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    Author: Perry

    Perry has been formulating cosmetic products and inventing solutions to solve consumer problems since the early 1990’s. Additionally, he has written and edited numerous articles and books, taught continuing education classes for industry scientists, and developed successful websites. His latest book is Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry 3rd Edition published by Allured.

    Solving cosmetic formulation problems

    One the cosmetic science formulation forum we often get people looking for advice on how to improve their formulas. While each question and formulation is…

    Perry April 20, 2022

    Chemistry concepts most important for cosmetic formulators

    Whenever we do a webinar, we find that about 30 - 40% of people interested in formulating cosmetics don’t have a background in science.  In…

    Perry April 18, 2022

    Environmental Impact of the cosmetic industry

    When I started formulating cosmetics back in the late 1990’s, one regulatory movement was to reduce the VOC (volatile organic compounds) of cosmetics. What this…

    Perry April 11, 2022

    Why companies might change a product formula

    As a new cosmetic formulator you might be surprised to learn that you won’t get many opportunities to create completely new formulas. It is rare…

    Perry March 21, 2022

    Cosmetic thickeners and stabilizers

    Thickeners are considered an aesthetic modifier (as discussed more in this post about types of cosmetic ingredients). In a formula they are essential for creating…

    Perry March 14, 2022

    Research and the cosmetic industry

    In my recent post about cosmetic chemists and marketing I made some assertive claims about the effectiveness of Green Tea extract. Basically, I said it…

    Perry March 10, 2022

    Cosmetic Chemists - Are we Scientists or Marketers?

    We just recently started posting things on Instagram. (Be sure to follow us there if you like). And in going through Instagram seeing the sheer…

    Perry March 9, 2022

    Why beauty products are going waterless

    Water (aqua) is usually at the top of most ingredient lists - and for good reason. It’s an effective and inexpensive solvent. Still, waterless beauty…

    Perry December 1, 2021

    Are sunscreen claims and other beauty claims accurate?

    The recent “scandals” related to sunscreen testing of brands like Purito, Krave and other sunscreen brands, made me think about cosmetic claims in general and…

    Perry April 13, 2021

    What conditioner ingredients work the best?

    This question was posted in our cosmetic forum. The answer took many more words than the forum would allow so I post it here. Hi.…

    Perry March 17, 2021

    Cosmetic product effectiveness

    In our post related to do cosmetics work we went through and explained how a cosmetic product can both work, and not work. Much of…

    Perry March 10, 2021

    Do cosmetic products really work?

    On my beauty science podcast we frequently get asked about whether this or that product works. And more often than not the answer is “maybe,…

    Perry March 10, 2021

    Cosmetic brand transparency - More marketing fluff?

    The other day a reporter contacted me about a story related to a new brand that was highlighting their clinical results right on the front…

    Perry February 15, 2021

    Misunderstood motivations of big cosmetic companies

    There is a lot of misinformation posted about beauty products on the Internet. For consumers this is a big problem because it causes them to…

    Perry January 29, 2021

    Places to find ingredient lists for cosmetics

    In the days before the Internet became what it is now, it was tough to find lists of ingredients. Even back then analyzing cosmetic ingredient…

    Perry January 25, 2021

    Cosmetic product analysis - How do you do it?

    Someone wrote in and asked the following. “If you were given a formulated scrub containing pulverized avocado seed/peel. What steps would you take to evaluated…

    Perry January 22, 2021

    Why natural cosmetics aren’t better

    It’s easy to find people claiming on the Internet that natural cosmetics or natural skin care is better than synthetics. These claims are inherently believable…

    Perry January 19, 2021

    Cosmetic innovation challenges - Is there innovation in cosmetic science?

    Every year, many of the magazines and websites dedicated to the cosmetic industry publish their lists of cosmetic innovations or trends that will affect formulating.…

    Perry January 11, 2021

    Cosmetic science - why isn’t there more research?

    I was having a discussion on a recently developed Discord channel about cosmetic science and people were lamenting the fact that there were not very…

    Perry January 8, 2021

    How to analyze a cosmetic ingredient list

    An important skill for every budding cosmetic chemist or formulator to develop is the ability to analyze a cosmetic ingredient list. By honing this skill…

    Perry January 5, 2021
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