Hair wax

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Hair wax (places also English : "Hair wax") is a hair care product for shaping and strengthening ( "styling") of the hairstyle .

A small can of hair wax

Compared to the widespread hair gel , wax mainly differs in that it has significantly less water and the property that it does not harden. This enables (correctly dosed) an almost invisible hold in which the natural structure and color of the hair are hardly affected. Wax is particularly suitable for thin, thinning and straight hair to add volume to the hairstyle. As with the gel, there are also products that have a “wet effect”, i.e. a wet appearance, and are therefore visible in the result. The wax has conditioning properties that can primarily benefit dry hair; split ends can also be effectively concealed.

Hair wax is available in various degrees of strength. Wax is only conditionally suitable for shaping long hair. Since it never hardens, the weight of the hair usually causes the hairstyle to fall apart again over time.

Originally the term was used in this sense for wax mixed with sebum. Today they contain various waxes , stearates , mineral oils and other compounds.

See also

Web links

Commons : Hair Wax  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ t-online.de: Hair wax: cool stylings for men , accessed on March 19, 2017
  2. ^ Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Flörke, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Oekonomische encyklopädie . J. Pauli, 1780, p. 547 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Hiroshi Iwata, Kunio Shimada: Formulas, Ingredients and Production of Cosmetics Technology of Skin- and Hair-Care Products in Japan . Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, ISBN 978-4-431-54060-1 , p. 207 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Pascal Kintz, Alberto Salomone, Marco Vincenti: Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology . Academic Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-12-801710-4 , pp. 64 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ test.de: Mineral oils in cosmetics - Mineral oils in body care and hairstyling products - Test - Stiftung Warentest , accessed on March 19, 2017.