Wax information

Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids...

Waxing is the process of hair removal from the root by using a covering of a sticky substance, such as wax, to adhere to body hair, and then removing this...

Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules...

Ruby Wax OBE (née Wachs; born 19 April 1953) is a British-American actress, comedian, writer, television personality, and mental health campaigner. A...

House of Wax may refer to: a wax museum House of Wax (1953 film), a 1953 3D horror film starring Vincent Price House of Wax (2005 film), a 2005 horror...

-nɑːˈuː-/; Portuguese: carnaúba [kaʁnaˈubɐ]), also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the carnauba palm Copernicia prunifera (synonym:...

Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon...

Bikini waxing is the removal of pubic hair using a special wax, which can be hot or cold, that adheres to hairs and pulls them out when the wax is removed...

Male waxing is the broad term for hair removal for men using depilatory wax. Within the beauty industry, it is common to see the more specific definitions...

A wax museum or waxworks usually consists of a collection of wax sculptures representing famous people from history and contemporary personalities exhibited...

Wax play is a form of temperature play practiced in a BDSM context, in which wax from a candle is dripped onto a person's naked skin, in order to introduce...

The wax argument or the sheet of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy....

A wax sculpture is a depiction made using a waxy substance. Often these are effigies, usually of a notable individual, but there are also death masks...

waxes. During melting, wax typically expands in volume by 5–20% (Freund et al. 1982). A wide range of waxes can be used in wax motors, ranging from highly...

Hot wax may refer to: Hot Wax (album), by Grant Hart, 2009 Hot Wax Records, an American record label HotWax, British rock band "Hotwax", a song by Beck...

Japan wax (木蝋 Mokurō), also known as sumac wax, sumach wax, vegetable wax, China green tallow, and Japan tallow, is a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble...

Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added....

Evelyn (born 15 January 1970), better known by his stage name Nightmares on Wax or DJ E.A.S.E., is an English DJ and record producer from Leeds. His music...

A crayon (or wax pastel) is a stick of pigmented wax used for writing or drawing. Wax crayons differ from pastels, in which the pigment is mixed with a...

Wax lips are the common name of a confectionery item made of colored and flavored food-grade paraffin wax, molded to resemble a pair of oversized red...

Ouricury wax is a brown-colored wax obtained from the leaves of a Brazilian feather palm Syagrus coronata by scraping the leaf surface. Harvesting ouricury...

Wax Wings may refer to: Icarus, Greek mythological figure who is said to have flown on wings made from feathers and wax Wax Wings, 2013 album by American...

A wax ester (WE) is an ester of a fatty acid and a fatty alcohol. Wax esters are the main components of three commercially important waxes: carnauba wax...

Tussauds (UK: /tuːˈsɔːdz/, US: /tuːˈsoʊz/) is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions...

Microcrystalline waxes are a type of wax produced by de-oiling petrolatum, as part of the petroleum refining process. In contrast to the more familiar paraffin wax which...