Ingredienti per la cura personale

The refined Tucumã butter is a butter issued from the almond of Amazonian Tucumã tree. It was obtained through the pressing of the seed fruit, harvested by local people from the north of Brazil. With a fatty composition based on short-chain acids, mainly lauric and myristic, it establishs a significant improvement in terms of skin and hair hydration. Its composition makes tucumã butter highly spreadable and has a light texture, promoting a dry and non-greasy touch. With a melting point around 27-37°C, it acts directly on the surface of the skin and hair, ensuring benefits such as nutrition, hydration, restoration and emollience. Forming a transparent protective film on the skin and hair strands, very similar to action of silicones like dimethicone type, refined Tucumã butter is a natural alternative to the sensory properties of some silicones.

Annatto oil has an unique color due to the high levels of two reddish compounds: carotenoids and bixin. Carotenoids, important liposoluble pigments, are mainly responsible for the intense red color of annatto oil, which has about 6 times more carotenoids than carrots. Bixin, an organic and natural chemical substance, has a highly red color, and is the main compound of annatto with a coloring effect. Its color also acts actively on the antioxidant activity of annatto, protecting cells from oxidative damage from free radicals and thus ensuring the protection of skin tissue. Studies indicate that, among the entire chemical composition of annatto, 5% represent active dyes, among which, more than 80% are due to the presence of bixin. The fatty acids composition mainly composed of oleic and linoleic acids, which guarantees a high emollient power, generating excellent moisturizing properties and, as they are unsaturated, guarantees a fast and complete absorption. Other compounds, associated with the action of annatto before and after insect bites, also give the oil a natural calming, soothing property. Annatto Oil is most often dedicated to sun care, being applied in sunscreens, lotions or tanning oils, it is also indicated in the production of products aimed at treating mature skin and combating premature aging, such as serums, skin lotions and tonics. And, due to its natural calming power, it can be applied to hair products in general, as well as cosmetics dedicated to baby care, such as massage oils. The pigmenting effect of the oil makes it also applicable in the cosmetic pigments sector, mainly in the production of make-up.