Tapioca Powder – Natural Cosmetic Starch

Tapioca Powder is a lightweight, silky starch used in skincare, body care, hair care, and bath formulations to improve texture, absorb excess oil, and reduce a greasy or heavy after-feel.

It is especially useful in powders, dry shampoos, body butters, creams, lotions, deodorants, and other formulations where a soft, smooth finish is desired.

Benefits

• Helps absorb excess oil and moisture
• Gives formulations a smooth, silky feel
• Helps reduce greasiness in body butters and creams
• Improves slip and powdery after-feel
• Useful in dry shampoo and body powder formulations
• Plant-derived and versatile
• Excellent for natural cosmetic formulations

Popular Uses

Body Butters & Balms
Helps reduce an oily or heavy feel and gives the finished product a softer, more elegant texture.

Dry Shampoo
Useful as an absorbent powder to help reduce the appearance of excess scalp oil.

Body & Foot Powders
Adds softness and helps absorb moisture.

Creams & Lotions
Can improve texture and reduce a greasy after-feel.

Deodorants
Useful in solid and cream deodorant formulations for added absorbency and a smoother finish.

Bath & Body Products
Can be incorporated into bath powders, dusting powders, masks, and other personal-care products.

How to Use

Add Tapioca Powder gradually while mixing to avoid clumping.

In anhydrous products such as body butters or balms, blend thoroughly into the finished product during cool-down.

For powdered products, sift or blend well with the remaining dry ingredients for even distribution.

Always follow the usage recommendations provided with your specific raw material and conduct appropriate formulation testing.

Ingredient Information

INCI Name: Tapioca Starch

Botanical Name: Manihot esculenta

Source: Tapioca / cassava root

Solubility: Dispersible in cosmetic formulations; not oil soluble

Great For

Body butter, dry shampoo, body powder, foot powder, deodorant, facial masks, creams, lotions, balms, bath products, and handmade cosmetics.