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Paracera® range

The Paracera® mineral wax range is comprised of ozokerites, microcrystalline waxes and tailored wax blends. These waxes are widely used in skin care and decorative cosmetics for consistency regulation, oil binding or as a hardener.

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Paracera® N-line

The Paracera® N-line is a unique range of tailored waxes with narrow molecular weight distributions that provide enhanced property modification and allow for reduced addition levels. Especially useful in decorative cosmetics.

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Natural waxes

The natural wax range includes pure beeswaxes, beeswax blends and vegetable wax blends and are used globally in skin care products and decorative cosmetics. Natural waxes act as emollients and emulsifiers.

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main market segments

Due to the important benefits that waxes bring in cosmetics & personal care applications they are used in a wide range of segments.

Lotions, creams & balms
emulsifier, thickener, emollient, lubricant and moisture barrier protection

Sunscreens
emulsifier, thickener, moisture barrier, emollient and lubricant

Facial masks
lubricant, moisture barrier, oil binding, emollient, plasticizer and gelling

Mascara
gloss, thickener, oil binding, gelling, plasticizer and hardness adjuster

Eye liner & eye shadow
thickener, oil binding, structuring agent, plasticizer and gloss

Lipstick & lip balm
structuring agent, oil binding, emollient, slip and gloss

Pencil
emulsifier, thickener, structuring agent, hardness adjuster and oil binding

Critical characteristics delivered by waxes

Most cosmetics and personal care products are oil-based formulations often in combination with water. Waxes are available with a diverse range of functionalities to deliver targeted characteristics in a wide range of products.

Regulatory compliance in cosmetics

The regulatory requirements of the global cosmetics & personal care industry are diverse and region specific. Our waxes are formulated to comply with these regulations and manufactured in an industry leading production environment.

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Our range of specialty waxes cosmetics & personal care:

Waxes are widely found in nature coming from both animal and vegetable origin. Natural waxes are composed of a group of materials, but their underlying wax composition typically are based on four main functional chemistries: fatty acids, fatty alcohols and esters as well as linear alkanes.

In contrast to mineral waxes, which are essentially pure hydrocarbons, the polarity of the natural waxes brings additional functionality to the formulator’s toolbox, imparting more effective emulsification properties as well as enhanced emolliency.

Today’s environmentally aware consumers seek out products based on renewable sources and more quickly biodegradable than the traditional petroleum waxes. Paramelt offers an optimized line of pure natural waxes, focusing on natural wax blends to provide targeted functionality at more effective price points.

Beeswax
Beeswax is a natural secretion of honeybees. Natural beeswax has a sweet smell of honey and a yellow color, but can also be further refined to offer a white product. Beeswax is predominantly composed of fatty acid esters, but also contains significant proportions of free fatty acids and natural linear alkanes. This blend gives the wax a natural degree of polarity, which makes it an ideal emulsifier for use in creams & lotions and imparts emolliency in lipsticks and lip balms.

Carnauba wax
Carnauba wax is a natural product obtained from the processing of the wax secreted by the leaves of the Brazilian palm tree named as Copernica Cerifera known as the “Tree of Life.”  Carnauba primarily consists of aliphatic esters together with free fatty acids and alcohols in the C26-C30 range. This balance of components makes carnauba the hardest natural wax available, so it is widely used to create hardness and gloss in stick products and mascaras. Carnauba has a relatively high melting point around 85C, which also helps to provide thermal stability.

Paraffin wax is primarily a linear hydrocarbon wax. It has a relatively low oil binding capacity compared with microcrystalline wax but is an excellent gelling and structuring material due to its high crystallinity. It is stiffer than microcrystalline wax and film forms well. It forms large crystals and enhances gloss and slip very effectively.

Paraffin waxes are typically refined mixtures of solid linear hydrocarbons composed of a C20 to C45 chain length. Paraffin waxes used in cosmetics usually melt between 50-65°C. Paramelt’s paraffin waxes have tightly controlled ratios of n-alkanes to branched alkanes (iso-alkanes). Paramelt understands highly consistent composition as being the most important characteristic as it relates to performance, not just melting point.

The Paracera® N-line is a unique range of waxes. Specifically designed with controlled chemistries and molecular weight distribution to optimize the delivery of their properties.

Paracera® N-line grades are produced using a proprietary technology within tight control limits offering an exceptional degree of product consistency and performance repeatability.

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Paracera™ N waxes

Due to their targeted design, the Paracera N-line waxes are significantly more efficient at delivering property modification than conventional waxes. As a result, Paracera N-line waxes are used at much lower addition levels than alternative waxes to deliver the desired result batch after batch.

Key performance impacts

  • High degree of crystallinity and very effective nucleation agents
  • Very effective oil gelling & gel stability
  • Outstanding rheology control
  • Enhanced temperature stability
  • Improved slip modification
  • Fast phase change/short cycle times
  • Extremely high consistency & repeatability

Customized product offering

  • Multiple chemistry options
  • Controlled molecular composition
  • Tailored melting & congealing properties
  • Custom profiles in the range from 0°C - 140°C

Ozokerite waxes were used in cosmetics until the mid 20th century. A product originating in Eastern Europe from bituminous coal and having a relatively high melt point, they found usefulness in many application including cosmetics. With the improved availability of petroleum waxes, the darker color, stronger odor and contaminants present in Ozokerite caused them to fall out of favor. Today, Ozokerite waxes are designed mixtures of linear and branched hydrocarbon waxes. Mimicking the early traits of Ozokerite waxes, but also giving more range and flexibility in performance.

Used in stick products to prevent premature softening and melting originally. Also very useful in creams due to their thickening and stabilizing properties. Paramelt offers a broad range of Ozokerite type waxes. Each one designed to maximize the impact and performance needed, and to maintain the highest level of consistency.

Due to their superior ability to bind high amounts of oil and high flexibility, microcrystalline waxes are useful in practically all types of cosmetics and are especially useful in balms sticks to prevent “sweating” or oil migration. They also impart structure, body and strength where needed depending on their specific composition. They create small crystalline structures in a product, and help to give matte finish and excellent color depth.

Microcrystalline waxes are mixtures of linear and branched hydrocarbons. They are predominantly branched structures, with minor amounts of n-alkanes (linear hydrocarbons). Paramelt’s line of microcrystalline waxes are tightly controlled to ensure consistent levels of branching and linearity. Delivering a consistency of performance time after time.

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Featured product

Paracera® N 101
Paracera® N 101

The Paracera® N 101 is specifically designed with controlled chemistries and molecular weight distribution to optimize the delivery of their properties in decorative cosmetics. The key performance impacts are:

  • High degree of crystallinity and very effective nucleation agents
  • Very effective oil gelling & gel stability
  • Outstanding rheology control
  • Enhanced temperature stability
  • Improved slip modification
  • Fast phase change/short cycle times
  • Extremely high consistency & repeatability

Sample requests and more information can be found on partner sites of Knowde, UL and Specialchem

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Below you find the main product leaflets for this market.

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Paracera™ waxes for cosmetic & pharmaceutical preparations
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Paracera™ N - high performance specialty waxes
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