I wanted to start this series with one of the least well-known ingredients we use. Many people don’t know what emulsifying wax is or what it does, so let’s clear it up!
Natural: Derived from natural sources
Emulsifying Wax is derived from fatty acids and plant esters. The appearance ranges from white discs (like in the image above) or white flakes, like shaved coconut. Despite its appearance, the wax pellets are not treated with any type of detergent or bleaching agent.
Most formulators will use emulsifying wax to bind oil and water together in products that contain water (like lotions or creams). We use emulsifying wax in a different way, though. Exclusively featured in our body scrubs, it seems like a sort of filler ingredient since we don’t use water to formulate the scrubs.
However, when I created the formula for these scrubs I knew what I liked and what I didn’t. What I liked is a clean feeling on fresh skin, and what I REALLY don’t like is a heavy oil feel on my skin. Just in my own experiences, so many scrubs are made with a heavy oil that you really need to rinse well to not have an icky feeling left on you.
I am not a taking-my-time kinda person. I’m a multi-tasking person. I’m going to take it back to 2013 here and say “Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
So I decided to take the ick factor out of our scrubs. They have oil in them, because the oil helps the sugar move over the skin, but by adding emulsifying wax, our scrubs bind to the water from your shower, rinsing off cleaner than a plain oil/sugar combo. Less greasy feelings, more happy moments.
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KOI: Emulsifying Wax was originally published on MSC Skin Care + Home
