The Kadey’s Ingredient Library

Pressed from Vitellaria nilotica kernels grown in East Africa, this naturally soft shea butter works as an emollient that supports glide, comfort, and a supple finish. Kadey’s uses it in rich balm-style formulas when the desired skin feel is plush rather than stiff or waxy.

Pressed from the seeds of the Amazonian cupuaçu fruit, this soft butter is prized for its water-binding sensory character and creamy glide. It supports supple skin feel and helps bring cushion to lotions, creams, and balm textures.

Made from mango seed kernels, mango butter is a smooth emollient that helps condition and soften dry-feeling skin. Its refined, less-greasy sensory profile makes it useful when Kadey’s wants richness with an elegant after-feel.

Pressed from cacao beans, cocoa butter is a firm, aromatic emollient with a melting point close to body temperature. It helps create a protective, velvety finish and lends structure to body-care formulas designed to soften rough-feeling skin.

Illipe butter is pressed from Shorea stenoptera nuts native to Borneo. Its firm consistency and cocoa-butter-like structure make it useful for building stable balms while contributing emollience and a refined, protective finish.

Derived from the seeds of the Astrocaryum murumuru palm, this Amazonian butter is known for a smooth melt and silky conditioning feel. It helps improve glide and supports a soft, less-tacky finish in balm and lotion systems.

Made from the seeds of the Trichilia emetica tree found in parts of Africa, mafura butter is a soft, emollient fat with a rich traditional body-care history. It contributes conditioning, spreadability, and a comforting finish to moisture-focused formulas.

Ucuuba butter comes from seeds of the Amazonian Virola surinamensis tree. Naturally firm and high-melting, it functions as a structuring butter that can improve balm integrity while leaving a smooth, polished skin feel.

Pressed from seeds of the Brazilian bacuri fruit, this distinctive dark butter has a dense, emollient texture and natural earthy aroma. It is used in body care to add richness, softness, and character to restorative-feeling formulas.

Vitamin E, commonly supplied as tocopherol or mixed tocopherols, is an oil-soluble antioxidant. Kadey’s uses it primarily to help protect the oils in a formula from oxidation while also contributing a conditioned skin feel.

Isopropyl myristate is a cosmetic emollient ester made from isopropyl alcohol and myristic acid. It reduces greasiness, improves spreadability, and helps rich formulas feel silkier and lighter on application.

Pressed from broccoli seeds, this lightweight oil is naturally high in erucic acid and known for exceptional slip. In cosmetic products it can lend a smooth, glossy, silicone-like sensory finish without using silicone.

Pressed from safflower seeds, this fluid botanical oil is often naturally rich in linoleic acid. It provides light emollience and spreadability, helping Kadey’s soften richer butter systems and create a smoother, less-heavy finish.

Jojoba is technically a liquid wax pressed from Simmondsia chinensis seeds. Its oxidative stability and light, silky finish make it valuable for balancing richer oils and improving the elegant glide of leave-on formulas.

Neem oil is pressed from seeds of the Azadirachta indica tree, long used in South Asian botanical traditions. In cosmetic formulas it serves as an emollient and brings a distinctive natural aroma, so it is used intentionally and at considered levels.

Pressed from castor beans, castor oil is distinguished by its high ricinoleic-acid content and thick, glossy texture. It adds cushion, adhesion, and sustained slip to balms and anhydrous products.

Pressed from apricot kernels, this lightweight oil contains a blend of oleic and linoleic fatty acids. It supports easy spread, a silky after-feel, and gentle conditioning in lotions, body oils, and balm formulas.

Expressed from sweet almond kernels, this familiar cosmetic oil is valued for smooth slip and medium-weight emollience. Kadey’s uses oils like sweet almond to help formulas spread comfortably and leave skin feeling soft.

Pressed from macadamia nuts, this emollient oil is naturally rich in oleic acid and contains palmitoleic acid. Its fluid, polished skin feel makes it useful in premium body care where softness and elegant absorption matter.

Pressed from avocado fruit pulp, this green-gold oil has a substantial, conditioning feel and is naturally rich in oleic acid. It helps build richness in products designed for dry-feeling skin and pairs well with plant butters.

Distilled water has been purified through vaporization and condensation to reduce minerals and impurities. In lotions and creams it acts as the main solvent and water phase, allowing humectants and water-soluble ingredients to function evenly.

Glycerin is a humectant that attracts and holds water within the upper layers of skin. Kadey’s uses it in water-based formulas to improve hydration, softness, and the comfortable after-feel of lotions and mushroom skincare.

Sodium PCA is the sodium salt of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid and is a component associated with skin’s natural moisturizing factor. As a strong humectant, it helps formulas hold water and supports a supple, hydrated feel.

Aloe vera is obtained from the inner gel of Aloe barbadensis leaves. In cosmetic formulas it contributes lightweight hydration and a soothing sensory profile, pairing well with humectants in lotions and gel-creams.

DL-panthenol is a cosmetic form of provitamin B5. It functions as a humectant and conditioning ingredient, helping improve softness, moisture retention, and the smooth feel of skin and hair-care formulas.

Allantoin is a skin-conditioning ingredient found in nature and commonly produced to cosmetic purity. At appropriate formula levels it supports a smoother, more comfortable feel and complements hydration-focused ingredients.

Colloidal oat flour is whole oat material milled to a very fine particle size for dispersion in water. It contains starches, beta-glucans, proteins, and lipids that contribute to a comforting, protective skin feel in moisture-focused care.

Snow mushroom extract comes from Tremella fuciformis, an edible fungus used in East Asian traditions. Its polysaccharides help bind water and lend a smooth, light hydration profile to serums, gels, and lotions.

Hydrolyzed wheat protein is made by breaking wheat proteins into smaller, water-compatible components. It can form a light conditioning film and improve the smooth, substantive feel of skin and hair-care formulas.

Niacinamide is the amide form of vitamin B3 and a versatile water-soluble cosmetic active. In well-designed formulas it can support a more even-looking tone, balanced appearance, and healthy-looking skin barrier.

Kojic acid is produced through fermentation by certain fungi and is used in cosmetic brightening formulas. It is selected to support a more even-looking complexion and requires careful attention to concentration, pH, stability, and packaging.

Sodium cocoyl isethionate is an anionic surfactant made using coconut-derived fatty acids. It is prized for dense, creamy foam and a milder cleansing profile, especially in syndet bars and powder-to-foam products.

Cocamidopropyl betaine is an amphoteric surfactant commonly made from coconut-derived fatty acids. It boosts foam, helps reduce the harsh feel of stronger cleansers, and supports balanced liquid-cleansing systems.

Decyl glucoside is a nonionic surfactant made from glucose and fatty alcohols. It provides gentle cleansing and foam and is often blended with other surfactants to create a more balanced wash experience.

Beeswax is produced by honeybees and purified for cosmetic use. It gives balms structure, supports a protective surface film, and helps slow moisture loss while creating a substantial, comforting texture.

Sunflower wax is obtained during the winterization of sunflower oil. This hard vegetable wax adds firmness, improves heat stability, and creates structure in sticks and balms without relying on beeswax.

Cetyl alcohol is a waxy fatty alcohol, not the drying type of alcohol associated with quick evaporation. It thickens emulsions, improves slip, and helps creams and lotions feel plush, stable, and conditioned.

Stearic acid is a long-chain fatty acid found in many plant fats and cosmetic raw materials. It adds viscosity, opacity, and body, and can help build the structured texture expected from rich creams and cleansing formulas.

Emulsifying wax is a standardized blend of emulsifying and fatty components designed to unite oil and water into a stable lotion or cream. It supports consistency, spread, and shelf-stable texture across the finished formula.

BTMS-50 is a conditioning emulsifier based on behentrimonium methosulfate with fatty alcohols. Despite the name, it is not a harsh sulfate cleanser; it helps create stable emulsions with exceptional softness, detangling, and powdery slip.

Sunflower lecithin is a phospholipid-rich material derived from sunflower seeds. It can support emulsification, dispersion, and skin conditioning while adding a naturally substantive feel to oils, balms, and emulsions.

Carbomer 940 is a high-molecular-weight polymer used at low levels to thicken water-based formulas. Once properly neutralized, it creates clear gels, suspends ingredients, and gives serums or gel-creams a refined, controlled flow.

PVP, or polyvinylpyrrolidone, is a water-soluble film-forming polymer. Depending on the product, it can improve adhesion, create a light surface film, support suspension, or modify the finished texture.

Triethanolamine is a formulation aid used in carefully controlled amounts to adjust pH and neutralize ingredients such as carbomer. This neutralization helps a water-based formula develop its intended gel structure and stability.

Liquid Germall Plus is a broad-spectrum preservative system used at low, supplier-specified levels in water-containing cosmetics. Its role is essential: helping protect the finished product from microbial contamination during its intended shelf life and use.