{"id":30768,"date":"2025-12-03T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/ozokerite\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:34:36","slug":"ozokerite","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/ozokerite\/","title":{"rendered":"OZOKERITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredient type:  OCCLUSIVE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Ozokerite is used primarily as a thickening and texturizing agent in cosmetic products. It helps stabilize emulsions and impart a creamy or solid texture to formulations, which is particularly useful in balms and lipsticks.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Thickener<\/p>\n<p> Safety: Yes, this ingredient is generally considered safe for topical use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: No, because ozokerite is a mineral wax derived from petroleum.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Ozokerite is well tolerated by the skin but, like all petroleum-derived ingredients, it's essential to guarantee it refined and purified to avoid impurities. Used primarily for its ability to improve the texture and stability of products, it generally presents no risk of irritation.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Lip balms, lipsticks, creams, lotions, ointments and styling products.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-30768","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/30768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}