What is wrong with a cosmetic company caving to fearmongers?
Recently, Johnson and Johnson have announced plans to remove a variety of chemicals from their cosmetic products. This is strictly a PR move and also…
Recently, Johnson and Johnson have announced plans to remove a variety of chemicals from their cosmetic products. This is strictly a PR move and also…
One of the greatest things about the Internet is the proliferation of educational materials. You can find great stuff on Youtube or elsewhere, but you…
When I was in college the only professional chemistry group that I knew about was the American Chemical Society. It’s an old organization and I…
A significant trend in the cosmetic industry is one loosely called “customization”. A number of consumers claim that they want products that are customized to…
This is a guest post by Gavanne Davis. You can follow her at @MissGavanne. On Thursday, August 23, The Society of Cosmetic Chemists hosted their Educational…
Ever since I started in the cosmetic industry in 1992, people have been predicting that the male cosmetic market was the next big thing. Big…
Dr Robert Lochhead is one of the better known cosmetic science academics in our industry. You can always find him at the yearly SCC meetings…
When I was a kid, I didn’t give much thought to cosmetics. When someone said the word cosmetics, I automatically figured they were talking about…
Interview begins at 14:15 Interview - Beth Johnson Beth Johnson has been with Dow Corning for fourteen years, working to commercialize new technologies for the…
Despite what many comsetic marketers claim, there aren’t a lot of anti-aging actives that work when delivered from topical applications. Retinol, maybe Niacinamide but not…
Did you ever hear that sharks never get cancer? Well, this is false. Sharks do get cancer. However, they don’t get all types of cancer.…
Here is a pretty useful sunscreen formulation tool created by BASF. I put together a video to show a formulator exactly how she might use…
I frequently have the thought that there should be more scientists in politics. I don’t know why there aren’t but perhaps it’s because the people…
Here was an interesting article published on Boing Boing about sunscreens. The basic premise is that we do not know whether sunscreens actually prevent cancer…
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IruW49CoBUs’] Transcript: Cosmetic Science in 300 Seconds - Silicones Welcome to Cosmetic Science in 300 seconds brought to you by Chemists Corner. Today’s topic…
This is a guest post by cosmetic industry consultant Mark Fuller of Microformulation. Several years ago when I was working as a Chemist in a…
By: Perry Romanowski One of the most frequented pages on this website is the post we did on how to become a cosmetic chemist. And…
Proctor and Gamble is arguably the biggest company in the beauty business. They also spend the most money on research and development which results in…
I have a couple of gray hairs. At the age of 43, I have much less gray hairs than other people my age but I…
One of the people in my online cosmetic science training program asked what trade shows she should attend. I thought this would make a good…
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