Illipe Butter
INCI: Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter

Illipe butter is a harder butter with higher melting point than most other exotic butters, yet still melts on contact with the skin. The first inhabitants of Borneo (the Dayaks) have been making a "butter" from Illipe nuts for many centuries for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes. Illipe butter has long-lasting moisturizing attributes. It is most reknown for its skin softening quality.

The Illipe tree grows in the forests of Borneo. The tree grows from 5 to 15 meters in height, with 5 centimeter seeds. The seeds are enclosed in a thin shell with wing-like attachments that enable the seed to fall away from the mother tree. The seeds are collected from the ground and dried in the sun until the shells are sufficiently brittle to be separated from the seeds by pounding in rice mortars.

Illipe's chemical composition closely resembles that of cocoa butter, yet with a slightly higher melting point, making it ideal for use in bar soaps, lip balms, lip sticks and other stick type applications where a higher melting point is desired.

Suggested Uses: 3-100% in Lip sticks, lip and body balms, creams, lotions, make-up foundations, hair conditioners and bar soaps.

Ingredients/Tech Specs:
Efficacy: Prevents drying of the skin which leads to the development of wrinkles. Reduces degeneration of skin cells and restores skin flexibility and elasticity.

SPECIFICATIONS
Saponification Value: 178- 192
Melting Point: 34 -38 C

Typical Fat Acid Profile:
Palmitic C16:0 – 15-19%
Stearic C18:0 – 42-48%
Oleic C18:1 – 32-38%
Linoleic C18:2 – 1-1.2%

Storage: Keep in cool (preferably below 25C) storage away from light and moisture in unopened container.