LUVOCARE® for cosmetics

High performance waxes

Innovative special ingredients for the cosmetics industry

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Innovative special ingredients for the cosmetics industry

Building on its foundations laid in the 70s, LEHVOSS Personal Care has by now securely established its presence in the main European Personal Care market, following the acquisition of Paroxite and of the BIOPHIL Group, and has unfailingly provided its customers with innovative services and products since 1980.

Boasting an ever increasing presence in the cosmetic market after more than 40 years of experience under its belt, the LUVOCARE®WAX range was developed drawing on the Group’s expertise in the formulation and application. Other than targeting innovative applications, LEHVOSS facilitates its customers to increase the possibilities of these ingredients, thereby helping them to successfully run their own projects, with the assistance of our technical, commercial, and marketing support.

The LUVOCARE®WAX line is designed to satisfy the needs of functionality and quality of personal care industry. We strongly believe in working closely with the customer for realising new innovative projects that are meant to result in developing exclusive customised products. Doing so, we aim at being recognised as a high-profile ingredients provider, specialising in supplying a complete product portfolio. By the same token, we offer added value to our customer’s business through our services, marketing, and technical know-how.

While strictly complying with European standards, the LEHVOSS Group has its own in-house formulation research laboratory and regulatory department to guarantee a more personalised service and to adhere to high quality and European legislation standards. Our customers can further count on our technical support in connection with the application of many raw materials we provide ourselves. High performance waxes suitable for a wide range of cosmetic formulations

The LUVOCARE®WAX line includes a wide range of waxes classified into 5 main families: Natural, Mineral, , Synthetic and Special Waxes. Waxes are a safe and stable cosmetic ingredient, easy either to emulsify or disperse. They enhance gloss, absorb oils, structure and bind. They improve soothing and hydration and increase moisture barrier. Adding waxes, we improve rheology control and enhance thermal stability. Our experts are ready to work with you to enable you to achieve the best results and to meet all your requirements: new applications, specific functionalities and customized formulations.

Range of suitable applications • COLOUR COSMETICS (lipsticks, mascaras, pencils) • HAIR CARE (hair styling, hair dying) • BODY CARE (emulsions, pomades) • SUN CARE (creams and emulsions)

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NATURAL WAXES

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HYDROCARBON WAXES

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SYNTHETIC WAXES

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SPECIAL WAXES

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® LUVOCARE WAX √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Vegan Beeswax NATURAL WAXES

BEESWAXES Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Beeswax-W/LUVOCARE®WAX Beeswax-Y • INCI Name: CERA ALBA Beeswax is naturally secreted by working bees, and then refined by mild processes using water and filtrations only, removing impurities and pigments, reducing odor, but keeping all the benefits of a naturally occurring, sustainable and renewable material. Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids and various long-chain alcohols.

Use of beeswax in personal care applications has been increasing thanks to its great emollient, soothing and structuring properties.

LUVOCARE®WAX Beeswax-W LUVOCARE®WAX Beeswax-Y APPEARANCE Waxy solid in drops Waxy solid in drops COLOUR White to straw colored Yellow MELTING POINT (°C) 61 – 66 61 – 65 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 6 - 24 17 – 22 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 71 – 110 78 – 100

CARNAUBA WAXES Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Carnauba T1/LUVOCARE®WAX Carnauba T3 INCI Name: COPERNICA CERIFERA CERA Carnauba, also called Brazilian wax, it’s exuded by Copernicia prunifera, a plant native and grown only in the northeastern Brazilian states. It is known as "queen of waxes" and in its pure state usually comes in the form of hard yellow-brown flakes. It is obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm by collecting and drying them, beating them to loosen the wax, then refining and bleaching it. is sold in several grades depending on the purity level T1 and T3 are suitable for cosmetic applications. Purification is accomplished by filtration, centrifugation, and bleaching.

LUVOCARE®WAX Carnauba T1 LUVOCARE®WAX Carnauba T3 APPEARANCE Waxy solid in flakes Waxy solid in flakes COLOUR Light yellow Yellow MELTING POINT (°C) 80 – 86 80 – 86 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 2 - 7 2 – 7 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 78 – 95 78 – 95

CANDELILLA WAXES Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Candelilla • INCI Name: CANDELILLA CERA The Candelilla plant grows wild in semi-arid zones in Mexican Chihuahuan Desert, and it is harvested using careful manual process, ensuring the sustainability of the resource.

The wax is separated from the plant with boiling water and refined by filtration and bleaching.

LUVOCARE®WAX Candelilla APPEARANCE Waxy solid in slabs COLOUR Brown MELTING POINT (°C) 68 – 73 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 19 - 23 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 44 – 66 ® Rheology LUVOCARE WAX modifiers and waxes for cosmetics thickeners

MINERAL WAXES Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX O.Z.E. Pearls • INCI Name: OZOKERITE Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Ceresin 57 Pearls • INCI Name: CERESIN Mineral waxes are a natural, bitumen coal mining by product with excellent characterized and clinically tested compounds. Mineral waxes used in cosmetics are ozokerite, wax and ceresin. Ceresin and Ozokerite Waxes are differing one from the other in melting point, chemical distribution and molecular weight. Ozokerite and Ceresin have a small crystals structure, are odorless, tasteless and flexible. They are non-toxic, non-irritating, and non-hazardous making them great for use in various personal care products. They improve oil absorption, viscosity control, cohesion, lubrication, thermal stability, emolliency and film-forming.

LUVOCARE®WAX O.Z.E. Pearls LUVOCARE®WAX Ceresin 57 Pearls APPEARANCE Waxy solid in drops Waxy solid in pearls COLOUR White White MELTING POINT (°C) 74 – 77 73 – 75 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g < 0,5 0 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g < 2,0 0

HYDROCARBON WAXES PARAFFIN Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Paraffin 52/54 Pearls • INCI Name: PARAFFIN Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Paraffin 56/58 Pearls • INCI Name: PARAFFIN Paraffin waxes are mixtures of usually in a homologous series of chain lengths. These materials represent a significant fraction of . They are refined by vacuum distillation.

LUVOCARE®WAX Paraffin 52/54 Pearls LUVOCARE®WAX Paraffin 56/58 Pearls APPEARANCE Waxy solid in pearls Waxy solid in pearls COLOUR White White MELTING POINT (°C) 52 - 54 56 - 58 PENETRATION @25°C - dmm 16 - 22 12 - 18

MICROCRYSTALLINE WAXES Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Microcrystalline 121 Pearls/LUVOCARE®WAX Microcrystalline 171 Pearls INCI Name: MICROCRISTALLINA CERA Microcrystalline waxes are a type of wax produced by de-oiling petrolatum, as part of the petroleum refining process. In contrast with the more familiar paraffin which contains mostly unbranched alkanes, microcrystalline wax contains a higher percentage of naphthenic and isoparaffinic (branched) . It consists of high molecular weight saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. It is characterized by the smaller dimension of its crystals in contrast to the larger structure of paraffin. It is generally darker, denser, tackier and more elastic than paraffin.

LUVOCARE®WAX Microcrystalline 121 Pearls LUVOCARE®WAX Microcrystalline 171 Pearls APPEARANCE Waxy solid in drops Waxy solid in drops COLOUR White White MELTING POINT (°C) 82 – 86 88 – 94 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g < 0,5 < 0,5 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g < 1 < 0,5 SYNTHETIC WAXES Synthetic waxes are obtained by combining waxy raw materials in order to reproduce natural wax characteristics. SYNTHETIC BEESWAX Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Synthetic Beeswax • INCI Name: SYNTHETIC BEESWAX Synthetic beeswax has soft, flexible, emollient and film-forming capacity together with great control viscosity. It improves thermal stability and oil absorption. Synthetic Beeswax can be easily emulsified or dispersed.

LUVOCARE®WAX Synthetic Beeswax APPEARANCE Waxy solid in pearls COLOUR White MELTING POINT (°C) 60 – 66 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 16 - 24 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 87 – 104

SPECIAL WAXES New blends created to answer the increasing requests of eco-sustainable and animal free alternative for the benefit of humans, animals and environment.

VEGAN BEESWAX Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Vegan Beeswax • INCI Name: SYNTHETIC BEESWAX Blend of synthetic waxes with other natural ingredients, reproducing the characteristic and behaviour of pure beeswax, without any trace of animal origin.

LUVOCARE®WAX Vegan Beeswax APPEARANCE Waxy solid in pearls/slabs COLOUR White MELTING POINT (°C) 60 – 66 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 6 - 24 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 87 – 104

VEGAN CC Product name: LUVOCARE®WAX Vegan CC INCI Name: COPERNICA CERIFERA CERA, STEARIC ACID, RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL Vegan CC is a wax studied to increase adhesion and shine in colour cosmetics, recommended mainly for mascara formulation.

LUVOCARE®WAX Vegan CC APPEARANCE Waxy solid in pearls COLOUR Yellow MELTING POINT (°C) 72 – 75 ACID VALUE - mg KOH/g 35 - 40 SAPONIFICATION VALUE - mg KOH/g 130 – 155 LAW CONFORMITY Rev. 1 del 11/17 LUVOCARE®WAX range has been analyzed to verify their conformity to cosmetic legislation requirements: • the product complies with the Cosmetic Regulation No.1223/2009 regarding the CMR, Allergens, BSE\TSE, Nanomaterlials; • the product complies with the Regulation 1907/2006/EC (REACH Regulation); • the product has never been tested on animals accordingly to Directive 2003/15/EC (VII amendment of Dir. 76/768/ EC), come into force on 11/03/2009 for cosmetic ingredients;

LUVOCARE®WAX range is provided with the following declarations: • Absence of Phthalates • Absence of Pesticides • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) free

LUVOCARE®WAX are further provided with RMDS (Raw Material Data Sheet), a document which collects all information needed by our customers: • legislation conformities • recommended dosage • toxicological information • shelf-life • certifications • storage conditions • declarations

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