Category: Moisturisers & Emollients

A wide range of waxes, gums and resins are used across the Personal Care industry as moisturisers, emollients and skin cleansers. In the table below, we list the main products fulfilling these applications and provide examples of their uses.

Product	Type	Examples of Use
Beeswax	Waxes	Used in skin care products such as hand creams, ointments and moisturisers, lip balm and lip gloss.
Benzoin	Resins	Used as a skin treatment and cleanser. It can be mixed with glycerine to moisturise chapped hands and to treat cracked nipples caused by breast-feeding.
Candelilla	Waxes	Used as a component of lip balms and skin moisturising lotions.
Carnauba	Waxes	Used as an ingredient in skin care and sun care products, as well as acting as a thickening agent in make-up, such as lipstick, lip salves and balms.
Ceresine/ Earth Wax/ Ozokerite	Waxes	Used as a skin ointment and an emollient in personal care products such as extra-soft paper tissues.
Elemi	Resins	Used as an herbal medicine to treat wounds, scars and ageing skin.
Frankincense	Resins	Used to promote healthy skin and heal wounds.
Japan Wax	Waxes	Used in the manufacture of skin cleansers and other personal care products.
Mastic	Resins	Used in body oils, skin cleansers and lotions.
Microcrystalline Wax	Waxes	Used as a natural base for lipstick, ointments and skin care creams.
Myrrh	Resins	Used in wound dressings, liniments and healing salves to treat abrasions, bruises and minor skin ailments, as well as to relieve arthritis, sprains, aches and pains.
Paraffin Wax	Waxes	Used in moisturisers and toiletries such as Petroleum Jelly.
Rosin	Resins	Used in the manufacture of skin cleansers, lipstick, concealer cream, hair removal wax and sun lotion.
Tragacanth	Gums	Used to treat burns and as a demulcent, an agent that forms a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation.
Xanthan	Gums	Used in water-based gels and personal care products due to its skin hydrating properties.

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