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    3. Syncrowax™ BB4

    Syncrowax™ BB4

    Similar composition to beeswax. Ideal choice for lipsticks to stabilise colour, enhance gloss and facilitate mould removal. Emulsifier/emulsion stabiliser for W/O emulsions.

    INCI name

    Synthetic Beeswax

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    Product details

    Physical form at 25°C

    • Pastille

    Chemistry

    • Waxes

    Functions

    • Emulsion stabilisers
    • Film formers
    • Rheology / viscosity modifiers
    • Emulsifiers

    Regional availability

    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Latin America
    • N America

    Category

    • Skin care
    • Sun care
    • Colour cosmetics

    Applications

    • Antiperspirants & deodorants
    • After sun
    • Body care
    • Eye colour
    • Eye contour care
    • Face / neck skin care
    • Face colour
    • Hair relaxing / permanent waves
    • Lip care
    • Lip colour
    • Sun protection

    Consumer benefit

    • Gloss / shine / vibrancy

    Certifications and standards

    • ISO 16128 - derived natural

    Regional compliance

    • IECIC

    Ingredient origin

    • Animal derived
    • Mineral derived
    • Plant derived
    • Petrochemical derived

    % Natural content – ISO 16128

    • 79
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    Formulations

    Spot Stick Treatment SPF 25

    Unique broad spectrum protection for spot treatment, this beach wear and everyday care stick provides innovative skin feel with an ideal combination of Solaveil CZ and CT to reach transparency in a super convenient format.
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    Sun Stick SPF 25

    This smooth stick is completely transparent on the skin yet has high SPF and UVA protection thanks to a combination of Solaveil™ CT-100 and Solaveil™ CZ-100. Crodamol™ STS gives a smooth skin feel and Crodamol™ ISIS offers moisturising properties.
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    Eye Mascara

    This perfect eye mascara contains CrodafosTM CES to improve wash-off resistance, WIDELASH™ to help eyelashes appear longer, fuller and stronger and MiruStyle CP to deliver perfect curls to the eyelashes. Finally, Crodamol™ SFX is used to help in the dispersion of the pigment.
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    Make-up Campaign – Lipstick Nude

    Lipstick “Nude” with MAXI-LIP™, a lip firming active which delivers a moisturising and firming effect to make your lips smoother and better defined, to look like your favourite Hollywood Star.
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    Make-up Campaign – Lipstick Red Intense

    Red Intense Lipstick with VOLULIP™, an incredible lip plumper, to look like your favourite Hollywood Star.
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    Creme to Powder Foundation Stick

    This innovative foundation transforms from a smooth cream to a velvety powder finish. Crodamol™ STS provides a silicone-like emollience to skin to compliment the moisture retention of Liquiwax™ PolyIPL. These technologies work together to provide a flawless, velvety skin feel. Solaveil™ XT-300 is a...
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    Go the Distance Mascara

    Enjoy luscious, long lashes with this Crodafos™ CES emulsion mascara featuring Widelash™. This easy to apply formulation provides an even film to the lashes for a polished look throughout the day.
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    Instant Lash Booster

    Build up your lashes instantly with this emulsion based lash primer that applies white to the lashes and intensifies the colour of the mascara applied on top. Designed to moisturise & condition with Crosilk™ Liquid and Hairspa™, this primer uses Crodabond™ CSA to adhere to the lashes as a base for ...
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    Strong Hold Hair Wax

    This formula uses Crodamol™ STS to reduce tack and ease application without affecting its high fixative properties. The combination of the emulsifiers Brij™ CS-25, Syncrowax™ BB4 and Cithrol™ 4BW provide a firm consistence and structure to the formulation.
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    Facial Night Cream

    This formula uses Crodamol™ GTCC and Crodamol™ IPM to impart a soft and creamy sensorial that leaves an excellent after feel without any oily residual while Arlacel™ 165 provides a light emulsion without tackiness efect. Duraquench™ IQ SA provides a high long lasting moisturizing effect. Medilan™...
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    Gentle Baby Cream

    This formula provides a soft sensorial with the use of Crodamol™ IPP and Crodamol™ SSA that help to increase the spreadability, reduce the tackiness effect on the skin with an excellent after feel. Arlacel™ 165 provides a creamy emulsion and in combination with Syncrowax™ BB4 enhances the viscosity...
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    Bronzing stick for face

    This Bronzing Stick for Face is a solid makeup stick suitable for face bronzing and contouring. This formulation gives a matte finishing for maximum contouring effect. Both OleoCraft™ LP-20 and OleoCraft MP-32 polymers are used to provide an oil structuring function with compatible emollients such...
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    Hair Shine Tidying Stick

    The hair tidying stick is to temporarily tidy bangs or broken hairs with shiny colour effect. The stick format is convenient for the consumer to carry, especially when travelling. In the product, Crodesta™ 4IS provide adhesive effect and Crodamol™ STS provide smoothness and shine for hair....
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    Baby Nappy Cream

    This formulation contains the Cithrol™ DPHS, which provides a sensory light and soft of this water-in-oil formulation. Pharmalan™ USP is a pharmaceutical grade lanolin that provides a well moisturizing benefit. Arlamol™ PS15E is an emollient that provides a velvety film, hydration and good...
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    Shea No More Hair Balm

    Lock in moisture with this clean, minimal ingredient hair balm. Created specifically for naturally textured hair, this blend of shea and mango butter is the perfect recipe for keeping your hair moisturised and nourished. Cropure™ Mango Butter is rich in natural fatty acids, providing moisturising...
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    Hair Chalk

    Time to express yourself! Colou ra hair strand just like you colour your drawings with this soft and smooth hair chalk. SyncrowaxTM products and OleocraftLP-20 gives structure to formula while MoonlightTM Effect Pigments brings all the colour and fun to it.
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    Solid Styling Balm

    Wave goodbye to bad hair days with Croda’s tress taming Solid Styling Balm! This blend of shea and mango butter together with active ingredients is the perfect recipe to keep hair nourished and target the clean beauty movement. Cropure™ Mango Butter is rich in natural fatty acids, providing...
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    Sun Shield FPS80 Stick Foundation

    This super high SPF stick provides a sensational powdery feel while providing good coverage on skin. It draws your natural content higher thanks to the addition of Solaveil™ XT-300, an Ecocert approved titanium dioxide dispersion in a naturally derived carrier oil. Its convenient, practical...
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    Petal Plump and Repair Lip Mask

    An all-in-one solution for healthy lips! The Petal Plump and Repair Lip Mask is a long-wearing, botanical-rich, lip mask. The novel, biomimetic technology behind our 100% naturally derived and vegan suitable Crodamol™ ISIS works with the skin’s lipid bilayers to boost its water holding potential for...
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    Golden Hour Glow Highlighter Stick

    Capture the sun's glow with the Golden Hour Glow Highlighter Stick. This waterless formulation presents a highlighter in a unique stick format, in contrast to the more common powder form, thanks to Syncrowax™ BB4, which has a similar composition to beeswax and is able both to stabilize color and...
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    Perfect Positioning Hair Putty

    A putty product with a fantastic stringy texture which provides style hold along with other benefits. MiruStyle™ MFP PE provides style hold and anti-frizz benefits. Procapil™ prevents hair loss to maintain a thick head of hair.The unique texture is created by Crodafos™ CS20A, Crodacol CS90,...
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    Conditioning and Delicate Shampoo Bar

    Shampoo in a practical bar format for use even on-the-go, providing gentle hair cleansing with good conditioning properties, leaving hair soft, smooth and moisturized. Arlasilk™ EFA is a conditioning performance enhancer with a broad range of properties such as gentle cleansing, long-lasting...
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    Conditioning and Delicate Shampoo Bar with Apiscalp

    Shampoo in a practical bar format for use even on-the-go, providing gentle hair cleansing with good conditioning properties, leaving hair soft, smooth and moisturized. Arlasilk™ EFA is a conditioning performance enhancer with a broad range of properties such as gentle cleansing, long-lasting...
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    Baby Sun Protection Lotion SPF 30

    It is a pure physical sun protection lotion for baby and child with W/O format. In the formula, only non-nano physical UV filters including titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are used to provide both UVB and UVA protection. Solaveil XT-300 is oil-based titanium dioxide dispersion that gives high UV...
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    Biker’s Hair Rescue Cream

    This hair cream provides solution to the hair problems that bikers may encounter. It keeps the scalp fresh and maintain the hairstyle throughout the journey.
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    Sun Primer

    This sun primer has a cushiony and creamy texture, spreading smoothly on skin with a velvety finish.
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    Related resources

    • Syncrowax™ Range Datasheet
      English: 166.0 KB
      Croda's Syncrowax range offer cosmetic chemists a desirable alternative. The Syncrowax range are a range of structural wax esters specifically...
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    • SYNCROWAX BB4-PA-(MH) - SW40263
      English: 1.1 MB
      Product Information Dossier contains commonly requested regulatory and sustainability information such as origin, INCI, composition, impurities,...
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