A thickening and film-forming ingredient, yellow beeswax is used in highly protective cosmetic balms or creams.
Yellow beeswax for cosmetics "house"
Yellow beeswax has a soft texture and a sweet aroma. It melts between 61 ° C and 66 ° C.
The yellow beeswax thickens the cosmetic cream but also allows to stabilize the emulsion. It also offers an interesting film-forming power that deposits a continuous film on the skin.
properties
Yellow beeswax is involved in the manufacture of cosmetics as: - thickener - texture agent - hardener, film-forming - coemulsifier (stabilizes the emulsions).
use
For the preparation of a balm : yellow beeswax can affect up to 10% of the total weight of the preparation
For the production of a classic cream with an emulsifier: the beeswax must not intervene more than 3% of the total weight of the preparation (to be incorporated in the oily phase).
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