Features

  • This wax not only has an amazing hold, but also conditions your facial hair at the same time.

Ingredients

  • Kostol ApiFree: Natural, vegan blend designed to mimic the properties of PEG-8 Beeswax. Adds slip in anhydrous formulations. Improves stability in emulsions. Usage level 1-10%.
  • Kester Wax K-82P: Provides this formula’s creamy texture, while giving it long-lasting hold.
  • Kester Wax CT: Vegan wax blend designed to mimic the properties of lanolin wax. Thickener, film former, texturizer, thickener, emollient. Usage level 0.5-20%.

Categories

Main Topic

  • Hair Care

Sub Topics

  • Anhydrous
  • Hair Styling
  • Vegan

Procedure

  • Combine all ingredients, melt at 80–85°C and mix until uniform.
  • Pour into appropriate containers at 75–80°C.

Stability

One month at room temperature, one month at 45°C.

Suppliers

  1. Koster Keunen, Inc.
  2. Lincoln Fine Ingredients
  3. Taos Inc.

Ingredient Trade Name

INCI Name

%
Phase A
Kostol Apifree1 Behenyl Behenate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate 31.0
Kester Wax K-82P1 C18-38 Alkyl Hydroxystearoyl Stearate 10.
Kester Wax CT1 C32-36 Isoalkyl Stearate, Polyhydroxystearic acid, Stearyl Behenate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-3 Stearate, Polysorbate 60 5.0
Polysorbate 60 Polysorbate 60 10.
Castor Oil Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil 22.6
Jojoba Oil2 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 21.0
Cedarwood Atlas Oil Organic3 Cedrus Atlantica (Atlas Cedar) Wood Oil 0.2
Geranium Rose Oil Organic3 Pelargonium Graveolens (Rose Geranium) Oil 0.2