Hair wax is a thick hairstyling product containing wax, used to assist with holding the hair. It has a stiffer, drier texture than other products such as hair gel. Hair wax has been used for many years and is currently experiencing an increase in popularity, with many manufacturers releasing versions, referred to as pomade, putty, glue, whip, and styling paste. Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. ... Hair gel is a hairstyling product that is used to stiffen hair into a particular hairstyle. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ingredients

The following are some of the ingredients typically found in commercial hair wax products.

• beeswax
• candelilla wax
• carnauba wax
• castor wax
• emulsifying wax
• japan wax
• lanolin
• ozokerite

Beeswax cake Fresh wax scales (in the middle of the lower row) Beeswax is a product from a bee hive. ... Candelilla wax is a wax derived from the leaves of a small shrub native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Euphorbia cerifera and Euphorbia antisyphilitica, from the family Euphorbiaceae. ... Carnauba is a wax derived from the leaves of a plant native to northeastern Brazil, the Carnauba Palm (Copernicia cerifera Mart). ... Castor wax, also called hydrogenated castor oil, is a hard, brittle, vegetable wax. ... Emulsifying wax is a cosmetic emulsifying ingredient. ... Japan wax is a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid with a gummy feel, obtained from the berries of certain sumacs native to Japan and China, such as Rhus verniciflua (Japanese sumac tree) and Rhus succedanea (Japanese wax tree). ... Lanolin, also called wool wax, wool fat, or wool grease, a greasy yellow substance from wool-bearing animals, acts as a skin ointment, water-proofing wax, and raw material (such as in shoe polish). ... Ozokerite or ozocerite (Gr. ...

See Also

• Pomade
• Brylcreem