COCO BUTTER

Skin Benefits: Moisturizing

WHAT IS IT?       

Cocoa butter is a by  product of cocoa pressing. It  is obtained from roasted cocoa beans.            

INCI NAME

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter.

COMEDOGENIC RATING : 

Fairly high likelihood to clog pores

APPEARANCE             

Yellowish soft butter          

TEXTURE & SCENT                                 

Rich sweet chocolately scent that is soft and silky in texture.

ABSORBENCY                      

Fast

SOLUBILITY

Slightly soluble in water

BENEFITS

Ideal for Body/Eye area.

DISADVANTAGES

Not particularly sitale for Oily/Acne-Prone skin

ALTERNATIVES & SUBSTITUTIONS

Coconut butter, Coconut oil or Shea butter

BEST USED FOR

• Body Butters

• Lip balms

• Foot Balms

• Body lotions

COMPOSITION

Saturated: 61.5% (as palmitic acid, stearic acid, myristic acid, arachidic acid)

Monounsaturated: 34.8% (as oleic acid omega-9, palmitoleic acid omega-7)

Polyunsaturated: 3.2% (as linoleic acid omega-6)