Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a structuring and hardening material used in sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It adds firmness, gloss, oil-binding, water resistance, and a light film on skin or lips.
What does Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a structuring and hardening material used in sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It adds firmness, gloss, oil-binding, water resistance, and a light film on skin or lips.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally well tolerated and widely accepted because it is a plant-derived, non-sensitizing material with low irritation potential. Main watchpoint is quality control for residual plant impurities or sourcing documentation, not a routine restricted-list issue.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax sustainable?
This material comes from a desert shrub and is typically obtained through harvesting, extraction, and refining of its leaf coating. It is biodegradable and renewable, though responsible wild-harvest practices and supply-chain traceability matter because production is region-specific.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS Natural and can be used in COSMOS Organic formulas when sourcing, processing, and documentation meet the standard. It fits Green Chemistry reasonably well as a renewable, biodegradable material made through relatively simple physical or allowed extraction and refining steps.
How does Euphorbia Cerifera Cera Wax work chemically?
This material is a complex mixture of long-chain hydrocarbons, wax esters, fatty acids, alcohols, and resinous fractions, giving it a high melting point around 68 to 73°C and strong structuring power in anhydrous systems. Typical use is about 1 to 5% for texture and payoff, 5 to 15% in balms and sticks, and higher levels in rigid color cosmetics when more hardness and heat resistance are needed.
Last updated 2026-05-13