Types of surfactants in cosmetics
In our cosmetic surfactant series we’ve talked about what surfactants are and what they do in your formulations. In this entry we’ll give a brief…
In our cosmetic surfactant series we’ve talked about what surfactants are and what they do in your formulations. In this entry we’ll give a brief…
Today we are having a special webinar examining the use of colors in cosmetics. You can sign up for the webinar here. Sign up for…
In the first part of our cosmetic surfactant series we talked about what surfactants are and how they behave in a cosmetic mixture. In this…
Of all the ingredients you could use to formulate cosmetics, surfactants are perhaps the most important. They are used for a wide range of applications…
In our recent post on cosmetic emollients I mentioned that many of them were derived from triglycerides. Triglyceride molecules are made up of two segments including glycerin…
When creating cosmetic products in a lab it is easy to have control over the final characteristics of your formula. Under this setting you get the…
This month we are focusing on cosmetic raw materials. In this post we continue our look at functional cosmetic ingredients specifically on humectants. During much…
This month we are focusing on cosmetic raw materials and in this post we’ll talk about emollients. In a previous post we talked about the…
In the first part of this cosmetic ingredient naming series we covered how the ingredients got their official names and some of the regulatory framework…
In the US and most places around the world, it is a requirement that you include a list of ingredients on any cosmetic product that…
In the previous post in this formula optimization series we covered the basic process of optimization and also the things you could optimize and how to…
As a formulator one of your main tasks will be to come up with the recipes for the various products that your company sells. But…
You may have heard the term emulsion, but still don’t quite understand what it means, especially if you are not a chemist. Well, I thought…
As a cosmetic formulator, you are expected to know how to formulate any cosmetic product. But these days the definition of what is a cosmetic…
When you get out of college and start your new formulation job in the cosmetic industry, you will quickly learn that not much of what you…
The primary job of a cosmetic formulator, namely creating cosmetic products, can be challenging. That’s mainly because you are trying to achieve a number of…
As Euromonitor International hails UK consumers among the biggest beauty and personal care spenders in Western Europe, the stage is set for in-cosmetics Global as…
I saw this article about Bodisafe Cosmetics which claims their products are natural and chemical free. Normally, I would just file this away with all…
A reader asked me why there weren’t more high performance cosmeceutical ingredients in cosmetics. I think there are a few reasons you don’t see many…
I was recently asked this question by a reader, what is an active ingredient? You hear this term a lot in cosmetic marketing. And according…
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