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INCI ingredient

Copernicia Cerifera Wax

Copernicia Cerifera Wax appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Copernicia Cerifera Wax appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: abrasive, epilating, exfoliating, film forming, skin conditioning - emollient, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • epilating
  • exfoliating
  • film forming
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • viscosity controlling
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • epilating: Applied to the skin, and stripped off quickly to remove hair. With epilation the entire hair is removed from the follicle, whereas with depilation the hair is removed only to the surface of the skin.
  • exfoliating: Initiating and/or accelerating removal of the layers of dead skin cells from the skin surface.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

CAS 8015-86-9 · EC 232-399-4

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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