Kokum Butter?????

llineb · Jan 19, 2011

I hope I am spelling this right! Does anyone have any experience with Kokum butter? I heard you can use it in place of shea butter. Does it get grainy like shea can?

Thanks for the info!

carebear · Jan 19, 2011

yep, it goes grainy but seems less likely to than shea
but it's not really the same as shea at all - not a direct sub or anything

pixybratt · Jan 19, 2011

I really only in place of mango butter, but it's a pretty hard butter

Earthchild · Jan 19, 2011

Kokum butter us a very firm butter. It is a good replacement for cocoa butter. I like to use it in place of cocoa butter in lip balms, lotion bars, and body butters when I want a little less grease and no odor. HTH!

llineb · Jan 20, 2011

Earthchild said:
Kokum butter us a very firm butter. It is a good replacement for cocoa butter. I like to use it in place of cocoa butter in lip balms, lotion bars, and body butters when I want a little less grease and no odor. HTH!

Does it crystallize like cocoa butter? I am having a problem with my body butters having little round balls in it and think it might be my cocoa butter crystallizing.

carebear · Jan 20, 2011

yes.

but it has a very different feel from cocoa butter - almost a powdery dryness to it somehow.

Lindy · Jan 20, 2011

I've just started using Kokum Butter and love it! I got into using it because I have a friend who is allergic to Chocolate, I mean he has a big allergy to even smelling it so I needed something else to try for him and decided to start playing with this. I am really liking it.