Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Copernicia Cerifera Wax in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Copernicia Cerifera Wax is a cosmetic ingredient that removes hair. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 78 products, most often lip balms.
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What does Copernicia Cerifera Wax do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Copernicia Cerifera Wax removes hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: depilatory.
What is Copernicia Cerifera Wax?
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax is a wax obtained from the leaves and leaf buds of Copernicia cerifera, Palmaceae.
- CAS number
- 8015-86-9
- EC number
- 232-399-4
- CosIng reference
- 91028
Which products contain Copernicia Cerifera Wax?
Open Beauty Facts finds Copernicia Cerifera Wax in the ingredient lists of 78 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip balms, deodorants and eye makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 25 · United States 17 · Germany 7 · Turkey 7.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Copernicia Cerifera Wax turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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