by this butter with its delicate, gourmet café au lait fragrance!
Organoleptic properties
Appearance: solid butter at room temperature; oily above 31°C
Colour: pale yellow to yellow
Odour: indulgent café au lait and caramel scent, sometimes with slightly toasted notes
Feel: smooth and grain-free, doesn't leave an oily film on the skin
Density
0.910 - 0.930 (density corresponds to density at 20°C)
Density at 40°C
0.91 (Aroma-Zone quality laboratory measurement)
Melting point
31°C (measured by the Aroma-Zone quality laboratory)
Saponification index
225-250
Store in a dry place away from heat and light.
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.
Environmental qualities and characteristics product sheet
Reference
0229401 - tucuma BUT 30 mL
Main packaging material
RPET (recycled PET) pot
Recyclability
Most packaging can be recycled
Recycled material
Packaging contains at least 75% recycled material.
Rewards and penalties
Aroma-Zone gets a bonus for managing packaging made from recycled plastic.
Supplier documentation
Veridiana V. de Rosso and Adriana Z. Mercadante*. Identification and Quantification of Carotenoids, By HPLC-PDA-MS/MS, from Amazonian Fruits. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2007, 55 (13).
<p><i>D.B. Rodriguez-Amaya, J. Amaya-Farfan, M. Kimura CAROTENOID COMPOSITION OF BRAZILIAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 744: I International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables.
Mamabrim M. C. T., Barrera-Arellano D. Caracterización de aceites de frutos de palmeras de la región amazónica del Brasil/Characterization of palm tree fruit oils from brazilian Amazonia region. Grasas y aceites, 1997, 48(3), 154-158.
P.S. Bora, N. Narain, R.V.M. Rocha, A.C. De Oliveira Monteiro, R. De Azevedo Moreira. Characterization of the oil and protein fractions of tucuma fruit, pulp and seed kernel. Journal of Food, 2001, 3(2),111-116.
Frequently Asked Questions
Super moisturizing and beautiful complexion
Not tested yet, but the small size is great for carrying it around
Special smell, otherwise great!
My product arrived completely dry and without a seal, and the composition is normal. I am disappointed.
The scent is certainly unexpected and unusual, but it's perfect for enhancing a homemade cream made from solid oils!
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