Wax is basically an organic compound that can be pressed, melted or solidified without giving too much pressure. In our everyday life, we find the enormous use of wax. It can be of two types- plant wax and animal wax. Beeswax is the common type of animal wax and it can be found in the honeycombs. When it is plants, the wax comes from the outer layer of plants. Like animal wax, it can also be used in making a variety of beauty products and home décor. Such products include-

Lipstick and other beauty products

The basic ingredient found in lipstick is wax, different types of essential oils and colour. This wax is actually the amalgamation of three types, which are beeswax, candelilla wax, or camauba, which is a bit expensive. The wax is given a proper shape like lipstick or other beauty products, essential oils, pigments, fragrance and preservatives are added. Finally, we have our beauty products ready.

Wax used in hair removal

If you are a woman, you must know about waxing which means removing the visible hairs of our body. It is the hot wax, mixed with a certain amount of sugar which can be applied on our body to get rid of all the unwanted hairs. But, it differs from the thick wax, used in wax based materials like candles. However, sugar wax is one of the safest options for hair removal.

Fashionable candles

Time has gone when we used to have those traditional boring shapes of candles. Nowadays, there are so many fashionable candles available in the market. These include fragranced candles, cookie cutter candles, ice cream candles and many more. It can be made very simply, all you need to do is pour the liquid wax on a fashionable container, mix some fragrance like a coffee bin and let it settle for a few hours. You need to have different shapes of cookie cutter and colours in order to have a beautiful flowery cookie candle.

Coatings or additives in food items

Paraffin wax is used in coating candies and different kinds of hard cheese. It’s important to note that paraffin wax is edible but non digestible, therefore, it goes away through the body. Chewing gums are also made of this wax.

We can summarize by saying that it is an art to create things using wax. This art needs a lot of inspiration to find projects. So, we should help the artists in this process of innovation. What is your opinion?