Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing bleeding number in wax compositions comprising wax and oil, wherein said waxes are selected from petroleum and synthetic waxes and said oil is present in the range of 1 to 45% w/w, by incorporating in the composition an effective amount of an oil retention agent in the form of an elastomeric polymer. The invention has particularly useful application to wax compositions used for wax candles. The invention further provides the use of elastomeric polymers for reducing bleeding number in wax compositions.

Abstract: A multilayer polymer composition comprising at least one relatively soft touch layer comprising at least one block copolymer derived from a monovinyl aromatic and a conjugated diene, and at least one layer of relatively hard, rigid thermoplastic which have intimate contact with each other, characterized in that it comprises:(a) at least one relatively soft layer composition comprising(i) a polar engineering thermoplast in an amount of from 5 to 50 wt %(ii) from 0 to 80 wt % of a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having at least two poly(monovinyl aromatic) blocks and at least one poly(conjugated diene) block, wherein the residual ethylenic unsaturation after hydrogenation is at most 5%,(iii) from 5 to 85 wt % of a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having at least two poly(monovinyl aromatic) blocks and at least one poly(conjugated diene) block wherein the residual ethylenic unsaturation after hydrogenation is at most 5%, said block copolymer being functionalized by means of introduced polar grou