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Pantene Pro-V Brunette Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo – Dissecting the label

January 25, 2012

Another in our continuing series that endeavors to teach cosmetic chemists how to look at a product label and see what they can determine about the cosmetic ingredients used in the formula. In this post we will look at Pantene Pro-V Brunette Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo. Pantene is one of the most successful and [...]

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Resource for learning Chemistry

January 24, 2012

I was searching through some of my old bookmarks and was reminded of this website called the Martindale Center. The amount of information that they have is really quite amazing. They have information on everything from science to language to fashion to business and beyond. You could get completely lost. It’s great! You want to [...]

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The 10 Most Misleading Cosmetic Claims

January 23, 2012

I was reading some of my latest Twitter updates when I saw another claim about a beauty product being “chemical free.” Reading claims like this really bug me because nearly EVERYTHING is a chemical. There is no such thing as a Chemical Free Sunscreen!!! Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide are CHEMICALS!! Alright, enough of that. [...]

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Simple ways to make cosmetics

January 22, 2012

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 [...]

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Introducing girls to cosmetic science

January 21, 2012
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There are a couple of things I like about this video. 1. It encourages girls to be interested in science. 2. It demonstrates simple safety testing that should be done They do brush over the science a little too much but maybe that is best for this audience. Click here to find out how you [...]

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The Cosmetics Industry and SOPA / PIPA

January 20, 2012

If you spent any time on the web this week, it would have been difficult for you to avoid the news of the impending Internet censorship legislation called SOPA and PIPA. Some major websites went dark and thousands of others modified their websites, facebook pages and twitter feeds in protest. You can read more about [...]

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Cosmetic Innovation 07 – Creating disruptive ideas

January 19, 2012

Here was an interesting article about innovation and creating disruptive ideas. The cosmetic industry is definitely in need of some disruptive ideas. Unfortunately, the big companies are risk adverse and any idea that is really disruptive likely won’t see the light of day. That is why it is up to the entreprenureial cosmetic chemist to [...]

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Cosmetic formulation basics – Nail Polish

January 18, 2012

Click here for a complete list of the Cosmetic Formulation basics series. Nail Polish Nail polish is designed to improve the appearance and condition of nails. It also can protect nails from breakage. What nail polish does In its simplest form, a nail polish is a liquid solution of pigments, solvents and film formers. It [...]

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Parabens – A tale of two headlines

January 17, 2012

There was a recent study on parabens that made the news. It was research published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology conducted by Dr. Philippa Darbre and Mr Lester Barr. The key findings of the research includes 1. Parabens were detected in 99% of all breast tissue samples 2. An average of 85.5 ng/g was [...]

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Are vitamins effective in cosmetics?

January 16, 2012

On a number of occasions we’ve mentioned the use of vitamins in cosmetic products.  The typical spin is that vitamins are put in cosmetics to make label claims because they don’t really have much effect but they do sell products.  This is true in the vast majority of cases. But perhaps this is a bit [...]

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