Kokum Butter

Kokum Butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum Butter contains antioxidant vitamin E and helps to regenerate tired and worn skin cells, supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall.

Kokum Butter comes from the fruits of the Garcinia Indica Tree in India. The fruit kernels produced by this tree yields an emollient white butter. Kokum Butter is often used as a substitute for Cocoa Butter due to its uniform triglyceride composition. It melts when it comes into contact with the skin. It’s commonly used in lotions, creams and body butters, as well as soaps, cosmetics and toiletries.

Coconut Tucuma Butter Pre Poo

A week ago I did a post on Tucuma Butter and decided to experiment. Here's a Coconut Tucuma Butter Pre-poo that I created.I applied this mixture to my hair and let it sit for an hour (I have thick corse hair). Not only did I love how my natural curls popped but I really enjoyed the softness and moisture that the mixture bought to my hair.
I'll test it a few more times before putting it in the product line.

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.

Butter History

About 90% of Decadent Butters products are butter based. I use a variety of butters (and oils derived from these butters) in my products. Over the next week or so I'll dedicate a post to each butter that explains their origins and their benefits.

So keep an eye out for information the following butters.

• Shea
• Kokum
• Illipe
• Mango
• Caupacu
• Tucuma
• Murumuru
• Nutmeg
• Acai
• Ucuuba
• Cocoa

Autumn/Winter Skin Care

Summer is officially over and the autumn/winter season is upon us, which means you have to revise your skin care regimen. You want to aide your skin in adjusting to the change in season, and that means taking care of your skin both inside and out. Remember, what you put into your body will eventually show through your skin.

Hydrate
Be sure to drink enough water to keep your skin hydrated. Just because the weather is a little cooler doesn’t mean your body doesn’t require the same amount of hydration. Dehydrated skin looks dry, tired and is prone to more wrinkling.

Moisturize
Moisturizing your skin is just as important as hydrating the skin from the inside. The best time to moisturize your skin is right after a bath or a shower. The skin absorbs some of the water from the bath and is ready to have that moisture sealed in. Use a natural oil or butter such as virgin coconut oil or shea butter for overall moisture.

Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential for good looking skin and overall body health. During the summer we normally get a lot of vitamin D from sunlight but as the days grow shorter and you’re indoors a lot more than you are outdoors, it’s important to keep adequate levels of vitamin D in your body. You can do this by taking a vitamin supplement or eating fruits and vegetables that are enriched in vitamin D.

So this Autumn/Winter season make sure to take care of your skin by keeping it hydrated and moisturized.