Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used as a structuring agent, thickener, film-former, and hardness builder in sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It helps raise melting point, add gloss, and improve payoff in anhydrous formulas.
What does Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used as a structuring agent, thickener, film-former, and hardness builder in sticks, balms, salves, and color cosmetics. It helps raise melting point, add gloss, and improve payoff in anhydrous formulas.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, this ingredient is generally well-tolerated and has little restricted-list friction. Sensitivity is uncommon, though very occlusive or high-wax formulas can feel heavy on some skin types.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and readily biodegradable, with a better persistence profile than many synthetic film-formers. The main sustainability questions are harvest traceability, regional labor practices, and pressure on slow-growing desert plants if sourcing is poorly managed.
Is Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted in COSMOS-natural formulas and can be used in COSMOS-organic formulas when sourcing and processing meet the standard. It fits Green Chemistry reasonably well because it comes from renewable biomass, is biodegradable, and is typically processed with relatively simple physical refining steps.
How does Euphorbia Cerifera Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire De Candelilla work chemically?
This material is a complex solid lipid mixture rich in long-chain esters, hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and resinous components, which gives it a high melting range around 68 to 73°C. It is usually used around 1 to 20% depending on stick hardness and payoff goals, is added to the heated oil phase, and is not meaningfully pH-dependent in anhydrous systems.
Last updated 2026-05-13