The texture, physical properties, and stability of solid cosmetics are largely influenced by the crystalline structure of waxes that are incorporated. It has also been known that the selection of raw materials affects the hardness and solidifying points of these wax-oil mixtures. Therefore, to understand the crystallizing mechanism of wax-oil mixtures, DSC measurements and X-ray diffraction were performed.
The observations were as follows:
1: X-ray diffraction pattern of the oil phase showed specifically for non-crystalline structures. Furthermore, waxes were observed to form crystals separately in mixtures.
2: The addition of oil changed the crystalline structure of waxes to microstructures, then in turn lowered the solidifying temperature of the mixture.
3: When an organic powder was mixed in the mixture of carnauba wax and squalane, it was found that its solidifying temperature increased and its degree of hardness decreased. However, there was little change in the solidifying temperature and the degree of hardness when an inorganic powder was mixed in this mixture. It was discovered that thermodynamic behavior of the mixtures differed with a kind of organic pigments. On the contrary, DSC patterns were similar between the same surface treatment on organic pigments.
These results suggested that characteristic of powder surface has an influence on the solidifying temperature.
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