| abstract |
Mixtures of Guerbet alcohols, their use in cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical preparations, as well as cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical preparations comprising mixtures of Guerbet alcohols are described. Particularly Guerbet alcohol mixtures with a melting range, measured by dynamic differential calorimetry (DSC), between -20°C and +70°C, where the width of the melting range comprises at least 30 temperature degrees and the maximum of the melting range is 35 ± 10°C, are suitable as Vaseline substitute. Said mixtures are obtainable for example by reacting a) 55 to 95% by weight of cetylstearyl alcohol, b) 5 to 45% by weight of fatty alcohols with a chain length of 8 to 22 carbon atoms and c) optionally an aliphatic diol with at least 3 carbon atoms. |