Microcrystalline Wax
- INCI:
- Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax)
- Also known as:
- Micro wax
Wax with a fine crystalline structure that provides flexibility and cohesion to stick products. It is associated with reduced oil sweating in lipsticks and greater resistance to stick breakage. It complements hard waxes by balancing the final texture of the formula.
Functions
Typical applications
- Lipsticks
- Pencil eyeliners
- Brow pomades
- Balms
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Cera Alba (Beeswax)
Classic natural wax that provides plasticity, body, and a creamy texture to lipsticks and stick products. Its compatibility with a wide range of oils and emollients makes it highly versatile in anhydrous systems. It is sold in yellow and bleached grades depending on the supplier.
Candelilla Wax
Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax
Structuring vegetable wax widely used in lipsticks, providing hardness, gloss, and good mold release. It is a plant-based alternative to beeswax in vegan formulas. In food it is used as a coating agent in accordance with applicable regulations.
Carnauba Wax
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
One of the hardest and highest-melting-point vegetable waxes in common cosmetic use. It provides rigidity, gloss, and heat resistance in lipsticks, pencil eyeliners, and mascaras. In food it is used as a glazing agent in accordance with applicable regulations.
Cosmetic Silica
Silica
Functional filler used in makeup formulations to mattify, absorb sebum, and improve powder flow. It contributes to a blurred finish that visually softens the appearance of lines and pores. Spherical and amorphous grades with different absorption profiles are available depending on the manufacturer.