Polawax Wax · Self-Emulsifying Wax

Moisturizing creams and lotions

A nonionic emulsifying wax supplied as granules. It is a self-emulsifying O/W wax, meaning it is recommended for creams with more water than oil. Polawax NF is made from plant-derived raw materials and, thanks to its versatility, can be used for hair, body and facial products. Polawax NF lets you make both thick, creamy emulsions and fluid ones.

It is also ideal for achieving a mousse texture.

The formation of liquid crystals promotes "time-release" moisturization

The emulsions are stable vehicles for delivering most actives over a wide pH range

Excellent environmental and high-temperature stability.

The emulsions show good long-term storage stability

Electrolyte tolerant

No neutralization required

Sun care systems

After-sun products

Sunless tanning creams and lotions

AHA / BHA creams

Baby creams and lotions

Night creams

Anti-wrinkle creams

Ointments and pharmaceutical bases

Depilatories

Antiperspirants / deodorants

Hair conditioners

Cream rinses

Hair bleaches

Hair straighteners / chemical relaxers

Hair colorants

Polawax emulsions are equally valuable in formulating hair care products. Their stability at low and high pH makes them suitable bases for conditioners using cationic conditioning agents, hair bleaches, relaxer systems for textured hair and hair colorants.

Emulsion stability

Scientific research has shown that emulsion stability is linked to the formation of lamellar phases (liquid crystals) in which the emulsifier is arranged in bilayers that incorporate large amounts of water. Swollen lamellar liquid crystalline phases form a rheological barrier to coalescence, reducing the van der Waals attraction between the dispersed oil droplets.

Mild, self-bodying oil-in-water emulsifiers