Cupuacu Butter

Cupuacu (pronounced coo-poo-ah-sue) Butter is cold pressed, refined and filtered from the seed of the Cupuacu Tree in Brazil. This creamy, emollient butter leaves the hair and skin smooth and soft. It boasts the properties of natural moisture and elasticity. Cupuacu Butter is extrememely beneficial for dry, damaged skin and har, promoting deep, long lasting hydration. Its high water absorption capacity is due to its phytosterol levels and makes Cupuacu an effective alternative to lanolin. Cupuacu also contains a unique antioxidant phytonutrients called polyphenols, which are commonly found in plants like green tea and grape seeds.

Tucuma Butter

The Tucuma is a tree originally from Brazil, specifically the Amazon rainforest. Tucuma butter is extracted from the fruit of Astrocaryum tucuma, both of the flesh and the almonds. Tucuma butter is high in fatty acids such as lauric, myristic and oleic acid.

Tucuma butter helps to hydrate the hair and the natural content of myristic acid in this butter helps to soothe the scalp. It also contains a high concentration of vitamin A that helps to nourish and add a natural gloss to dry, damaged hair and is excellent for softening the skin.