Avocado wax, 100 g

Avocado Wax: The Natural Emollient for Luxurious Cosmetics

Discover the secret to exceptionally smooth and nourished skin with our Avocado Wax, a premium 100% natural organic product sourced from Germany. Presented as light flakes ranging in color from light yellow to yellow, this hard wax is a versatile and indispensable ingredient for creating high-quality cosmetic formulations. Its unique properties make it an excellent choice for enriching your product lines, from creamy lotions to solid bars, offering superior skin conditioning and stability.

Description and Key Characteristics

Avocado Wax is a natural vegetable wax derived from avocado oil, celebrated for its rich emollient and protective qualities. This solid wax provides a luxurious texture to cosmetic products while offering numerous benefits for skin and hair.

Key features and benefits:

• 100% Natural and Organic: Ensures purity and minimizes the risk of irritation, making it suitable for natural and organic cosmetic lines.

• Excellent Emollient: Forms a protective barrier on the skin, effectively locking in moisture, reducing trans-epidermal water loss, and promoting softness and suppleness.

• Stabilizing Agent: As a hard wax with a melting point of 60-64°C, it significantly improves the stability and consistency of emulsions and anhydrous formulations, preventing separation and enhancing texture.

• Thickening Properties: Provides body and viscosity to creams, lotions, and balms, creating a more luxurious and desirable feel.

• Rich in Nutrients: Carries some of the beneficial properties of avocado oil, including vitamins A, D, E, and essential fatty acids, which contribute to skin nourishment and antioxidant protection.

• Enhances Product Performance: Improves glide and application of various cosmetic products, leaving a smooth, non-greasy finish.

• Versatile Texture: Its light flakes are easy to incorporate into the oil phase of formulations, melting smoothly and blending seamlessly.

Applications and Usage Areas

Avocado Wax is a highly versatile ingredient with broad applications across various cosmetic formulations, designed to enhance both product performance and skin benefits. Its use in cosmetology is extensive.

• Creams and Lotions (up to 5%):

  • Face and Body Creams: Adds richness, improves texture, and provides long-lasting moisturization for all skin types, especially dry or mature skin.

  • Hand and Foot Creams: Creates a protective barrier to heal and prevent chapping, leaving skin soft and smooth.

  • Night Creams: Enhances the emollient properties of overnight treatments, supporting skin regeneration.

• Lip Balms and Lipsticks (up to 10%):

  • Lip Balms: Provides structure, firmness, and occlusive properties, effectively moisturizing and protecting delicate lip skin from environmental aggressors.

  • Lipsticks: Improves stability, increases hardness, and contributes to a smooth, even application.

• Massage Bars and Solid Shampoos (up to 15%):

  • Massage Bars: Offers an ideal balance of hardness and melt-on-skin properties, allowing for a smooth massage experience while deeply nourishing the skin.

  • Solid Shampoos and Conditioners: Contributes to the solid structure, helps condition hair, and provides a creamy lather.

• Other Applications (Concentration in formulations: 2-10%):

  • Body Butters: Creates a rich, luxurious texture that melts beautifully into the skin.

  • Hair Pomades and Waxes: Provides hold and conditioning for hair styling products.

  • Sunscreen Formulations: Can help improve water resistance and contribute to a smooth application.

  • Oil-based Cleansers: Adds viscosity and emollient properties to cleansing balms.

Avocado Wax should be incorporated into the oil phase of your formulation. It is fat-soluble and melts at 60-64°C. The recommended usage percentage varies by product type: up to 5% for creams, up to 10% for lipsticks and lip balms, and up to 15% for massage bars and solid shampoos.

Cosmetic Recipe: Nourishing Avocado Lip Balm

Create a deeply moisturizing and protective lip balm that soothes and softens, perfect for daily use.

Instructions for Making the Nourishing Avocado Lip Balm:

1. Sanitize: Thoroughly sanitize all your equipment, containers, and workspace.

2. Melt Phase A: In a heat-resistant beaker, combine Avocado Wax, avocado oil, shea butter, and castor oil.

3. Heat Gently: Place the beaker in a water bath (bain-marie) and gently heat until all the waxes and butters are completely melted and the mixture is clear. Stir occasionally to facilitate melting. The melting temperature for Avocado Wax is 60-64°C.

4. Remove from Heat: Once melted, remove the beaker from the water bath.

5. Add Remaining Ingredients: Stir in Vitamin E and any optional flavor oil or mica powder. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are well combined and the mica (if used) is evenly dispersed.

6. Pour: Carefully pour the hot liquid balm into your lip balm tubes or pots. Work quickly as the balm will begin to solidify as it cools.

7. Cool: Let the lip balms cool completely at room temperature without disturbing them. This ensures a smooth, even finish. Avoid putting them in the refrigerator, as rapid cooling can lead to cracking.

Recommendations for Use:

• Usage Rate: This recipe uses 10% Avocado Wax, which provides a firm yet smooth lip balm texture. Adjust the percentage between 5-10% depending on the desired firmness. For harder products like massage bars, you can go up to 15%.

• Incorporation: Avocado Wax must be melted into the oil phase of your formulation. Ensure it's fully melted before proceeding.

• Temperature: While Avocado Wax melts at 60-64°C, avoid prolonged heating above this temperature once melted to preserve the integrity of other sensitive ingredients.

• Storage: Store the finished lip balm in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight to maintain its quality and extend its shelf life.

• Application: Apply to lips as needed throughout the day for hydration and protection. This balm is particularly beneficial for dry, chapped lips.

• Customization: Feel free to experiment with different carrier oils, essential oils, or cosmetic butters to create unique variations of this lip balm.

• Patch Test: Always perform a patch test on a small area of skin before widespread use, especially if you have sensitive skin or known allergies.

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