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.