Sumac Wax (Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax, Japan Wax) is a 100% natural, vegetable-derived soft wax supplied as off-white pellets for cosmetic formulation.

It is used as a soft structuring wax, emollient, texture modifier, and consistency agent. Its creamy plasticity helps reduce excessive brittleness and improves glide, pay-off, and cushion in color cosmetics.

The double-refined grade is selected for a lower acid value profile, which is useful in pencil and stick systems where cleaner surface appearance and reduced blooming are important.

Product Description: Sumac Wax is best treated as a physical-function ingredient rather than a biological skincare active. It helps adjust wax-network softness, plasticity, and sensory feel in lipsticks, eyebrow pencils, mascara wax systems, cream blush, cream eye products, balm sticks, and O/W emulsions. In pencils and stick products it can reduce drag and brittleness, improve pay-off, and help create a smoother break and application feel. In O/W emulsions it can enrich the oil phase and give a softer, more elegant after-feel when used together with a suitable emulsifier and rheology system.

Because this is a soft wax, it is usually not the only structuring wax when high mold strength, hot-climate stability, or strong stick hardness is required. Combine it with harder waxes such as candelilla wax, carnauba wax, sunflower wax, rice bran wax, or suitable synthetic/ester waxes when a firmer stick or pencil structure is needed.

Usage: Lipstick, lip balm, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner pencil, mascara, cream blush, cream eye color, balm sticks, O/W creams, lotions, and soft-hold pomade or styling cream systems.

Mixing method:

- Add to the oil phase or anhydrous wax phase and heat until fully melted and uniform.

- Practical processing is typically around 60-75°C, depending on the full wax/oil blend. Avoid unnecessarily long high-temperature holding, especially with volatile oils, pigments, antioxidants, fragrance, or heat-sensitive materials.

- For emulsions, melt into the oil phase before emulsification; do not add as dry pellets directly into the finished emulsion.

- For pencils, sticks, and mascara systems, run a small hardness/pay-off screen with the selected hard waxes and oils because this wax softens the network and may reduce high-temperature resistance if used too high.

Usage rate: 0.5-20%

Typical starting points: 0.5-3% in O/W creams and lotions, 1-8% in mascara or cream color cosmetics, and 3-15% in lipsticks, balms, and pencils depending on the desired softness, glide, and pay-off.

Product characteristics: Off-white pellets; soft natural wax; slight characteristic wax odor.

Solubility: Insoluble in water. Melt into oils, esters, hydrocarbons, and other lipophilic phases; dispersible in emulsions after proper oil-phase melting and emulsification.

Storage: Store tightly closed at room temperature, protected from heat, light, and contamination.