Weekend science - surfactants
Here’s a nice video I found on Youtube that explains the chemistry of surfactants in a solution. It’s a nice way to spend 5 minutes…
Here’s a nice video I found on Youtube that explains the chemistry of surfactants in a solution. It’s a nice way to spend 5 minutes…
Crude oil is pretty amazing stuff. It’s a mixture of a variety of hydrocarbon molecules and can be used to create any number of…
Right now there are a bunch of cosmetic brand that claim to use stem cells to provide benefits. For example, there is the Swiss Botany…
One of the fun aspects of what I do for a living is that I occasionally get invited to be a guest on TV shows.…
Contrary to what you read on the Internet, the cosmetics industry in the US is regulated. It is regulated by the FDA and they do…
We’re in the process of launching a new course about formulating natural cosmetic products. You can see our latest video here. Formulating natural cosmetic products…
Euromonitor is a market research company who covers the beauty market. They put together a white paper suggesting some trends that will be popular in…
I once made a shampoo formula that I kept for about 17 years. It was my first batch of anything and for some reason I…
People apply color cosmetics hoping to improve the way they look. But according to this research published in the The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, most…
A question was posed to us recently about creating consistent cosmetic products and formulations. Basically, the reader wanted to know how you do it. The…
A fun activity for any cosmetic chemist is to look at a list of ingredients (LOI) and try to determine where is the 1% line.…
When you create a formula in the lab it’s rather easy to create batches that are consistently the same in terms of their physical and…
There was an interesting discussion on LinkedIn about whether Magnesium Laureth Sulfate was more gentle than Sodium Laureth Sulfate. It’s a pretty good question and…
On the weekend I like to look through Youtube and find cool chemistry videos. Here’s one from a series called Chemistry Life Hacks which gives…
Somewhere along the line surfactants which contain the name “sulfate” got a bad name. It’s difficult to say exactly how this negative reputation was developed…
There was an excellent write-up of a debate between two cosmetic industry experts about the value of having your products certified by one of the…
It’s a common misconception that cosmetic companies lie to sell products. This is generally not true. In fact, in the US it is illegal to…
When you start out as a cosmetic formulator you will not be asked to come up with your own formulas. There may be some exceptions…
Here’s some good weekend reading about cosmetic science. They cover some good information but unfortunately, the non-science based EWG gets referenced at the end. It’s…
This is pretty cool. Did you know what happens to a soap bar when you put it in the microwave for about 2 minutes? It…
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