
Bacuri Butter Recipes: Bacuri Butter Body Balm for Natural Skin Care
Unravel the mystery behind bacuri butter and discover how this prized beauty butter from the Brazilian Amazon Forest can transform your natural beauty and skin care products. Plus learn how to make a natural bacuri butter body balm recipe to promote skin health and reduce the appearance of aging.
I’ve been in a creative slump as of late. I’ve been short on supplies. More than that, however, I’ve just been using a lot of the same ingredients over and over in different ways for so long. It kind of becomes uninspiring. If you’re a creator, you’ve likely also hit a similar wall at some point in your own process. So you get what I mean.
In fact, a creative slump was one of the main reasons I stopped selling my homemade soaps on Etsy and at my local farmer’s market. That constant demand for the same exact products over and over. I rarely had a chance to formulate any new homemade soap recipes. Instead I was selling my product downtown five days a week and making soap in the evenings. Then somewhere between all of that there was social media, etsy listings and product shipping. So my creativity extended about as far as swapping out colorants and fragrance oils for the same boring homemade soap recipe.
Recently however I was introduced to an entirely new line of exotic butters and carrier oils by way of Paris Fragrances. Paris Fragrances carries a fantastic line of natural butters and vegetable carrier oils from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. All of these natural ingredients are unrefined, cold pressed and sustainably sourced from the Amazon region of Brazil. They’re also perfect for use in natural skin care and homemade soap recipes!
Bacuri Butter: The Most Magical of All Beauty Butters
With the rise in both artisan and natural skin care products, many of us are now familiar with exotic ingredients from locations like Africa. Shea butter, a natural ingredient used in everything from body butters to soaps, is a major part of Africa’s economy. Known as African Gold, shea butter offers valuable economic opportunities for women and girls.
However, there are lesser known butters from a different region of the world that also have their own unique properties and benefits when used in skin and hair care recipes. Bacuri butter, in particular, comes from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. A somewhat unattractive butter, this natural butter is a dark brown that resembles both the color and consistency of fudge. It also offers some rather amazing skin care benefits. After just one use, bacuri butter was instantly promoted to the most magical of all beauty butters in my natural beauty and skin care arsenal.
Some of my favorite skin care properties of bacuri butter include the fast absorbency rate and its highly emollient and moisturizing properties. I also love bacuri butter’s rich natural color and its antifungal and antibacterial properties. It’s versatility, both as a natural home remedy and as a quality ingredient in skin care products, also makes it a must for my own home apothecary.
What Is Bacuri Butter? (And Why Make a Bacuri Butter Body Balm?)
Bacuri butter is extracted from the seeds of the fruit that grows on the Bacuri tree. These trees are found in Northern Brazil, within the state of Para, where the fruit is harvested in the wild. The dark brown solid butter is then extracted from the seeds for use using the cold-pressed processing method. Bacuri butter has a pleasant, moderately strong natural scent. This natural fragrance is often described as earthy or mossy. However, for me bacuri butter smells sweet and earthy with nutty undertones.
Bacuri butter has a melting point of 95°F which is similar to that of shea butter. The melt point of unrefined shea butter ranges between 89 to 100°F making bacuri butter a suitable substitution in your beauty and body butter recipes. Suited for all skin types, including oily and sensitive skin, bacuri butter leaves skin feeling velvety smooth upon application. It also has firming, moisturizing, astringent, soothing and cell renewal properties when used in your choice of a variety of homemade skin care formulations.
Benefits of Bacuri Butter for Health & Beauty
Bacuri butter offers a number of natural beauty benefits for skin and hair when used in natural beauty recipes. Commonly used in a number of skin and hair applications, bacuri butter is also prized as a natural home remedy for a number of ailments.
Bacuri butter skin care benefits as a natural home remedy.
Traditionally, bacuri butter has been used by the local natives of Brazil as an effective home remedy against both snake and spider bites. It’s also been shown to be an effective home remedy for treating earaches. Additionally, bacuri butter is also viewed as what is considered a miraculous, indigenous remedy against rheumatism and arthritis. You can also use bacuri butter as a natural insect repellent to protect against insect bites.
When utilized in natural remedies for skin issues, bacuri butter reduces inflammation and redness. It’s also effective at reducing rashes, acne, hyper-pigmentation and scarring. Therefore bacuri butter makes a great addition to natural salves and creams that target acne, rosacea, eczema, scars and stretch marks. It’s also a recommended ingredient for natural pain relief products to help ease muscle pain.
Bacuri butter for natural beauty & skin care recipes.
Bacuri butter has many wonderful properties that make it an especially useful ingredient in skin and hair care applications. Part of this is due to it’s high methionine content. Methionine is an essential amino acid that plays a critical role in the metabolism and health of many species. It’s also a natural source of sulphur – an element crucial for healthy skin, hair and nails.
Due to this amino acid and it’s high tripalmitin (fatty acid) content, bacuri butter is able to help stabilize skin’s elastin and collagen production as well as promote hair and nail growth. Therefore bacuri butter makes a both a beautiful and effective addition to scar treatments and stretch mark creams, anti-aging products, hair masks, cuticle balms, body butters and hair conditioners.
About My Bacuri Butter Body Balm
I’ve been working on several natural skin care and homemade soap recipes formulated with bacuri butter – all of which I’ll be sharing over the coming weeks. In the meantime I wanted to share the first of those recipes with you for my natural bacuri butter body balm. My bacuri butter body balm recipe is formulate with just over one third bacuri butter. It also contains passion fruit oil – an unrefined vegetable carrier oil also from the Brazilian Amazon region.
Like bacuri butter, passion fruit oil oil also has a high content of unsaturated fatty acids. It’s rich in linoleic acid, which aids in the restoration of the lipid layer of the skin. This yields exquisite moisturizing and emollient properties that increase the silkiness of the skin. Soap and skin products that are formulated with passion fruit oil offer a relaxing and anti-stress sensation.
Other ingredients in my bacuri butter body balm recipe consist of jojoba oil (or fractionated coconut oil) and lanolin. The lanolin is added to my body balm recipe for additional skin protection and to help lock in moisture. Additionally, my bacuri butter body balm recipe also contains cera bellina wax, a hydrophilic derivative of beeswax that has the ability to convert oils to gels, and candelilla wax. There is no added fragrance in my bacuri butter body balm. Instead, this simple recipe allows the natural scent of the bacuri butter to shine through.
Bacuri Butter Body Balm Recipe
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. bacuri butter
1 oz. jojoba oil (or fractionated coconut oil)
1 oz. passion fruit oil
.25 oz. cera bellina wax
.25 oz. pharmaceutical grade lanolin
.1 oz. candelilla wax
Instructions for making your bacuri butter body balm:
To make my natural bacuri butter body balm recipe, you’ll need to use a digital scale to first weigh out all of the ingredients. Combine the ingredients in a glass Pyrex measuring cup or double boiler.
Melt the ingredients for the bacuri butter body balm using the double boiler method. I recommend using a double boiler insert. Alternately you can also use a glass Pyrex measuring cup by resting the measuring cup on a canning lid in a pot of water.
Once all of the ingredients for your bacuri butter body balm have melted, remove the liquified body balm from heat. Then mix the ingredients thoroughly until well combine.
Pour the bacuri butter body balm evenly into two 2.3 oz. glass jars (like these from SKS Bottle & Packaging.) Allow to cool then screw on the lids and label as desired for personal use or gifting.
How to Use Your Bacuri Butter Body Balm:
To use your natural bacuri butter body balm, simply massage onto skin as desired to moisturize and soothe skin.
Bacuri Butter Body Balm Recipe

Discover how bacuri butter can transform your natural beauty products by making your own bacuri butter recipes. Enjoy the natural skin care benefits of bacuri butter in this easy bacuri butter body balm recipe that moisturizes skin and promotes skin health.
Materials
- 1.5 oz. bacuri butter
- 1 oz. jojoba oil (or fractionated coconut oil)
- 1 oz. passion fruit oil
- .25 oz. cera bellina wax
- .25 oz. pharmaceutical grade lanolin
- .1 oz. candelilla wax
Tools
- digital scale
- double boiler
- glass bowl
- utensils for mixing
- 2.3 oz. glass container
Instructions
- Weigh out all of the ingredients. Combine the ingredients in a double boiler and heat until melted.
- Once melted, remove from heat. Then mix the bacuri butter body balm ingredients to combine.
- Pour the bacuri butter body balm evenly into two 2.3 oz. glass jars.
- Allow to cool then screw on the lids.
Other Ways to Use Bacuri Butter for Natural Skin Care
Other than my bacuri butter body balm recipe, another great way to use bacuri butter is simply solo! When applied as is to skin, bacuri butter gives skin a light golden brown sheen. So it’s the perfect substitute for your body bronzer. Especially when your skin is craving a luxe moisturizer.
While bacuri butter can stain clothing, it absorbs quickly and easily. So not only does this butter not feel greasy after application, once absorbed, there’s no longer a risk of it staining clothing. And because a little dab’ll do you, bacuri butter is extremely cost effective when compared to beauty products that perform a similar beauty benefit. Additionally, bacuri butter also offers some SPF skin protection and works wonderfully as a natural after sun moisturizer.
In addition to direct skin application, bacuri butter is also well suited for hair care. It’s a great natural moisturizer for dark, curly or ethnic hair as it helps to protect hair against external agents.
You can buy pesticide free, fair trade and sustainable bacuri butter online from Paris Fragrances.
More Bacuri Butter Recipes for Natural Beauty
If you love my easy bacuri butter body balm recipe for natural skin care, then be sure to try my other homemade bacuri butter recipes to enjoy all the skin care benefits of bacuri butter.
- Natural Bacuri Body Butter Recipe
- Mineral Bronzing Bacuri Body Butter Recipe
- Bacuri Butter DIY Cleansing Balm Recipe
- Amazon Black Salve Recipe with Bacuri Butter
- Bacuri Butter Solid Lotion Bar Recipe
- Brazilian Triple Butter Soap Recipe
- Exotic Natural Bacuri Butter & Murumuru Soap Recipe
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12 Comments
Keith E Ashwood
July 29, 2018 at 8:17 am
I was going to say that my girlfriend who has very long hair swears by the butter. She uses at least once a month.
Gursimrat
July 29, 2018 at 8:31 am
Hi Rebecca, you really have sound knowledge if bacuri butters. Thanks for sharing.
Stephanie
July 29, 2018 at 10:53 am
I didn’t even know this existed, but I can’t wait to try it now! I live in Colorado, so this will be great to combat the dry climate! 🙂
Evelyn Hernandez
July 29, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Would love to try bacuri butter, where can I find it?
Rebecca D. Dillon
July 29, 2018 at 9:24 pm
I got mine from Paris Fragrances.
JOHN MULINDI
July 30, 2018 at 7:17 am
I always like trying out new things. This looks interesting one to try out!
Nicole Frame
September 14, 2018 at 5:21 am
Hello Rebecca,
Thank you for publishing your recipes. It is very generous of you.
I would love to try this one but I cannot find any passion fruit oil. I have passion flower oil. Do you think that it will work equally well?
I look forward to your reply.
Rebecca D. Dillon
September 14, 2018 at 12:37 pm
I’ve never worked with passion flower oil. However, you should be able to substitute out the carrier oil. Just keep in mind whatever carrier oil you use will change the properties of the final product based on its unique benefits.
Lorraine
December 2, 2018 at 7:50 pm
I love this recipe but I like Shea butter . Cani blend some Shea butter into this recipe.
For additional skin conditioning
Rebecca D. Dillon
December 3, 2018 at 8:05 am
Yes, you could!
Lori
April 18, 2019 at 9:52 pm
This recipe doesn’t need a Preservative right?
Also where I live, it may need wax during the hot summer months..
Rebecca D. Dillon
April 20, 2019 at 7:31 am
No, as there’s no water in the recipe it does not. If this won’t be kept in a temperature controlled area, I’d recommend adding regular vegetable based emulsifying wax rather than beeswax to keep it from feeling sticky. I’d make it first to see how it does. If you still need the wax, reheat in a double boiler then add .25 oz. wax and go from there until it works for the temps you’re dealing with.
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