Tucuma butter

[Zoyia]

Has anyone tried it?
How you like it?
Is the scent of this butter to your liking(it is said to have a caramel butter scent)?

Thanks

[AGrlCanMAC]

I have never heard of this butter before? What sets it apart from say, shea butter or the others?

[Suburbanbushbabe]

I have some, but haven'y yet used it.
It's similar to murumuru butter, but less expensive. It's hard -- you have to melt it and whip it with something.
Smells okay as far as I recall.

Shea I can scoop, rub between my palms and use, no mixing.

[msamuels]

Originally Posted by Suburbanbushbabe

I have some, but haven'y yet used it.
It's similar to murumuru butter, but less expensive. It's hard -- you have to melt it and whip it with something.
Smells okay as far as I recall.

Shea I can scoop, rub between my palms and use, no mixing.

Hi Suburbanbushbabe, I noticed you mentioned that it was the same as murumuru butter on my thread. Now do you mean the same benefits (nutrients wise?) of just consistancy?

[Suburbanbushbabe]

One of the sites that sells butters had it in their description. Either New Directions Aromatics or From nature with love. I think they meant consistency.

[Zoyia]

Thanks Suburbanbushbabe. I have tried murumuru butter and find it grainy. I wanted to change it by tucuma, but I heard it's also grainy so I think I'll leave out of my new butter.

By the way,Have you tried Mowrah butter, mango butter, illipe butter ? I heard good thing about them. I want to tried the shea butter but when my sister uses it on her hair the scentis so disturbing that I don't think I will be able to stand it. At least Cupuacu has this nice ice-cream scent and murumuru is more neutral.

what do you do about the shea scent?

[Ms Kitty]

By the way,Have you tried Mowrah butter, mango butter, illipe butter ? I heard good thing about them. I want to tried the shea butter but when my sister uses it on her hair the scentis so disturbing that I don't think I will be able to stand it. At least Cupuacu has this nice ice-cream scent and murumuru is more neutral.

Mowrah is a good butter for skin care, mango butter is also great for skin in a body butter. I haven't tried Illipe butter. Now on to shea butter is an excellent butter but remember in order to get a good butter you need to use a raw unrefined shea butter, I get mine from here www.costalscents.com it's soft and creamy also it doesn't have that loud shea butter smell, it takes a fragrance oil well as you smell the fragrance and not the shea. Tucuma and Murumuru are not grainy if you melt them in a double boiler and not the microwave. I've used both in my butter mixtures. They take oils well however you don't need a lot of oil because they are rich butters.hth

[Zoyia]

Originally Posted by Ms Kitty

Mowrah is a good butter for skin care, mango butter is also great for skin in a body butter. I haven't tried Illipe butter. Now on to shea butter is an excellent butter but remember in order to get a good butter you need to use a raw unrefined shea butter, I get mine from here www.costalscents.com it's soft and creamy also it doesn't have that loud shea butter smell, it takes a fragrance oil well as you smell the fragrance and not the shea. Tucuma and Murumuru are not grainy if you melt them in a double boiler and not the microwave. I've used both in my butter mixtures. They take oils well however you don't need a lot of oil because they are rich butters.hth

Ms kitty, you are my vegetable oils butters-hero LOL

Thank you for the Shea butter tip

Well today, I decided to whipped my cupuacu and murumuru butters but separately.
First, I did the cupuacu with macadamia oil, apricot oil and sapote oil. I don't know what happened, but the mixture remained liquid not solid. Maybe I used too much oil or maybe cupuacu is a very soft butter so no need to add that much oil.

Sencondly, I whipped the murumuru with the same oil and it came out good but a bit hard so I guess the murumuru is a harder butter, but greasier than when I mixed it with cupuacu.

[Suburbanbushbabe]

mango butter, illipe butter ?

I think both these butters are in Jane Carter Nourish & Shine and I love that stuff. Just melt the butter down a bit and let it cool to get rid of the graininess.

[Ms Kitty]

Originally Posted by Zoyia

Ms kitty, you are my vegetable oils butters-hero LOL

Thank you for the Shea butter tip

Well today, I decided to whipped my cupuacu and murumuru butters but separately.
First, I did the cupuacu with macadamia oil, apricot oil and sapote oil. I don't know what happened, but the mixture remained liquid not solid. Maybe I used too much oil or maybe cupuacu is a very soft butter so no need to add that much oil.

Sencondly, I whipped the murumuru with the same oil and it came out good but a bit hard so I guess the murumuru is a harder butter, but greasier than when I mixed it with cupuacu.

I always mix my murumuru and tucuma butters with a little shea just to make them a little softer. And you should watch how much oil you use with a butter, because too much oil will make them greasy. Put ypour mixture in the freezer and whip it again also try adding a little aloe vera gel sometimes it helps to make it a little thicker.HTH

[Zoyia]

Originally Posted by Ms Kitty

I always mix my murumuru and tucuma butters with a little shea just to make them a little softer. And you should watch how much oil you use with a butter, because too much oil will make them greasy. Put ypour mixture in the freezer and whip it again also try adding a little aloe vera gel sometimes it helps to make it a little thicker.HTH

Ok, I have one last question for you Ms Kitty.
How do you whipped your butters?
Do you melt them in a double boiler then whipped or do you whip the butter with a hand-held blender without melting, then add the oil to soften?
How do you whipped your hard butters? and how do you whip you soft butters?

N.B. I put the cupuacu mixture in the freezer and it's hard now but I don't know for how long.

Thank you
Zoyia

[Ms Kitty]

Originally Posted by Zoyia

Ok, I have one last question for you Ms Kitty.
How do you whipped your butters?
Do you melt them in a double boiler then whipped or do you whip the butter with a hand-held blender without melting, then add the oil to soften?
How do you whipped your hard butters? and how do you whip you soft butters?

N.B. I put the cupuacu mixture in the freezer and it's hard now but I don't know for how long.

Thank you
Zoyia

For my hard butters I melt the first in a double boiler and then I add my extras and whip with a hand mixer. Soft butter I just start by whipping them first or I soft them up just a little. Let your butter get soft a little and then whip with hand mixed.

[Zoyia]

Originally Posted by Ms Kitty

For my hard butters I melt the first in a double boiler and then I add my extras and whip with a hand mixer. Soft butter I just start by whipping them first or I soft them up just a little. Let your butter get soft a little and then whip with hand mixed.

Thanks Ms Kitty

[msamuels]

Is tucuma butter more for people with thing hair, or works well in both thick and thin hair? I noticed

[hippychic]

i want to order some of these exotic butters: Cupuaçu, Tucuma, Ucuuba

any reviews on hair performance for these butters? i tried to use sal butter but it was way too hard to use (didn't melt in my hands). thought i had some illipe but must have used it all.

[CocoT]

After trying and loving the Darcy's Botanicals coconut and cupuacu pomade I really want to try Cupuacu butter by itself. I just want to purchase it from a reputable source. New Directions Aromatics has it, has anyone purchased from here? Where do you purchase your exotic butters?

[msjaim]

I purchased both cupuacu & tucuma butter from www.gardenstatenaturals.com -decent prices & fast shipping.

[hippychic]

Originally Posted by msjaim

I purchased both cupuacu & tucuma butter from www.gardenstatenaturals.com -decent prices & fast shipping.

thanks msjaim
this is where i ended up ordering from too

[CocoT]

Just made my order from them for the cupuacu and tucuma butter. I also asked for a sample of the murumuru butter. I hope its good. What do these butters smell like?

[CocoT]

Just got my butters from GardenStateNaturals
The Tucuma butter is really hard right now because it was cold outside when it was delivered. It kind of smells like butterscotch. It has a buttery smell to it- maybe butter cookies and a nut. Its nice. I scraped enough to moisturize my hands and they feel nice. I've yet to try them on y hair.
The Cupuacu butter. i was really looking forward to getting this butter but I think I got a bad one. I'll have to see what customer service can do. It smells weird. I was expecting a nutty scent but this has a soury stale kind of smell and look. And on top of that is is very grainy. Not feeling it at all.
The murumuru butter smells like a straight up peanut. Like a jar of mixed nuts. Made my elbow soft tho.
I'll try these on my hair this weekend when I wash