Features

  • Quickly treat dry skin anywhere on your body
  • All-in-one balm, suitable for twist-up sticks, push-up sticks, pots and molds

Ingredients

Cocoa Butter

Natural wax extracted from Cocoa beans. Low melt point solid, provides thickening, some structure, and nourishment to skin and hair. Emollient, thickener, glossy finish. Usage level up to 100%.

Sunflower Wax

Natural wax extracted from sunflower seeds. Very high melting point and excellent structuring capabilities, increases stick structure and stability. Structurant. Usage level 1-15%.

Kester Wax K-24

Naturally derived wax ester of plant origin. Low melt point semi-solid, melts on body contact, provides cooling sensation. Adds slip, reduces greasy feel, dimethicone alternative. Usage level up to 50%.

Kester K-70P

Naturally derived plasticizer. Increases meltpoint, stability, and compatibility in anhydrous systems. Improves feel without affecting structure. Creates jellies and squeezables. Usage level 0.5-20%.

Categories

Main Topic

  • Color Cosmetics
  • Skin Care

Sub Topics

  • Anhydrous
  • Clean Beauty
  • Color Cosmetics
  • Natural
  • Skin Care
  • Stick
  • Unisex
  • Vegan

Procedure

  • Combine all ingredients and melt with low mixing until homogeneous, heating to 80-85°C.
  • Pour into appropriate containers around 80°C.
  • Allow to cool undisturbed.

Stability Information

  • Three months at 45°C
  • Three months at room temperature
  • Three freeze/thaw cycles

Supplier Information

  1. Koster Keunen, Inc.
  2. Barentz
  3. BASF

Additional Notes


*Plasticizers Used: Kester Wax K-60P, Kester Wax K-70, Kester Wax K-82P

Ingredient Trade Name

INCI Name

%
Phase A
Cocoa Butter1 Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter 12.0
Sunflower Wax1 Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax 7.5
Plasticizer* 15.0
Kester Wax K-241 Lauryl Laurate 8.0
Coconut Oil2 Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil 34.0
Jojoba Oil2 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 13.5
Rice Bran Oil2 Oryza Sativa (Rice Bran) Oil 9.0
Vitamin E Acetate3 Tocopheryl Acetate 1.0