Cupuacu Butter and Its Benefits

 

 

As I mentioned before, my grandmother was a big fan of cupuacu butter and she used it daily. Like many Latin women from Brazil, her complexion was beautiful even in her old age. She credited cupuacu butter for keeping her youthful appearance. While she applied cupuacu butter directly to her skin, I have found that using it lotions works better for me. While it does absorb really quickly, it is still just a bit oily - which I guess you would expect, right?


What is Cupuacu Butter?


Native to the rainforest of the Amazon, the cupuacu tree produces a versital fruit loaded with may benefical compounds. The cupuacu fruit has many uses ranging from ingrediants in deserts to healthy powder you can add in to just about anything. The seeds of the cupuacu produce cupuacu butter which is prized for its perfect balance of healthy fats making it a stable emolliant.. Cupuacu Butter is processed in a very similar manner to coco butter to perserve it's natural benefits. The oil from the cupuacu seeds is cold-pressed from the seeds and miminally processed to retain it's many phytosterols and fatty acids. These unique compounds hydrate the skin better than lanolin and shea butter.  Because of it's may micronutrients, cupuacu butter and also protect your skin from the suns damaging rays. 


 Cupuacu butter is light and creamy on the skin and quickly absorbs in to give you amazing hydration. Cupuacu butter is so hydrating it has been found to provide sensational relief to cronically dry skin and various forms of dermatitis. Since cupuacu oil works so well as a moisturizer, it gives hair a thicker and fuller feel.


While some cupuacu butter may be consumed (always check beforehand), most is used in very high-end and exclusive beauty and skin products.