Ingredient family

Waxes

4 ingredients in this family, 0 rated 3/5 or higher. Grouped by published comedogenic rating, highest first.

Beeswax, plant waxes and mineral waxes used to thicken and structure balms and sticks.

2/5 — low-to-moderate (1)

1/5 — low (2)

0/5 — not rated as comedogenic (1)

About these ratings

Every number is a published rabbit-ear assay grade (Fulton 1989 lineage), shown with its source and a confidence tier on the ingredient page. A rating describes a raw ingredient as tested, not a finished product: concentration, formulation and individual skin decide real-world behaviour. 3/5 and up is where the 1989 AAD symposium recommended caution. How we rate · full sortable table and CC-BY download.