Candelilla Wax

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A vegan alternative to beeswax, it excels in skin products.

Enhance texture and provide a protective barrier.

INCI: Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) wax

Candelilla wax is a plant-based wax and an excellent vegan alternative to beeswax, whilst also being an excellent skincare ingredient in its own right.

Like beeswax, this unique wax has a very high melting point and acts as a stabilizer and emulsion helper in balms, creams, ointments and lotions. It is an excellent skin conditioner, easily absorbed, odorless and rich in nutrients. Provides wonderful shine and lubrication to lip balms.

Candelilla wax is a little denser than beeswax.

For this reason, it is necessary to adjust the recipes if you intend to use it to completely replace beeswax.

In this case, it is recommended to use half the amount of Candelilla wax that you would use if it were beeswax, as it has twice the hardening power.

Therefore, if a recipe calls for, for example, 10 g of beeswax, use only 5 g of Candelilla wax.

Its texturizing properties, combined with its ability to create barriers between the skin and harsh environmental aggressors, make it a valuable ingredient in products such as lip balms.

Its protective and softening qualities make this vegetable wax a very popular additive in moisturizers.

With a great ability to combine well with other waxes, including paraffins and carnauba, Candelilla wax complements them, helping to expand their beneficial properties, and can also be an effective substitute for these products.

Candelilla wax works as a thickening and hardening agent, plasticizer, viscosity modifier, emollient and skin protection agent, forming a barrier that helps prevent the skin from losing moisture.

Provides shine and works as a stabilizer, emulsifier, fast-absorbing lubricant and nourishing skin conditioner.

Candelilla wax is reputed to help reduce the appearance of stretch marks, as well as signs of aging such as wrinkles and age spots.

Furthermore, it can help hydrate dry, flaky skin, giving it greater smoothness.

It is known to be an effective binding agent that easily fuses ingredients together.

This quality facilitates its incorporation with most other waxes and resins, whether natural or synthetic.

This emulsifying property primarily helps water and oil constituents come together with smooth uniformity, a key effect for products such as moisturizers, lotion bars, creams and balms, to which Candelilla wax provides moisturizing properties and ease of dispersion. over the skin.

Its firming effect means that it can be used to set and solidify formulas for various types of makeup, such as foundations, eye shadows or lip products, which it provides ideal "glide" without causing the products to deteriorate. This firming property is also beneficial in candle formulations, as Candelilla contributes to the hardness and softness of the final product.

Properties and applications:
- Non-gelling thickener, viscosity enhancer and plasticizer
- Compatible with most natural and synthetic waxes and resins
- Extraordinary protective film-forming properties
- Effective emollient
- Adds shine to lipsticks/lip balms

Cosmetic Use: Melt before use. Add to the oil phase in formulas that require emulsification.

Typical usage level*: 2 - 30%.
Exclusively for external use.

Applications: Cosmetic creams, ointments, protective creams, balms, lipsticks, masks, lip glosses, candles, ...

Datasheet:
Description: Natural vegetable wax extracted from the Candelilla plant (Euphorbia antisyphilitica, pedilanthus pavonis) from northeastern Mexico.
Presentation: Pearls/Pellets/Yellow-orange Flakes, odorless/with a characteristic smell.
Saponification index 43-65.
Melting point: 66-74°C

Soluble in alcohol, insoluble in water.