Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Euphorbia Cerifera Cera in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Euphorbia Cerifera Cera is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 23 products, most often lip balms.
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What does Euphorbia Cerifera Cera do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Euphorbia Cerifera Cera keeps the skin in good condition, makes the product thicker or thinner and leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, viscosity controlling, film forming, perfuming, astringent and emulsion stabilising.
What is Euphorbia Cerifera Cera?
Euphorbia Cerifera Cera is a wax obtained from the Candelilla, Euphorbia cerifera, Euphorbiaceae.
- CAS number
- 8006-44-8
- EC number
- 232-347-0
- CosIng reference
- 84816
Which products contain Euphorbia Cerifera Cera?
Open Beauty Facts finds Euphorbia Cerifera Cera in the ingredient lists of 23 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip balms, lip makeup and makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · Germany 4 · Turkey 3 · Türkiye 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Euphorbia Cerifera Cera 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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