Here are the product details, positive aspects, negative aspects, and ingredients or materials of waxing cream:
Product Details:
- Waxing creams are a modern method of hair removal that can be used at home.
- They offer pain-free hair removal by weakening each strand of hair, which can then be wiped off easily.
- Waxing creams are suitable for use on the legs, arms, underarms, and bikini line, but not on the head, face, eyes, nose, ears, around the anus, genitals, nipples, or any other body parts.
Positive Aspects:
- Waxing creams provide effective hair removal, even for stubborn hair.
- Some waxing creams, like Veet Sensitive Gel Cream, hydrate the skin for up to 24 hours and provide long-lasting smoothness.
Negative Aspects:
- Depilatory creams, including waxing creams, may increase the number of hair follicles and dermal fibroblasts expressing interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and tumor necrosis factor-β in mouse skin.
Ingredients or Materials:
- The main active ingredient in hair removal creams, including waxing creams, is thioglycolic acid, which is added in the form of various salts like potassium and calcium thioglycolates and as pure thioglycolic acid.
- Other ingredients commonly found in waxing creams include:
- Aqua (water).
- Cetearyl Alcohol (emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing).
- Potassium Thioglycolate.
- Paraffinum Liquidum (emollient, solvent).
- Calcium Hydroxide (buffering).
- Ceteareth-20 (emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing).
- Talc (abrasive/scrub).
- Glycerin (skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant).
- Parfum (perfuming).
- Polyethylene (viscosity controlling).
- Sodium Gluconate (chelating, moisturizer/humectant).
- Geraniol (perfuming).
- Beeswax and rosin are usually the core ingredients in hard body waxes, while natural alternatives are used in organic wax formulas.
- Pine resins and natural oils are also added to wax formulas for their skin care benefits, texture, and fragrance.
- Chemical additives like colorants, perfumes, and acids may be used to regulate the products pH.
