Cold cream is an emulsion of water and certain fats, usually including beeswax and various scent agents, designed to smooth skin and remove makeup. The emulsion is of a "water in oil" type unlike the "oil in water" type emulsion of vanishing cream, so-called because they seem to disappear when applied on skin. The name, cold cream, derives from the cooling feeling that the cream leaves on the skin. Variations of the product have been used for nearly two-thousand years.
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