Ucuuba Butter - Baboonwood (Virola surinamensis, Myristicaceae) is light brown with golden specks, it has a sweet beeswax smell. It has a very high melting point - 127.4 °F.
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BENEFITS
Ucuuba Butter is said to have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic
properties and is ideal for treating acne, eczema and dry or irritated
skin. Exceptionally rich in essential fatty acids, Ucuuba Butter is
considered to have anti-aging properties and can be used to replenish
tone and moisture to dry and mature skin. Ucuuba Butter is ideal for
making pomades, creams, lotions, body butters and other skin care
formulations where emollience is desired. Due to its dark brown color,
this butter can be used to produce richly colored dark soaps. It can be
also used, in combination with other ingredients, for producing
vegetable candles.
Recommended Usage
• Body Butters & Creams: 3 - 13 %
• Bar Soaps: 5 - 20 %
• Pomades: 5 - 20 %
My Ucuuba butter comes straight from Brazil and is sold in 2 oz. and 4 oz. stand up sealed pouches. I do accept custom orders! I also have a Butter Sampler, 1 oz each of Bacuri, Cupuacu, Muru Muru, Ucuuba and Tucuma.
My oils and butters are are wild harvested grown naturally in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest without any pesticides, they are fair trade and self sustainable.
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BACURI BUTTER
I am huge fan of this butter! But it is not a beautiful butter and it does have an earthy smell that some people don't like, it does not linger though. It is soft and if you want your final product to be very light, you have to be careful with this butter. I don't even mix it, I use it pure on my skin, it makes your skin shimmer and can be used as a natural light bronzer.
The butter is absorbed quickly and leaves a velvety feeling on the skin.
MURUMURU BUTTER
This butter goes from a very light yellow to a greish beige. It's scent is delicious, it is a bit of white chocolate with whiffs of coffee!
It has a waxy, firm appearance in room temperature, its melting point is 32.5° C. When it is refrigerated it becomes brittle.
It tastes like nutty butter. Perfect for hair or skin whipped butters.
CUPUAÇU BUTTER
This butter varies from a creamy white to a light yellow. It has a very typical fruity odor some people describe it as a mix of chocolate and pineapple, it is pleasant in an exotic way.
This butter is softer and a bit greasier than Muru Muru.
It tastes like nothing, which I am grateful to say after tasting the Bacuri butter.
Cupuacu belongs to the same family as the Cocoa tree and it is very similar and many aspects. It is softer and does not contain caffeine.
TUCUMA BUTTER
Tucuma's color go from off-white to light yellow, it has an earthy smell that I love, it is like a forest in the rain. It is solid at room temperature, absorbs easily and it is not greasy.
Perfect for skin and hair products.
UCUUBA BUTTER
This butter has a beeswax, wood-like odor and is waxy solid at room temperature. It is a very hard butter with a melting point of 32°-37° C.
It can be used as a vegan substitute for paraffin. Soaps and creams made with Ucuuba show a proven anti-inflammatory effect, and have healing and anti-septic properties.
