Tucuma Butter V

Tucuma Butter is a rich, firm botanical butter derived from the seeds of the tucuma palm. Cosmetic ingredient references list Astrocaryum Tucuma Seed Butter as an emollient and skin-conditioning ingredient.

This Amazonian butter is valued for its highly emollient feel, structure-building properties, oxidative stability, and hair-conditioning performance. With a firmer texture and rich lipid profile, Tucuma Butter is especially useful in body butters, balms, hair masks, conditioners, and solid-format formulations.

Rich Emolliency & Skin Conditioning

• Softens dry, rough skin
• Provides cushion and richness
• Helps improve the feel of balms and body butters
• Adds structure to anhydrous formulations

Hair Conditioning

• Excellent for dry, coarse, curly, textured, or damaged-feeling hair
• Adds softness and slip
• Helps improve manageability
• Useful in conditioners, masks, and styling butters

Formulation Structure

• Adds firmness to balms and butters
• Can help reduce the overly greasy feel of liquid oils
• Supports solid and semi-solid formats
• Useful in stick products and rich body care

Typical Lipid Character

Applications

• Body butters
• Hair masks
• Conditioners
• Curl creams
• Lip balms
• Cuticle balms
• Solid lotion bars
• Anhydrous balms
• Rich hand and foot creams

Usage Rates

• 1 – 10% in emulsions
• 5 – 40% in balms, butters, and solid products
• Up to 100% in anhydrous butter blends

Formulation Notes

• Oil-soluble
• Add to the heated oil phase
• Melt gently and avoid excessive heat exposure
• Can be brittle depending on refinement and supplier source
• Combine with liquid oils to improve spreadability
• Pairs well with:
  • Baobab Oil
  • Grape Seed Oil
  • Jojoba Oil
  • Cetearyl Alcohol
  • BTMS-type conditioning systems
  • Tocopherols

From the Chemist

Jennifer says…

“Tucuma Butter is a strong choice when you want richness, structure, and conditioning performance. I especially like it in haircare and body care, where its firmness and cushion can create a very premium feel. It is more functional than decorative—it can change the architecture of a balm, butter, or conditioner.”