Petrolatum/petroleum jelly has a number of characteristics that make it attractive to cosmetic chemists. Firstly, it is an emollient. It achieves this effect by restricting water loss from the skin, making it an ideal skin-conditioning agent for dry (xerotic) skin.It is an occlusive, and although very tacky, was used in the past by some women in place of a cold cream, vanishing cream or moisturiser.The white form is relatively colourless and odourless and will not oxidise (go rancid) over time, which gives it a long shelf life and meant that jars of petroleum jelly could sit in medicine cabinets for years. Previously, ointments, creams and cosmetics were made with fats and oils from plants and animals.Over time these would go rancid and the ointment, cream or cosmetic would change colour, start to smell, cause skin problems and generally become unpleasant, so the use of petroleum jelly was a seen as a great improvement.
Medicinally, White Vaseline was originally sold for use on cuts and burns, but it was also advertised as a cure for a range of skin problems including: blisters, sores, chaffing and sunburn, for rheumatism and haemorrhoids and, when taken orally, as a cure for colds, sore throats, diphtheria, dysentery and other diseases.While in Cosmetics industry,White Vaseline Once was introduced into medicine cabinets, women found a number of cosmetic uses for it, some of which have persisted to this day. It was used on lips to reduce cracking, on eyebrows and eyelashes in the hope that it would ‘make them thicken and grow’, and on the skin to ‘beautify the complexion’.
Cosmetic chemists also used it and similar petroleum-based ingredients in a wide range of products.Hair products would prove to be one of the more common early used of White Vaseline where it replaced beef, suet, lard, olive oil, lanolin, cocoa butter and other fats. If you want to know more about White Vaselines for Cosmetics and other similar products ,you can feel free to visit our company-Yixin Chemical Co.,Ltd. in the website.