Are you familiar with Instructables.com? It’s a website where people share their methods for making different things. They have a number listings for different cosmetic products and most of the techniques that I found were not too good.

But I like this one for creating your own fragrance.

Make your own perfume

This moisturizer formula however…not so good.

How to make a basic moisturizer

Still, this is an interesting site and could provide you with some inspiration for making your next formulation.

On this holiday weekend, here’s a little Dr. Chemistry for your amusement.  Merry Christmas.

Well, I still have some of these so here is the next installment.

Remember all that chemical nomenclature that you learned in Organic Chemistry? Well, in the cosmetic industry it’s easy enough to forget because you don’t use the information too often. But it is valuable to do and useful to review.

Here is an excellent game which quizzes you and helps you learn the names better. It pits you against mad scientist zombies and you have to type in the chemical name before the zombie kills you. It’s quite fun and useful! Oh, and it’s free too. Can’t beat that.

Play the Organic Chemistry tutor game

Here’s a comic which all cosmetic chemists will likely experience in their formulating career.

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I like science and seeing a cool experiment done well is always entertaining.

That’s why I found this article at Wired Science about the top 10 chemistry videos so amazing.

Some of my favorites include…

9. The melting Gummy Bear

6. The Oscillating reaction. (I always thought this would make a cool cosmetic product effect.

4. Elephant toothpaste. You have to try this in your lab!

We’ve included the Elephant Toothpaste below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=085e-ALKmUM

I wonder if this same effect would happen with a shampoo, body wash or other cosmetic formula.

Have you got a clever experiment done with cosmetic products? Leave a comment below.