PUB-LTD petroleum jelly cosmetic is a semi solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), petroleum jelly cosmetic grade is promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. However after petroleum jelly cosmetic became a medicine chest staple, consumers began to use it for myriad ailments and cosmetic purposes, petroleum jelly cosmetic grades folkloric medicinal value as a cure-all has since been limited by better scientific understanding of appropriate and inappropriate uses.