Paraffins

List of paraffins and other bases

• alkyl benzoate
• white beeswax
• yellow beeswax
• candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
• cetostearyl alcohol
• cetyl alcohol
• cetyl esters wax
• cholesterol - an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
• coconut oil - oil from coconuts
• emulsifying wax
• hard fat
• isopropyl myristate
• isopropyl palmitate
• laurocapram
• microcrystalline wax
• oleic acid - a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils
• oleyl alcohol
• fractionated palm kernel oil
• hard paraffin
• liquid paraffin
• light liquid paraffin
• white soft paraffin
• yellow soft paraffin
• shea butter
• silicones
• cyclomethicone
• dimeticone
• squalane
• stearyl alcohol
• theobroma oil
• wool alcohols
• wool fat - a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics.