Candelilla Cera Wax) ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily a structuring agent and texture builder, adding hardness, body, gloss, and pay-off control to sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It also helps form a light protective film that reduces moisture loss from the skin or lips.
What does Candelilla Cera Wax) do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily a structuring agent and texture builder, adding hardness, body, gloss, and pay-off control to sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It also helps form a light protective film that reduces moisture loss from the skin or lips.
Is Candelilla Cera Wax) clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, this ingredient is generally well-tolerated, non-fragrant, and not a common allergen. It has little restricted-list friction when it is properly sourced and refined.
Is Candelilla Cera Wax) sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and comes from the leaves of a desert shrub, making it renewable and biodegradable. The main sustainability questions are harvest management, traceability, and fair labor practices in the supply chain.
Is Candelilla Cera Wax) COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic frameworks when sourced and processed according to the standard. It fits Green Chemistry well because it is renewable, biodegradable, and typically obtained through relatively simple physical or solvent-assisted separation followed by purification.
How does Candelilla Cera Wax) work chemically?
This material is a hard, high-melting lipid mixture rich in long-chain esters, hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and resinous components, with a typical melting range around 68 to 73°C. It is commonly used around 1 to 5% for viscosity and film formation, and higher, often 5 to 20%, in sticks and balms where firmness and heat resistance are needed.
Last updated 2026-05-13