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.
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