My Cosmetik Stearic Acid is a texturizing agent that thickens your creams and balms. But it also has emollient, nourishing and protective properties (film-forming effect) for your skin. This product has various properties: - Thickening, even hardening in balms and sticks. - Emollient: brings softness and smoothness to formulas. - Nourishing. - Protector (film-forming). - Co-emulsifier: participates in emulsification and improves the stability of emulsions. - Brings hardness to soaps. - Consistency factor in candles. It is recommended to use for the preparation of sticks, balms and butters, for the realization of unctuous and thick creams and the care of the dry skins, for the manufacture of soaps in cold saponification and for the realization of candles of atmosphere or of massage. Store away from heat and humidity.