Kokum Butter

Description

Kokum fruit, which is from the Garcina Indica Tree is popular as the ripe fruit whose pulp is used to add sourness as a substitute for tamarind in many recipes. The kokum kernels are rich in an essential fatty acids and are used to extract a rich butter that is known as kokum butter.

Kokum is mostly grown in the Western Ghat region of India which is known as the Konkan Region. The butter extracted from the fruit kernels is rich in Antioxidants, Vitamin E, Citric Acid and may essential fatty acids. Kokum Butter is used extensively in dry skin therapies, hair conditioners, Inflamed skin treatments and in many skin care and beauty products.

Kokum butter is rich in essential fatty acids, which aid in cell oxygenation and make nutrients more readily available for use by skin tissues. Kokum butter also contains antioxidant vitamin E. Kokum butter is a non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) material that aids quick absorption and adds a premium texture to your cream emulsions.

Kokum butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the skin wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough, and calloused skin.

Kokum Butter is perfectly suited for the Following Applications:

•  Lipsticks
•  Balms
•  Bar Soaps
•  Skin Lotions
•  Ointments
•  Suppositories
•  Pharmaceutical proposes

Benefits of Kokum Butter for Hair

1. Kokum Butter is non-comedogenic

2. Kokum Butter can also be used as a hair conditioner

3. Applying Kokum Butter mixed with oils during an oil massage strengthens the hair from the roots and wards off hair breakage.

Benefits of Kokum Butter for Skin

1. The excellent emollient properties of Kokum Butter make it one of the best candidates for dry skin treatment. Simply apply a pea sized amount on your dry skin and you will find the dryness vanish in a matter of seconds since the butter gets absorbed into the skin really fast.

2. It works very well as a lip balm to prevent chapped and dry lips.

3. The antioxidants in the butter helps in the regeneration of cells and regular use helps prevent wrinkles.

4. Kokum Butter helps heal cracks and dryness in your feet. Simply apply some on the cracks every night and find them disappear in a matter of a week.