It must be said, the murumuru butter is one of those must for those who need to deeply nourish dull, damaged , dry and damaged hair from sun, sea, swimming pool, pollution and atmospheric agents.
The praises are first and foremost the women of Brazil, who know the product well, derived and obtained from the seeds of the Astrocaryum Murumuru plant, native to the Amazon areas of South America, whose fruits are also a good source of food and with the fibrous parts of the hammocks are produced.
So let's see what makes murumuru butter special and what makes it different from other vegetable butters, such as cocoa butter, shea butter, mango butter.
Use of murumuru vegetable butter
Recommended for those with curly and frizzy hair, but also recommended for those who have fat at the base and dry on the tips, the murumuru butter is solid and milky white in color, has a melting point that is around 33 degrees.
It can be used both as a pre or post shampoo mask or conditioner and as a defining product during drying ; it will therefore be sufficient to dissolve a small teaspoon of product between the hands, for medium-length hair, and distribute it with the comb.
The desired time is left on before rinsing, otherwise very little is used, spreading and massaging it on the hair with the fingertips, then it is dried.
However it is used and calibrated for individual needs, it leaves the hair soft and hydrated, without making it greasy.
Properties of murumuru butter
It is a butter particularly rich in vitamins, such as vitamin A, with an antioxidant power . It also contains two precious essential fatty acids, the oleic and linoleic which enrich the hair, are bioregulators and create a kind of protective barrier that helps them stay mobile, silky and elastic. Other acids we find there are: lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, capric acid and caprylic acid.
This vegetable butter also contains proteins similar to those of which the hair itself is made, so it also has an important revitalizing action for fragile, weak, sparse and devitalized hair.
As for availability, this product is not easily found in herbalist shops, but can be purchased and found on the internet at sites specializing in natural body care products.
A 100ml pack costs around 10/15 euros . In the Inci index you will find Astrocaryum murumuru butter indicated.
