Organic Babassu butter
- Volume: 100 mL
The babassu is a palm tree native to Brazil. Its fruits are very popular because they are used in particular in the making of cosmetics. Butter is extracted from its seeds by mechanical pressure then refined without chemicals or solvents. It is renowned for its moisturizing, antioxidant and protective properties.
For whom: all skin types, damaged and dehydrated skin, all hair types, damaged hair
For what: moisturizers, massage butters and oils, lip balms, hair masks and balms, soaps, anti-aging treatments, cleansing milks
TECHNIQUES D'INDICATIONS
Botanical name: Orbignya oleifera
Part of the plant used: seeds
Origin: Brazil, Burkina Faso
Typical fatty acid composition of one of our batches: lauric acid (48.5%), myristic acid (20%), palmitic acid (11%), oleic acid (10%), capric acid (5%)
Color: white to pearl white
Odor: very light, characteristic
Touch: creamy, quite greasy but very penetrating
Culture: organic farming
Extraction method: mechanically pressed
Density: 0.91
Saponification index: 245-256
PROPERTIES OF BABASSU BUTTER
- Antioxidant: fights free radicals and prevents premature aging of skin cells
- Penetrates quickly: leaves no greasy film
- Emollient and nourishing: leaves the skin soft and protected
- Spreads easily: liquefies into an oil on contact with the skin
- Helps stabilize emulsions: provides texture to creams, balms and milks
- Provides high solubility to soaps: produces abundant foam
- Takes care of damaged hair: protects it from dehydration
Volume:
100 mL
INCI name: orbignya oleifera oil
Score YUKA
100 / 100
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