Avocado wax, 25 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. This light yellow to yellow solid wax, presented as light flakes, is a versatile and highly beneficial ingredient for your cosmetic formulations. With a melting point of 60-64°C, Avocado Wax is easily incorporated into the oil phase of your products, enhancing their texture, stability, and emollient properties. Your global customers will appreciate the quality and effectiveness of this natural wonder.

Description and Key Characteristics

Avocado Wax (INCI: Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil Hydrogenated) is a hydrogenated derivative of avocado oil, carefully processed to transform it into a stable, solid wax. It retains many of the nourishing benefits of liquid avocado oil while offering superior structuring capabilities for cosmetic products. As a natural organic product, it provides a clean and sustainable option for formulators seeking high-quality, plant-based ingredients.

Key features and benefits:

• Exceptional Emollience: Rich in fatty acids, Avocado Wax provides outstanding moisturizing and skin-softening properties, leaving the skin feeling smooth, supple, and deeply hydrated.

• Natural Thickener and Stabilizer: As a solid wax, it effectively increases the viscosity and stability of emulsions, balms, and stick formulations, preventing separation and improving product consistency.

• Film-Forming Agent: Creates a light, protective barrier on the skin, helping to lock in moisture and shield against environmental aggressors without a greasy feel.

• Enhances Texture and Glide: Improves the spreadability and luxurious feel of cosmetic products, making them more enjoyable to apply.

• Versatile Melting Point: With a melting point of 60-64°C, it is compatible with a wide range of oil-based formulations and can be melted with other waxes and oils.

• 100% Natural Organic Quality: Guarantees a pure, unadulterated ingredient free from synthetic additives, aligning with consumer demand for natural and organic cosmetics.

• Light Color: Its light yellow to yellow hue ensures it won't significantly alter the color of your final product.

Application and Usage Areas

Avocado Wax is an incredibly versatile ingredient, highly valued in cosmetic formulation for its ability to enhance texture, stability, and skin-conditioning benefits.

• Creams and Lotions (up to 5%):

  • Emulsion Stabilizer: Incorporate into the oil phase of creams and lotions to improve their stability, prevent oil-water separation, and create a richer, more luxurious texture.

  • Moisturizing Boost: Enhances the emollient properties of creams, providing deep hydration for dry, chapped, or mature skin.

  • Thickener: Helps achieve desired consistency in cream formulations, from light lotions to richer body butters.

• Lip Products (Lipsticks, Lip Balms – up to 10%):

  • Structuring Agent: Essential for providing structure and hardness to lipsticks and solid lip balms, ensuring they hold their shape and glide smoothly.

  • Nourishing for Lips: Forms a protective, moisturizing layer, healing and preventing chapped lips, leaving them soft and supple.

  • Gloss Enhancer: Contributes to a natural, healthy sheen on the lips.

• Solid Formulations (Massage Bars, Solid Shampoos – up to 15%):

  • Hardness and Durability: Crucial for creating solid products like massage bars, solid shampoos, and deodorant sticks, providing the necessary hardness and preventing premature melting.

  • Emollient Delivery: In massage bars, it melts easily on contact with skin, delivering nourishing oils for a smooth glide and deep moisturization.

  • Hair Conditioning: In solid shampoos and conditioners, it can contribute to a smoother feel and enhanced conditioning properties.

• Other Cosmetic Applications (2-10% overall concentration recommended in formulations):

  • Body Butters and Balms: Creates rich, decadent textures that melt beautifully into the skin, offering intense hydration.

  • Hair Styling Products: Can be used in pomades or solid hair balms for texture, hold, and shine.

  • Sunscreens: Can contribute to the water resistance and texture of solid or cream sunscreens.

For optimal integration, Avocado Wax should be added to the oil phase of your formulation and heated to its melting point of 60-64°C until fully dissolved. The recommended percentage of input varies by product type: up to 5% for creams, up to 10% for lipsticks/lip balms, and up to 15% for massage bars/solid shampoos. The overall concentration in a recipe is typically 2-10%.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Deep Nourishment" Solid Body Butter Bar

Create a luxurious, solid body butter bar that melts upon contact with the skin, delivering intense hydration and a silky-smooth feel, perfect for dry or winter skin.

Instructions for Making the Solid Body Butter Bar:

1. Sanitize: Thoroughly sanitize all your equipment (heat-resistant containers, stirring utensils, molds) with isopropyl alcohol and allow them to air dry completely.

2. Melt Waxes and Butters: In a heat-resistant container set over a double boiler (or in a microwave safe bowl), combine Avocado Wax, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, and Sweet Almond Oil. Gently heat until all waxes and butters are completely melted and the mixture is clear. Stir occasionally to ensure even melting.

3. Remove from Heat: Once fully melted, remove the container from the heat.

4. Add Remaining Ingredients: Stir in the Vitamin E and your chosen essential oil (if using). Mix thoroughly to ensure even distribution.

5. Pour into Molds: Carefully pour the liquid mixture into your chosen molds (silicone molds for soap or bath bombs work well).

6. Cool and Set: Allow the body butter bars to cool completely at room temperature. For faster setting, you can place them in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours. Once fully solid, they can be easily unmolded.

Recommendations for Application:

• Usage Concentration: This recipe uses 15% Avocado Wax, which provides excellent hardness for a solid bar that still melts beautifully on skin contact. Adjust slightly if you desire a harder or softer bar.

• Melting Point: Avocado Wax melts between 60-64°C. Ensure your oil phase reaches this temperature for complete dissolution.

• Storage: Store the solid body butter bars in an airtight container in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Since this is an anhydrous (water-free) product and contains Vitamin E, it has a relatively long shelf life, typically mirroring the shortest shelf life of your carrier oils.

• Application: To use, simply rub the solid bar directly onto dry skin. Your body heat will gently melt the butter, allowing you to massage the nourishing oils into your skin. Focus on dry areas like elbows, knees, and heels.

• Benefits: This body butter bar will leave your skin feeling incredibly soft, smooth, and deeply moisturized.

• Patch Test: Always perform a patch test on a small area of skin before full application, especially if you have sensitive skin or are prone to allergies.