You’ve probably noticed “paraffin manicure” on your nail salon’s menu, and you’ve also probably wondered what the heck paraffin was. If that sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve ...

AMES, Iowa – Petroleum-based paraffin wax commonly coats cardboard and all sorts of other products to improve durability and water resistance, but it can’t be recycled and may adversely affect human ...

With dry, cracked skin running rampant in the cold-weather months, investing in one of the best paraffin wax baths is an effective way to correct dryness in the hands, feet and elbows and create ...

Paraffin wax might be washing up on a Texas beach. Staff at the Matagorda Bay Foundation, stewards for Central Texas's estuaries, say material that they believe to be paraffin washed ashore Sunday, as ...

Beachcombers along the Texas coast this week may have noticed an unusual find scattered for miles: smooth, white clumps that look a bit like soap, plastic or even chunks of cheese. In reality, it’s ...