Illipe Butter
Deeply Moisturizing – Excellent Hair Properties – Naturally High Fatty Acid Content
Ingredients/Tech Specs:
CTFA Name: Illipe Butter
INCI Name: Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter (Illipe Butter)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia
Packaging: BPA-free buckets (5 gallon and 5 pound), #4 recyclable bags, biodegradable bags (brown bags and green zipper bags)
Description: Light tan when solid; colorless oil when melted; Almost odorless.
Applications: Skincare, Soap, Hair care
Botanical Source: Shorea Stenoptera Tree
Plant Part Used: Seed
Typical Melting Range: 30-38°C/86-100°F
Solubility: Oil soluble; no soluble in water
Primary Fatty Acids: Stearic Acid, Oleic acid
Primary Function: Moisture retention; protective layer on skin
Formulation Phase: Oil phase
Why formulators love Illipe Butter?
Illipe butter is an exotic Asian rainforest butter that is widely used for its immense hydration capabilities. Illipe butter provides a protective layer on the skin, keeping moisture in while protecting the skin from environmental damage and drying.
Illipe Butter is an excellent alternative to cocoa butter, if you are looking for the same richness of feel, with a velvety feel. Illipe Butter is high in stearic and oleic fatty acids, making it exceptional in skincare applications. Stearic acid creates the firm structure and rich skin feel; oleic acid makes the skin feel soft and helps the finished product feel smooth and creamy.
Illipe Butter is an excellent alternative to shea butter, kokum butter and cocoa butter in soap making and skincare. If you are looking for an ingredient to create a distinction your formulations, Illipe Butter not only imparts excellent skin benefits but it also has more velvety, soft feel on the skin than shea, cocoa or kokum. That is one of the key attributes of Illipe butter- the velvety soft feel. Incorporating Illipe Butter into your body butters, face creams, eye creams, lip balms and salves will give the finished product a smoother, softer, more supple skin feel.
Suggest levels of usage:
| Product application | Suggested starting level |
| Body butters | 5–30% |
| Whipped body butters | 5–20% |
| Body lotions | 1–5% |
| Rich body creams | 3–10% |
| Facial moisturizers | 1–5% |
| Lip balms | 5–25% |
| Lotion bars | 15–40% |
| Solid body balms | 10–35% |
| Hair conditioners | 1–5% |
| Intensive hair masks | 2–10% |
| Hair balms | 5–20% |
| Cold process soap | 5–15% of oils |
| Massage bars | 10–30% |
Sustainability Information:
What is Illipe Butter?
Illipe Butter is a natural vegetable fat obtained from the Shorea Stenoptera tree in southeast Asia. The product is extracted from the seed of the plant by physical expeller methods; filtration through physical filtration only; de-waxing; refining using physical filtration again, not bleaching.
Illipe Butter can be used to create body butters, lotion bars, hair conditioners, hair masks, facial creams, eye creams, lip treatments, lip balms, lip butters, cuticle creams, conditioner bars, whipped body butters, foot creams, cold processed soap bars, hot process soap bars, and more.
What is the fatty acid profile of Illipe Butter?
Fatty acids are the entire reason plant based butters are used in cosmetic formulations. Fatty acids, and their different levels, create the moisture retention properties, the protective layers on the skin, the anti-oxidant benefits, and the ultimate skin feel when used in products. Illipe Butter is high in both stearic acid and oleic acid.
Stearic Acid- plant butters and oils that are high in stearic acid are usually firmer in nature. This allows your finished product to have good viscosity. It also is what creates the protective layer on the skin, helping to retain moisture and condition the skin.
Oleic Acid-Oleic acid is a monounsaturated fat that creates softness and emolliency in your finished product. Comparative butters would be shea butter, which is higher in oleic and lower in stearic, or mango, which is higher in stearic and lower in oleic. Shea butter is a softer butter whereas mango is a harder butter.
How to use Illipe Butter in your formulas?
Illipe Butter needs to be melted, slightly cooled then added into the oil phase of your formulas. You can use it in both emulsified formulas and formulas that are anhydrous.
When melting butters you always want to take care not to overheat or burn the butters. Butters can be heat sensitive if overheated, meaning they can crystallize in your finished product. Use a double boiler or a method of heating with good heat control. Melt just until liquified. I do suggest stirring the product frequently while melting to ensure even heat distribution. As soon as the butter is melted turn off the heat source. You’ll add the melted butter into your formulation when both the oil phase and water phase are as close in temperature as possible without the oil phase hardening back up.
Formulator tip: to prevent graininess with any and all butters, not overheating and controlled cooling is the key.
When making emulsified products, you do have to pH balance and you have to use a preservative.
Illipe Butter 1-pound biodegradable bags, 5-pound #4 recyclable bags, 25-pound #4 recyclable bags/boxes, 55-pound BPA-free buckets.
Short Term Storage: Air tight container. Dark location. Cool room temperature.
Long Term Storage: Removing air from storage container will delay oxidation and rancidity (may need to place in a smaller container). Refrigeration can extend shelf life.
Shelf Life in Packaging: Three years from manufacturing date.
Expiration Date: See lot specific C of A for expiration dates.
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