For more than seven decades, Clariant has supplied a wide range of waxes for many different industries and applications.
In most decorative cosmetic formulations waxes are an essential ingredient. They stabilize the shape of decorative pencils or sticks and adjust the viscosity of creamy products.
Ultrafine powders improve skin feeling and spreadability of creams, sticks and powders. For this purpose some of Clariant's Ceridust types containing mixtures of PTFE and polyethylene wax are highly recommended.
The PTFE containing Ceridust types are also used in nail enamel to improve the slip and appearance.
Furthermore, polyethylene wax powders are a good choice for peeling products. The wax particles gently smooth the surface of the skin and are especially suitable for delicate and sensitive skin types.
The abrasive effect of polyethylene wax powders is also used in toothpaste. Due to the comparable low hardness the powders are particularly qualified for toothpaste for sensitive teeth by providing a good cleaning performance.
Wax emulsions can serve as a solubilizer in skin cleaning products or as a gloss modifyer in hair care and styling products.
The following tables contain a selection of products especially recommended for cosmetics.
Included in Clariant's extensive wax portfolio is a range of products with different particle size or mixing ratio.
Please do not hesitate to contact our experts for additional product and application recommendations as other Clariant waxes, not listed, may perfom better in your specific application.
The technical data contained in the following tables represent our latest specifications.
 | Wax | Ceridust 3610 | Ceridust 3831 | Ceridust 3910 | Ceridust 3920 F |
| Technical data | Main components
(all components INCI listed) | Polyethylene wax | Polyethylene wax / Organic ester | bi-stearyl-ethylene-
diamide wax | Polyethylene wax / PTFE |
Softening Point (S)
Melting Point (M)
Drop Point (D)
(°C) | ~ 123 (D) | ~ 124 (D) | ~ 142 (D) | ~ 127 (M) |
Acid value | 0 | ~ 6 | ~ 7 | max. 1 |
Color | white | white | white | white |
Odor | none | characteristic | none | none |
Supply Form | micronized powder | micronized powder | micronized powder | micronized powder |
powders d50 emulsions average particle size [µm] | ~ 5 | ~ 9 | ~ 6,5 | ~ 6 |
Wax content in emulsion (%) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Effect | Effect | abrasive binder | binder | binder | slip enhancer
anti scratch agent |
| Application | Cream mask | | | | |
Lipstick
Cosmetic pencil | | | | |
Blusher
Eye shadow
Powder | | | | |
Tooth paste | | | | |
Peeling | | | | |
Nail enamel | | | | |
Skin cleansing | | | | |
Hair care
Hair styling | | | | |
| Wax | Ceridust 6071 | Ceridust 9202 F | Ceridust 9205 F | Ceridust 9325 F |
| Technical data | Main components
(all components INCI listed) | Polypropylene wax | PTFE | PTFE | Polyethylene wax / PTFE |
Softening Point (S)
Melting Point (M)
Drop Point (D)
(°C) | ~ 160 (S) | n.a. | n.a. | ~ 124 (M) |
Acid value | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Color | white | white | white | white |
Odor | none | none | none | none |
Supply Form | micronized powder | micronized powder | micronized powder | micronized powder |
powders d50 emulsions average particle size [µm] | ~ 18 | ~ 4 | ~ 8 | ~ 8 |
Wax content in emulsion (%) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Effect | Effect | abrasive binder | slip enhancer
anti-scratch agent | slip enhancer
anti-scratch agent | binder
slip enhancer |
| Application | Cream mask | | | | |
Lipstick
Cosmetic pencil | | | | |
Blusher
Eye shadow
Powder | | | | |
Tooth paste | | | | |
Peeling | | | | |
Nail enamel | | | | |
Skin cleansing | | | | |
Hair care
Hair styling | | | | |
| Wax | Licowax PE 520 | Licolub H 12 | Permanol CAP | Pekophob C50 |
| Technical data | Main components
(all components INCI listed) | Polyethylene wax | Oxidized polyethylene wax | Prime yellow carnauba wax emulsion | Paraffine wax emulsion |
Softening Point (S)
Melting Point (M)
Drop Point (D)
(°C) | ~ 120 (D) | ~ 104 (D) | n.a. | n.a. |
Acid value | 0 | ~ 17 | n.a. | n.a. |
Color | white | white | brownish | white |
Odor | none | none | characteristic | characteristic |
Supply Form | powder | powder | emulsion | emulsion |
powders d50 emulsions average particle size [µm] | < 500
< 125 | < 500
< 125 | 0,02 | 0,35 |
Wax content in emulsion (%) | n.a. | n.a. | 25 | 45 |
| Effect | Effect | abrasive binder | abrasive binder | gloss modifyer | solubilizer
skin care agent |
| Application | Cream mask | | | | |
Lipstick
Cosmetic pencil | | | | |
Blusher
Eye shadow
Powder | | | | |
Tooth paste | | | | |
Peeling | | | | |
Nail enamel | | | | |
Skin cleansing | | | | |
Hair care
Hair styling | | | | |
Testing methods
| Softening Point °C | DIN 51920
ASTM D 3104 |
Drop Point °C
(ring and ball method) | ISO 2176 |
| Melting Point °C | Differential scanning calorimetry following ISO 11357-1/2/3 |
| Acid value mg KOH/g | ISO 2144
ASTM D 1386 |
The particle size values relate to volume/weight distributions determined by screen analysis or on the laser diffraction principle.